Victor Cadilla
@victorcadilla.bsky.social
Post-doctoral researcher at NC State's College of Education studying opportunity gaps and how to bridge them. Former teacher in Durham Public Schools. Full time parent of 2 human tornadoes. Wannabe NBA analyst and rock climber.
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🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @yerinyoon.bsky.social and @doughesm.bsky.social show that in Massachusetts, CTE expansion increased participation by 11.5% and improved early employment for Black or Hispanic students and earnings for male students.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte
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The biggest consequence is that 1.5 million public school students continue to have their constitutional rights violated because lawmakers are failing to adhere to the court order calling on them to fully fund the Leandro Plan.
It's unclear why @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social forgot this.
#ncpol
It's unclear why @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social forgot this.
#ncpol
New from me this morning, an explainer on why North Carolina doesn't shut down like the federal government does without a budget deal -- but there are still consequences of lawmakers not getting their job done.
#ncga #ncpol
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#ncga #ncpol
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State law keeps NC from DC-style shutdown, but lack of budget has consequences
Why North Carolina government keeps working when the budget is stalled, unlike the federal government.
www.newsobserver.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The biggest consequence is that 1.5 million public school students continue to have their constitutional rights violated because lawmakers are failing to adhere to the court order calling on them to fully fund the Leandro Plan.
It's unclear why @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social forgot this.
#ncpol
It's unclear why @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social forgot this.
#ncpol
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Join the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group tomorrow at 2 PM ET for an engaging forum on dual enrollment research. Register today: aefp.zoom.us/meeting...
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group tomorrow at 2 PM ET for an engaging forum on dual enrollment research. Register today: aefp.zoom.us/meeting...
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Join me on Zoom Thursday 10/16 to hear about my report on declining school enrollment
Event Details:
📅 Date: October 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 12 – 1 PM
📍 Location: Via Zoom – Registration link below
Event Details:
📅 Date: October 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 12 – 1 PM
📍 Location: Via Zoom – Registration link below
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Navigating Declining Enrollment. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join us to hear about how declining student enrollment poses unique challenges for school districts. It increases budget pressures in our already underfunded public schools. As pressures from declinin...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join me on Zoom Thursday 10/16 to hear about my report on declining school enrollment
Event Details:
📅 Date: October 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 12 – 1 PM
📍 Location: Via Zoom – Registration link below
Event Details:
📅 Date: October 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 12 – 1 PM
📍 Location: Via Zoom – Registration link below
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Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!
Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf
drive.google.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
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PSA: Our department of Curriculum & Instruction is hiring for an open-rank position in secondary literacy! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)
Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)
College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy
Duties and Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
PSA: Our department of Curriculum & Instruction is hiring for an open-rank position in secondary literacy! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)
Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)
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🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
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Again, if your story on NCGA budget negotiations fails to mention that state leaders are under an open court order to fully fund the Leandro Plan, then you're ignoring a massive constitutional crisis and the biggest issue in the biggest part of state government
#ncpol
#ncpol
NC Senators push 'mini budget' spending plans, but deals appear elusive
North Carolina Republican lawmakers, unable to reach a state budget deal, are attempting to pass smaller and more targeted spending plans.
www.wral.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Again, if your story on NCGA budget negotiations fails to mention that state leaders are under an open court order to fully fund the Leandro Plan, then you're ignoring a massive constitutional crisis and the biggest issue in the biggest part of state government
#ncpol
#ncpol
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NEW from me and Amie Rapaport at @futureedgu.bsky.social: New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis // www.future-ed.org/new-parent-r...
New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis
Though chronic absenteeism has declined from its post-COVID peak, too many students are still missing too much school. Research shows that absent students fall behind academically and are more likely…
www.future-ed.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW from me and Amie Rapaport at @futureedgu.bsky.social: New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis // www.future-ed.org/new-parent-r...
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Important story about University of Nebraska’s plan to cut its educational administration department, which is home to a highly regarded higher education program.
