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Haeryun Kim

@haeryunkim.bsky.social
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Ph.D. Student of Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | K-12 Education Policy; School Finance and Teacher Labor Market sites.google.com/illinois.edu/haery…

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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am excited to share that @iwerc.bsky.social has released a new report, to which I contributed through data analysis. If you are interested in issues related to science and math teacher retention, especially in rural areas, please check out our report below! ⬇️
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am happy to share that I was selected for the Korean Honor Scholarship awarded by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States! I am truly grateful for this honor, and I will continue pursuing research on K-12 education policies that meaningfully contribute to policy and practice.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 08/06/2026
Here’s how much education funding is in Illinois’ FY27 state budget www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026... "Nationally, CPS’ debt stands out. The school system carries more than three times the average debt per capita compared to the other largest school districts in the country"
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Where public education saw funding increases (and decreases) in Illinois’ new state budget
K-12 school funding is getting $350 million more. But some educators say it’s not enough.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 26/05/2026
Nice "Takeaway" from EFP here: aefpweb.org/files/Bruno_...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Presidential Essay: @aefpweb.bsky.social's Role in an Evidence-Informed Education Ecosystem via @efpjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/edfp/article...
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Presidential Essay: AEFP’s Role in an Evidence-Informed Education Ecosystem
Historically, the U.S. federal government has invested in education research as a public good, with the implicit assumption that such research can support more efficient and effective educational oppo...
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 30/03/2026
🚨New working paper alert! 🚨 The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective? Today we released a working paper suggesting it is. "Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States" Let me explain...
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
If you are interested in nationwide state-level CS education policies, please stop by our session at 10:00am today! I’ll be presenting our team’s work, led by @paul-bruno.com, @edutuan.bsky.social, and Dr. Colleen Lewis, in the STEM pathways session at the @aefpweb.bsky.social. Details below⬇️
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 28/02/2026
My department is hiring! Specialized teaching faculty to support our EdD programs! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Let me know if you have questions. It's great here!
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College of Education: Open-rank Teaching Professor – Education Policy, Organization & Leadership
Duties & Responsibilities
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Our recent paper on hiring committees was featured in our college news👇 This study was supported by a Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship from @educationillinois.bsky.social. Many thanks to my co-author and advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and to the school district for this valuable partnership!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Our work was recently featured here: blogs.illinois.edu/view/1526/10...
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EPOL Team Publishes Research as Part of Public Engagement Fellowship Program
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Resharing our paper for anyone who may have missed it and is interested in school hiring practices!
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
School districts have SO MUCH data just waiting to be transformed into insights and I love how Haeryun and Paul made use of that in this study.
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Tom ‘Beardo’ Hilliard @tomh4.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Look forward to reading this impressive study diving deep into school hiring practices.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 29/01/2026
Massive credit to Haeryun for making this possible. The data were hard copies and handwritten when we got them!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our findings show how administrators' self-reported candidate preferences in the literature align with the factors most salient in real-world hiring contexts. They also highlight the need to first consider “what districts actually consider during hiring” rather than creating a priori criteria!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
3️⃣ Third, the district generally hires its most preferred candidates among those interviewed. Although some unobservables remain, these results suggest that the collective inputs of hiring committees practically inform final hiring decisions in the district, rather than being purely advisory.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
2️⃣ Second, using text analysis, we found that hiring committees in the district appear to prefer candidates with the professional and personal traits listed in Table 3 below. In contrast, Table 4 shows candidate weaknesses associated with their lower rankings evaluated by committee members.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Utilizing data on 211 candidates for 68 positions, we found the following: 1️⃣ First, on average, the hiring committees we observe have a high degree of agreement about the relative ranking of candidates. These high levels of agreement are not driven primarily by small committees or candidate pools.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
❗️❗️The strength of this study lies in the data we use: (1) committees’ paper evaluation forms, noting candidate strengths and weaknesses. (2) interview ballots indicating the rank-ordered preference of each committee member for each candidate. (3) Information on ultimately hired candidates.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
One approach to strategic staff selection in schools is the use of school site hiring committees. However, we know little about how they operate or which candidate characteristics they prefer. This study addresses this gap by asking the following research questions: 
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
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The Operations of School Hiring Committees: Committees’ Preferences, Agreement, and Hiring Outcomes
This study explores the operation of school hiring committees using data from one district in Illinois, including candidate rankings, handwritten interview notes, and hiring outcomes. We find that ...
