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Jo R. King

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Excited to see our new study with @joecimpian.bsky.social, @zac-mcdermott.bsky.social, Nathaniel Woznicki, and Taek Kim out in Nature HB! "Gender and LGBTQ+ representation across college majors and achievement levels using nationally representative US data" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gender and LGBTQ+ representation across college majors and achievement levels using nationally representative US data - Nature Human Behaviour
Cimpian et al. demonstrate disparities in representation by gender and LGBTQ+ identity across US college majors and levels of academic achievement. They identify an in-group advantage among lower-achi...
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Lindsey Kaler @lindseykaler.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New working paper alert! Our team developed a web crawler to study the accessibility of information related to special education on school district websites in four states (MA, RI, IN, and FL). Read the full WP here: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 And check out Cam's thread below for more detail!
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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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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Lunch at #AEFP2026 with not one, not two, but THREE of my star former students! @jo-r-king.bsky.social @emmajlag.bsky.social & Brittany Lowe Truly an honor to play a small role in their journeys to becoming stellar researchers & wonderful humans 🥹
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Dig into Arizona LEGO spending with this data vis! And yes, every item below was purchased with taxpayer $ - and entirely allowed by the program.
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Arizona ESA LEGO Spending
A Flourish story by Jen Jennings
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 02/03/2026
Excited to release this policy brief exploring the college enrollment impacts of Massachusetts' recent dramatic expansions of free community college. TLDR: The clear messaging and simple design of MassReconnect & MassEducate sparked substantial increases in community college enrollment.
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
blizzard = wfh = cat on keyboard = no work accomplished
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
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8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1729
Paddington in Carol (2015)
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Trump Admin. Pulls Student Mental Health Grants, Restores Them a Day Later www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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Trump Admin. Pulls Student Mental Health Grants, Restores Them a Day Later
The Trump administration abruptly canceled a slate of mental health grants, only to reinstate them the next day.
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I volunteered with Prison Book Program who, until now, has provided books to incarcerated folks free of charge in all 50 states. AR came up at the last volunteer session and it seems like this is going into place under the guise of addressing contraband (lol) A quick thread. prisonbookprogram.org
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Prison Book Program
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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This new paper shows that shortening the length of parole supervision from 12 months to 6 months reduced prison readmissions within a year by ~45%, driven by reductions in technical revocations. This decrease in incarceration was achieved with no increase in new crime. ⬇️ www.nber.org/papers/w34663
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The Impacts of Parole Supervision
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
They will murder unarmed citizens and then accuse them of wrongdoing. Zero sense of accountability or shame.
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 05/01/2026
We @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social are hiring a director for our Policy-Aligned Research Agenda Buildling Lab (PARABL), to help education system leaders build research roadmaps to effect change in a particular area. More info here: wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/u...
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I’m in Philly for #ASSA2026! I’ll be discussing and presenting, respectively, in these two sessions👇 Lots of great work will be shared in both, so come by if you’re around!
Higher Education and Political Polarization
Paper Session
Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
Philadelphia Convention Center, 204-C
Hosted By:
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Chair:
Joshua Goodman, Boston UniversityPolitics, Institutional Choices, and Student Outcomes in Education
Paper Session
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
Philadelphia Convention Center, 203-A
Hosted By:
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Chair:
Amalia Miller, University of Virginia
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
what a bar
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Grades are in, which means I’m officially done with the first semester on the tenure track 🤩 Doodle courtesy of a student’s final exam:
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 10/12/2025
Update on JOE postings -- things are worse: paulgp.com/2025/12/10/q...
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Economics Job Market Update: December 2025 - Still Very Bad
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
So happy that this paper has (finally) found a great home! It started as Jo’s @miamiecon.bsky.social master’s thesis when I was a first year AP and has been a joy to work on with them and Austin these past few years. See below for a 🧵 on our results!
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨New publication alert #econsky🚨 Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith Paper thread incoming 🧵 tinyurl.com/susp-ws
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Suspended from work and school? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence
We examine the impact of local labor market shocks and state unemployment insurance (UI) policies on student discipline in U.S. public schools. Analyz…
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Job market paper has R&R 🤩🥰🤪 Doing the R&R 🥴🫠🫩
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 01/12/2025
Community college enrollment has been declining since 2009/10. The optimal policy response to this depends on the root of this decline. I'm thrilled @nber.org today released my working paper with Harvard PhD Joe Winkelmann titled: "Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
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Kate Musen @khmusen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids. In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 24/11/2025
I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor. Why would competition lead to stricter regulations? 🧵 john-fallon-econ.com (1/9)
Line graph showing cumulative state adoption of chiropractic boards over time
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I highly recommend this postdoc at the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! If anyone is considering applying, I’m happy to chat about what the postdoc was like for me and what it’s been like living in Providence. Feel free to reach out!
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Happening in an hour! #2025APPAM
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Arkādijs Zvaigzne @arkadijs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🚀 I'm excited to announce I'm on the #EconSky job market this year! In my #EconJMP, I study the dynamic treatment effects of student financial aid. 🎓💸 I find that student financial aid can crowd-in future aid, and that this drives a large part of its long-term benefit.