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
UNL Proposes Cutting Educational Administration Department
University leaders say they need to slash the budget. Education administration professors say it’ll sever a pipeline to education leadership roles.
www.insidehighered.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Important story about University of Nebraska’s plan to cut its educational administration department, which is home to a highly regarded higher education program.
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
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New paper! Using data from NC, we estimate that getting attendance rates back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023-24 could have improved state math achievement by 0.017-0.025 SDs in this year, or 13-19% of what would be needed for a full academic recovery. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New paper! Using data from NC, we estimate that getting attendance rates back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023-24 could have improved state math achievement by 0.017-0.025 SDs in this year, or 13-19% of what would be needed for a full academic recovery. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Through October 3, free access to Urban Education special issue marking the 70th anniversary of the Brown v Board of Ed. decision, including our article:
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
with
@janellescott.bsky.social @edebray.bsky.social @sarahmccollum.bsky.social @talialeibovitz.bsky.social
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@janellescott.bsky.social @edebray.bsky.social @sarahmccollum.bsky.social @talialeibovitz.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Through October 3, free access to Urban Education special issue marking the 70th anniversary of the Brown v Board of Ed. decision, including our article:
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
with
@janellescott.bsky.social @edebray.bsky.social @sarahmccollum.bsky.social @talialeibovitz.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
with
@janellescott.bsky.social @edebray.bsky.social @sarahmccollum.bsky.social @talialeibovitz.bsky.social
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Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education.
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
June 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education.
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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#Econsky check the Economics Department at the University of Arkansas is hiring two open-rank Economics professors, including an opening in public economics and public policy.
Public Economics/Public Policy:
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Macroeconomics:
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Public Economics/Public Policy:
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Macroeconomics:
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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September 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#Econsky check the Economics Department at the University of Arkansas is hiring two open-rank Economics professors, including an opening in public economics and public policy.
Public Economics/Public Policy:
lnkd.in/eQTEgPM9
Macroeconomics:
lnkd.in/ewxxNSh8
Public Economics/Public Policy:
lnkd.in/eQTEgPM9
Macroeconomics:
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I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!
Cordes postdoc position description.pdf
drive.google.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!
This is a great resource! @rachelmarisa.bsky.social @brookings.edu
The status of litigation against the Trump administration’s K-12 education agenda: A guide for education leaders www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The status of litigation against the Trump administration's K-12 education agenda: A guide for education leaders | Brookings
Rachel M. Perera and co-authors track litigation over President Trump’s K-12 orders, showing courts have blocked key actions.
www.brookings.edu
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a great resource! @rachelmarisa.bsky.social @brookings.edu
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While we applaud Chairman Davis's efforts to lift up the amazing work going on in our public schools, we respectfully disagree that anti-public-school myths are a bigger issue than the unfortunate reality: legislators continue to violate the constitution by under-funding our schools
#ncpol
#ncpol
NC Board of Education chairman names ‘biggest issue’ facing state’s public schools
“Somewhere along the line, somebody decided that it’s good for our state to discredit and attack our public school system,” Eric Davis told the Hood-Hargett Breakfast Club Tuesday.
www.newsobserver.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
While we applaud Chairman Davis's efforts to lift up the amazing work going on in our public schools, we respectfully disagree that anti-public-school myths are a bigger issue than the unfortunate reality: legislators continue to violate the constitution by under-funding our schools
#ncpol
#ncpol
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Glad to see this out—brief describing our research findings to date on dual immersion schools and strategies for promoting equity. Please share widely. With @lucasantibanez.bsky.social & others not on here.
A new policy brief highlights how dual language immersion programs can promote equity, integration, and opportunity when access is inclusive and intentional. The brief draws on two decades of data from LAUSD and offers key strategies to ensure all students are served.
