Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Test-optional policies reduce college admissions of high-achieving, disadvantaged students Under test-optional policies, too few of these applicants submit test scores; they more than double their admission probability (from 2.9% to 7.2 %) by reporting scores. drive.google.com/file/d/10mW5... 35221
sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Glad I had the opportunity to contribute to this @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social, which is an important tool for education researchers and policymakers! 031
sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I'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!drive.google.comCordes postdoc position description.pdf 01115
sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Job alert! I’m hiring a postdoc! More details to come but the main responsibility will be working with me to create a dataset of state charter school funding laws. The bigger project is looking to see how the characteristics of these laws shape the fiscal impacts of charters on districts. 010
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialJill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 03/06/20252025 was the first time ED missed the June 1 deadline, which was established in 2002. ies.ed.gov/ies/2025/01/... And this report dates back almost 160 years, when the federal government began tracking education data. nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/di... (4/9)ies.ed.gov 15411
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 14/05/2025BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision. 21526361495
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Affecting 1 in 5 people, transportation insecurity is America's overlooked hardship. New research from Alexandra Murphy and @natashap.bsky.social uses the Transportation Security Index to provide insights on this prevalent challenge. #EconSky #PolicySky psc.isr.umich.edu/news/transpo... 01610
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialCara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025"Now the responsibility of posting these grant opportunities is poised to rest with DOGE — and if its employees delay those postings or stop them altogether, “it could effectively shut down federal-grant making,” said one federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity" wapo.st/42uavRCwapo.stDOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billionsA DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year. 0169
sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Is there a rule of thumb about how long it should take a school -based intervention to start working? 000
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialSarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025In addition to being morally wrong this is also just plain old wrong as shown by research by @kevinshih.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDo international students crowd-out or cross-subsidize Americans in higher education?Recent growth in international enrollment at U.S. universities has raised controversy. While critics accuse international students of displacing Ameri… 510051
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression. 17864602891
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 15/03/20252/N Textbook treatment of this is in Mostly Harmless Econometrics Ch 3, showing that OLS w micro data gives you the same result as OLS w appropriately defined means 2122
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialCarrie Conaway @clconaway.bsky.social · 12/03/2025What a surreal experience to be leading a workshop for education researchers on how to write about their research, in a building directly across from the US Capitol, and wake up to discover that the entire national education statistical staff has been fired. 11432119
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12/03/2025I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired. 36934608
Reposted by @sarahcordes.bsky.socialGema Zamarro @gzamarro.bsky.social · 08/03/2025“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” #internationalwomensday 1268
sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · 14/10/2024Needed: Recommendations/suggestions for someone who can teach an in-person Econ of Ed course for undergrad and master’s students at Temple next spring. Please DM me! 000
sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · 04/12/2023We're hiring a TT faculty member in urban education! I'm not on the search committee because I'm sabbatical in the spring, but happy to answer whatever questions I am able and/or put you in touch with members of the committee! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37567846... 040