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Re-upping this as job market season gets going! If you love teaching & working with undergrads, check out this position that my department is hiring this year 👇
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Pia Caronongan @piacar.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Coming to #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM? Hear what we've learned about ECE workforce compensation and financial support strategies in MA, IL, ME and DC. ⏰Friday, November 14, 8:30am 📍Room 708 (Sol Duc)
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 12/11/2025
Danielle Graves Williamson (one of my students and a stunningly original scholar in history/labor, studying "segregation academies" in the US Deep South) bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Going to #APPAM2025? Come to our panel where @bertabartoli.bsky.social will present our paper on the impact of sleep and time policy on student disciplinary outcomes. Paper draft (with a title we are very proud of) linked ⏰Friday, November 14, 3:30 to 5:00pm 📍Room: 504 - Foss tinyurl.com/3earym6n
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APPAM Fall Research Conference 2025
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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week. As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year! Let's start with a student describing her segregated school: "The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education" The twist? The student is white, and her school is private. A JMP 🧵 -->
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
5 years post-pandemic, Massachusetts public schools have seen sustained enrollment declines. Is this a temporary disruption, or did the pandemic change how families evaluate schools? @joshua-goodman.com, Abigail Francis, & James Wyckoff will dig into the data with Susanna Loeb. buff.ly/dByipCW
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Melissa Gentry @melissadgentry.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The results? Rideshare access leads to: ↑ employment, ↑ labor force participation, ↓ public assistance, and ↑ marriage among disabled adults. Effects are largest for those with vision/hearing or mobility disabilities & in areas with worse public transit quality. 3/6
Photo shows a coefficient plot of the main effects of Uber's rollout for people with disabilities. The bar chart shows positive, statistically significant effects for employment, labor force participation, and marriage, and negative statistically significant effects for public assistance receipt.
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Melissa Gentry @melissadgentry.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics. My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
Photo shows the title page for an academic paper titled "Driving Inclusion: The Effect of Improved Transportation for People with Disabilities" by Melissa Gentry. 

The abstract is as follows: People with disabilities face substantial barriers to economic and social participation. I explore the extent to which these barriers are overcome by the availability of reliable and flexible transportation, which may serve as ``reliability insurance'' in case other modes of transit fail. Leveraging the roll-out of Uber, I use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to show that the availability of reliable and flexible transportation leads to improvements in social and economic participation through increased marriage rates and labor force participation, and reduced reliance on public assistance. The reduction in public assistance outweighs expected rideshare costs, lending support to the recent push towards public-private partnerships in the transportation space.
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Boston University Wheelock College @buwheelock.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Policy meets the classroom. 📚 BU Wheelock’s Meagan Comb explains how states can raise the bar on teacher prep. spr.ly/633247Gvei
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Building Better Teachers: How states can raise the bar on preparation | Meagan Comb | Policy Changes Lives, an ExcelinEd podcast
How states are redefining teacher preparation and support to build strong pipelines for student success.
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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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50 Years After Mandated by US Law, Special Education’s Future in Question, BU Scholar Says
Wheelock’s Elizabeth Bettini on the potential impact of Department of Education cuts to students and the special ed workforce
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Thanks to AV and RSF for funding this work, which started as part of my dissertation (linked below). We're so looking forward to being able to inform the use of informal diversion practices in schools! Lots more to come 🥳 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 24/10/2025
I'd like to highlight how speedy and thoughtful the review process was at Econ of Ed Review. We submitted this (fairly short) article via its expedited review process, which resulted in two quick reports, a small revision, and a published manuscript, all in two months. More of this, please!
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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I am recruiting a doc student! I am so excited :-D The student would have opportunities to work on IES & Spencer funded projects focused on strengthening the special ed workforce, including Project RESPECT, Project SUSTAIN, Project ONBOARD, & the SPARC Center. Please share widely! Thanks all!
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New work on school cell phone bans just dropped. "Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year." "We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Really enjoyed my time at UC-Davis’s Emerging Scholars Panel with other amazing junior scholars (and exploring Davis’ beautiful campus)! Super thought-provoking discussions about how we can use critical perspectives to meet the current moment at both the classroom and policy/system level.
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
📢 The votes are in! EdWorkingPapers email subscribers chose papers by James H. Wyckoff, @abbyfrancis.bsky.social, and @joshua-goodman.com to be featured in our next webinar on Nov 13. Find out what the topic will be >> edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series
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Roddy Theobald @roddy-theobald.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Our @caldercenter.bsky.social research brief with @cedr.bsky.social and @ahkatz5.bsky.social on special education identification during the pandemic is now published in EEPA! We show that, after an initial dip, identification rates have now "caught up" with pre-pandemic norms: tinyurl.com/y4bea5y5
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Prospective PhD Students: I am planning to accept a PhD student for AY 2026-27 in the economics and education program at Teachers College. Apply if you want to use the economics of education to study immigration or politics/political engagement and public schools. :-)
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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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.
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Steve B. Holt @stevebholt.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hi everyone. Some exciting news. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Public Policy here at Rockefeller College. We are pretty flexible on topic areas. We have a great team here and Albany is a great place to live. #econsky #academicsky Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
First pub on the tenure track! 📣🎉 Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Overpoliced? A Descriptive Portrait of School-Based Targeted Police Interventions in New York City - Jo R. King, Luis A. Rodriguez, 2025
This study provides a descriptive analysis of police intervention as a response to student behavior in New York City public schools. We find that between the 20...
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