Joshua Goodman
@joshua-goodman.com
Education economist @ BU Wheelock & Economics Dept | Wheelock Education Policy Center | Co-editor @ JHR | White House CEA 2022-23 | www.joshua-goodman.com
Why would you phrase it this way? Just be a normal website and ask if I'm willing to provide a reference. This is chaotic bad.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why would you phrase it this way? Just be a normal website and ask if I'm willing to provide a reference. This is chaotic bad.
"Cambridge voters show desire for change on school committee, less so on city council"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Cambridge voters show desire for change on school committee, less so on city council"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
My name is even less Brazilian than yours ;)
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My name is even less Brazilian than yours ;)
There are a lot of us, particularly born from the late 1970s through the 2000s.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There are a lot of us, particularly born from the late 1970s through the 2000s.
“Adopting a phone-free schools policy is a more effective intervention than anything we have seen before...”
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Adopting a phone-free schools policy is a more effective intervention than anything we have seen before...”
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Better, more timely data can protect Americans. It's a shame our current fed govt is actively degrading such capabilities.
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Better, more timely data can protect Americans. It's a shame our current fed govt is actively degrading such capabilities.
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Massachusetts is typical of the nation as a whole.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Massachusetts is typical of the nation as a whole.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
Public school losses are almost entirely concentrated in middle grades (5-8), where enrollment is down 8%.
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Public school losses are almost entirely concentrated in middle grades (5-8), where enrollment is down 8%.
White and Asian public school enrollments have stabilized at levels 3% and 8% below pre-pandemic trends
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
White and Asian public school enrollments have stabilized at levels 3% and 8% below pre-pandemic trends
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
This is largely a phenomenon of high income families leaving public schools.
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is largely a phenomenon of high income families leaving public schools.
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
Fall 2020 and 2021 saw massive disruptions to school enrollment patterns. Did they persist five year later? Yes!
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Fall 2020 and 2021 saw massive disruptions to school enrollment patterns. Did they persist five year later? Yes!
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm at a conference run by U Arkansas' Dept of Education Reform and the setting (the Crystal Bridges Art Museum) couldn't be more stunning.
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm at a conference run by U Arkansas' Dept of Education Reform and the setting (the Crystal Bridges Art Museum) couldn't be more stunning.
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
Turns out the OECD is taking our research on heat and learning seriously!
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Turns out the OECD is taking our research on heat and learning seriously!
Meanwhile, BU's economics department has been overrun by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
October 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Meanwhile, BU's economics department has been overrun by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
Join us next week online @buwheelock.bsky.social for this conversation on changing school enrollment patterns 5 years after the pandemic's onset.
We'll discuss our recent research on which families have shifted from public to private/home schooling.
bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll discuss our recent research on which families have shifted from public to private/home schooling.
bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Join us next week online @buwheelock.bsky.social for this conversation on changing school enrollment patterns 5 years after the pandemic's onset.
We'll discuss our recent research on which families have shifted from public to private/home schooling.
bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll discuss our recent research on which families have shifted from public to private/home schooling.
bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🚨Important paper alert🚨
"Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?"
"Lower interest among men, students of color, and high-achieving students... Recommenders rate students interested in teaching as having lower intellectual promise... but greater concern for others."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1285
"Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?"
"Lower interest among men, students of color, and high-achieving students... Recommenders rate students interested in teaching as having lower intellectual promise... but greater concern for others."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1285
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨Important paper alert🚨
"Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?"
"Lower interest among men, students of color, and high-achieving students... Recommenders rate students interested in teaching as having lower intellectual promise... but greater concern for others."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1285
"Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?"
"Lower interest among men, students of color, and high-achieving students... Recommenders rate students interested in teaching as having lower intellectual promise... but greater concern for others."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1285
This e-mail has the highest ratio of "looks like spam" to "is not spam" of any e-mail I have ever received.
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This e-mail has the highest ratio of "looks like spam" to "is not spam" of any e-mail I have ever received.
I just want to download data without being reminded that the federal government is currently controlled by a bunch of unserious folks.
October 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I just want to download data without being reminded that the federal government is currently controlled by a bunch of unserious folks.
Schools in the Northeast are headed in the wrong direction, while schools elsewhere prove that this trajectory isn't inevitable.
There are things we could have done and should be doing going forward. Time to learn from the places getting it right.
There are things we could have done and should be doing going forward. Time to learn from the places getting it right.
October 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Schools in the Northeast are headed in the wrong direction, while schools elsewhere prove that this trajectory isn't inevitable.
There are things we could have done and should be doing going forward. Time to learn from the places getting it right.
There are things we could have done and should be doing going forward. Time to learn from the places getting it right.
Not sure what it will take to light a fire under folks, but maybe competitive feelings toward other states will do the trick?
(Below is the most-liked comment under the @bostonglobe.com article.)
(Below is the most-liked comment under the @bostonglobe.com article.)
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Not sure what it will take to light a fire under folks, but maybe competitive feelings toward other states will do the trick?
(Below is the most-liked comment under the @bostonglobe.com article.)
(Below is the most-liked comment under the @bostonglobe.com article.)
Shocking no one, Massachusetts high schoolers are taking less seriously the state's only standardized assessment because voters told them that was OK.
I'm hoping state policymakers will step up and fix this, as our state's trajectory is not looking great.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/m...
I'm hoping state policymakers will step up and fix this, as our state's trajectory is not looking great.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/m...
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Shocking no one, Massachusetts high schoolers are taking less seriously the state's only standardized assessment because voters told them that was OK.
I'm hoping state policymakers will step up and fix this, as our state's trajectory is not looking great.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/m...
I'm hoping state policymakers will step up and fix this, as our state's trajectory is not looking great.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/m...
BU's "The Brink" today features my work with @abbyfrancis.bsky.social on continuing public school enrollment challenges.
I worry about the political implications of this change, as well as the long-term effects on public school reputations.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
I worry about the political implications of this change, as well as the long-term effects on public school reputations.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
September 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BU's "The Brink" today features my work with @abbyfrancis.bsky.social on continuing public school enrollment challenges.
I worry about the political implications of this change, as well as the long-term effects on public school reputations.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
I worry about the political implications of this change, as well as the long-term effects on public school reputations.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
I am curious what incident forced the Portland airport to label its urinals thusly.
August 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I am curious what incident forced the Portland airport to label its urinals thusly.