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Last week, I presented ongoing work with my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, at #2025APAMM, as part of an amazing panel! Our work examined how school hiring committees operate using actual hiring data from one Illinois school district. I truly appreciated attentive listening and insightful discussion! :)
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 06/11/2025
We know the school finance matters to the kids and the compensation matters to the teachers but we don't actually know much about how to trade off between different things in that general area. bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Excited to share that our work was featured! The summary thread for this work is available here: bsky.app/profile/paul..., shared by @paul-bruno.com!
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
One of the things that I find interesting in this work is that the relationship between teacher applications/slot and poverty is different for traditional public and charter schools. Here's a pic, you'll have to read the paper for more on this!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🔔 Our new working paper is out at EdWorkingPapers! Using our unique, self-collected longitudinal data on CS policies, we examined their impact on postsecondary CS participation. If you’re curious about the details of our work, please check it out here👇 (@paul-bruno.com shared a cool summary!)
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
From my experience, presenting to the Quantitative Working Group in my department is a great opportunity to practice sharing your work and to receive constructive feedback from faculty and peers. I highly recommend taking advantage of it!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Above all, I greatly appreciate the opportunity to think through this issue. While I haven't yet used wage adjustments in my work, I plan to incorporate them into my ongoing research on school finance. Thus, this discussion has been very helpful. Thank you so much, @carajackson.bsky.social!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
One initial thought I've had is to use average data from previous years (similar to @cmsaldana.bsky.social ’s response). Also checking state-level data from state websites and exploring if they can be standardized for comparisons comes to mind, though availability and feasibility remain uncertain!
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 07/08/2025
A study by Jennifer Nelson and @paul-bruno.com looked at hiring practices in Los Angeles schools. They found that despite a standardized screening system to find teachers, principals often use hiring strategies outside the system to find new candidates. More: education.illinois.edu/about/news-e...
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Los Angeles School District Principals’ Views on Teacher Hiring System Vary Widely
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 16/06/2025
If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...
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Some Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Please let us know if you’re interested in joining our AERA symposium submission below!👇 Our paper is about the impact of computer science (CS) education policies.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🚨If you're curious about who teaches computer science (CS) in high school, check out my advisor @paul-bruno.com's recent paper! It shows cool findings on the relationship between CS teachers' backgrounds and student outcomes.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 23/05/2025
I went on BAM Radio to talk teacher shortages. www.bamradionetwork.com/track/the-my...
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The Myths We Need to Shatter to Set Realistic, Clear-Eyed Expectations for Teaching and Teachers
Jon Harper with Annette Ponnock, PhD, Amir Taron Aryes, Robert Pondiscio, Devon Beck, and Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth, JD This conversation delves into the pressing issue of teacher shortages across the Un...
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 21/05/2025
ICYMI, now with results summary thread!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
✅ Contributions: 1. Highlighting the value of an intersectional lens to uncover overlapping inequities often missed when student backgrounds are examined in isolation. 2. Providing much-needed longitudinal and intersectional evidence to guide current and future CS education policy toward equity.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
3. (🚨Intersectional lens) Students who are both female and members of specific racial groups or are identified as having a disability or LEP status are likely to face overlapping inequities. ❗️The within-race gender gap is larger in the racial groups with higher CS enrollment (e.g., Asian students).
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
✅ Main Findings: 1. Overall CS enrollment increases seem to be disproportionately driven by certain student groups (e.g., male, Asian). 2. Models with fixed effects suggest that both between-school differences and within-school factors appear to explain CS enrollment gaps between student groups.
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In this study, I explored how high school computer science course enrollment differs by student background through an intersectional lens, using longitudinal and student-level data from the North Carolina Education Research Data Center (NCERDC).
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Additionally, I deeply appreciate your reposting of Paul’s post about my paper! :)
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Hi Dan, thank you very much for your suggestion! As a new user on Bluesky and sharing my paper here for the first time, I appreciate your advice, which really helped me navigate the platform :) I'll go ahead and add a thread to my original post as you suggested. Thank you so much again!
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Haeryun Kim @haeryunkim.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🔔 Excited to share that my paper, “Who Takes Computer Science in High School? Intersectional and Longitudinal Evidence,” has been published!: doi.org/10.1177/1478.... Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
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Who takes computer science in high school? Intersectional and longitudinal evidence - Haeryun Kim, 2025
This study explores how high school computer science (CS) course enrollment differs by student background through an intersectional lens. I use statewide data f...
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 25/04/2025
I appreciate the coverage of some of our computer science teacher work from the News Bureau. news.illinois.edu/computer-sci...
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Computer science teachers may be better qualified than their peers – News Bureau
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 28/03/2025
Nice coverage of my recent work on school staff shortages from the UIUC News Bureau.//Staff shortages exceed those for teachers in many Illinois public schools news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
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