Thread of my own work that has used data from Department of Education and columns that have focused on research funded by them

1/N Inequality in college graduation rates
Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...

Republicans 2002:

“We need evidence-based education policy”

Republicans 2025:

“Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”

Investments in universal pre-K have high returns, largely driven by the substantial effect on parents’ earnings.

From @johneric.bsky.social, Christopher Neilson, @xiaoyangye.bsky.social & Seth Zimmerman:

youtu.be/YxexiLODdHE

(Yale Economics, Yale Tobin Center, Yale SOM)

In an ideal world we would have a government statistical agency doing this work of counting college students

However Congress has banned the existence of a federal “unit record” data system bc higher ed lobbyists pressed them to

Wouldn’t want transparency and accountability after all

It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot.

Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...

Hometown newspaper, 1999