Read: tinyurl.com/uv6tfb72
Read: tinyurl.com/uv6tfb72
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Glad to see this out—brief describing our research findings to date on dual immersion schools and strategies for promoting equity. Please share widely. With @lucasantibanez.bsky.social & others not on here.
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Can anyone explain why Leandro has been memory-holed despite being an ongoing scandal and constitutional crisis?
July 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Can anyone explain why Leandro has been memory-holed despite being an ongoing scandal and constitutional crisis?
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I'd love to hear from #ncpol journalists on these questions
@dawnbvaughan.bsky.social @raleighreporter.bsky.social @keunghui.bsky.social @bryanranderson.bsky.social @rebeccanoel.bsky.social @timboyumnews.bsky.social @lauraleslie.bsky.social @kyleingram.bsky.social @lucillesherman.bsky.social
@dawnbvaughan.bsky.social @raleighreporter.bsky.social @keunghui.bsky.social @bryanranderson.bsky.social @rebeccanoel.bsky.social @timboyumnews.bsky.social @lauraleslie.bsky.social @kyleingram.bsky.social @lucillesherman.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'd love to hear from #ncpol journalists on these questions
@dawnbvaughan.bsky.social @raleighreporter.bsky.social @keunghui.bsky.social @bryanranderson.bsky.social @rebeccanoel.bsky.social @timboyumnews.bsky.social @lauraleslie.bsky.social @kyleingram.bsky.social @lucillesherman.bsky.social
@dawnbvaughan.bsky.social @raleighreporter.bsky.social @keunghui.bsky.social @bryanranderson.bsky.social @rebeccanoel.bsky.social @timboyumnews.bsky.social @lauraleslie.bsky.social @kyleingram.bsky.social @lucillesherman.bsky.social
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Leandro is a big deal. It's an incredibly juicy story. So why won't the mainstream media cover it?
My latest on @ncnewsline.com
#ncpol
My latest on @ncnewsline.com
#ncpol
Leandro is a big deal so why won’t the mainstream media acknowledge it? • NC Newsline
From January through May, the word “Leandro” has shown up in just one news story in North Carolina's two largest newspapers
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May 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Leandro is a big deal. It's an incredibly juicy story. So why won't the mainstream media cover it?
My latest on @ncnewsline.com
#ncpol
My latest on @ncnewsline.com
#ncpol
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Here's the recording of the event I organized focused on how to become an ed consultant. There's lots of really useful, practical information regardless of your subject area, but I obviously had my colleagues who've recently lost their jobs in mind.
youtu.be/50hWMIyR6bw?...
youtu.be/50hWMIyR6bw?...
Breaking into Education Consulting: Exploring Independent Career Paths [Webinar]
YouTube video by Association for Education Finance & Policy
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's the recording of the event I organized focused on how to become an ed consultant. There's lots of really useful, practical information regardless of your subject area, but I obviously had my colleagues who've recently lost their jobs in mind.
youtu.be/50hWMIyR6bw?...
youtu.be/50hWMIyR6bw?...
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Nearly $7 billion for schools in jeopardy as U.S. Department of Education holds up federal funds. @lrj417.bsky.social reports www.the74million.org/article/near...
Nearly $7B for Schools in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Holds Up Federal Funds
The department is reviewing whether funding for migrant students and afterschool programs fits Trump’s priorities.
www.the74million.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Nearly $7 billion for schools in jeopardy as U.S. Department of Education holds up federal funds. @lrj417.bsky.social reports www.the74million.org/article/near...
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🔥What’s the only thing hotter than this week’s weather?🔥
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
June 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🔥What’s the only thing hotter than this week’s weather?🔥
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
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Not feeding into the Bluesky debate but I would love to see more academics sharing papers on here. Revive the ‘ol “here’s a thread about this paper” thing. I think it’s good for the information ecosystem.
June 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not feeding into the Bluesky debate but I would love to see more academics sharing papers on here. Revive the ‘ol “here’s a thread about this paper” thing. I think it’s good for the information ecosystem.