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Sofía Wilson

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US K12 @Anthropic.com|| previously @Stanford @Clever @Newsela @StartEarlyOrg || 🇦🇷🇺🇸 sofia-wilson.github.io

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Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In the last school year, after years of controversy, San Francisco schools fielded pilots that reintroduced Algebra to 8th grade. A preregistered, quasi-experimental study by Elizabeth Huffaker and me indicates the major pilots were largely successful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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San Francisco Killed 8th-Grade Algebra. Now It’s Set to Come Back.
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Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
VERSION 2.0 of the Segregation Tracking Project is here! New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more! edopportunity.org/segregation/
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The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford | The Segregation Tracking Project
Use our visualizations to explore educational opportunity in your school & community.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
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ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles​ cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
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Beth Schueler @bethschueler.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
To ring in the new year, I'm excited to announce the launch of the Politics of Education Lab (PEdL) at the Stanford GSE. The goal is to advance understanding of the political dimensions of education policymaking to help policymakers and practitioners strengthen school systems. pedl.stanford.edu
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The Politics of Education Lab
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Fabulous postdoc opportunity at Stanford to work on the politics of education with one of the best @bethschueler.bsky.social postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Beth Schueler | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
@stanford.edu University invites nominations & applications for the position of Dean of @stanfordeducation.bsky.social. We seek individuals with outstanding scholarly & professional careers who have demonstrated potential for academic & administrative leadership. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37933847...
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Very concerned how these federal policy changes will impact vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks — with consequences to child health, parental workforce participation, and schooling. See our working paper for impact of recent measles outbreak on student absences: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
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The West Texas Measles Outbreak and Student Absences
Declining child-vaccination rates are driving a measles resurgence in the US, yet little evidence documents how these outbreaks may disrupt schooling. Using daily absence data from a school district a...
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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
For context, this drop in attendance rates related to the measles outbreak (about 93% to 90%) is almost as large as the initial drop in TX attendance rates from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic (95% in 2018-19 to 91% in 2021-22). (TX attendance trends over time here: www.aei.org/research-pro...)
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Public health policy is #EdPolicy
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
In 2000, measles was declared eradicated in the U.S. Today, declining child-vaccination rates are driving the largest measles resurgence we've seen in 3+ decades. How do these outbreaks impact schooling? @tomdee.bsky.social and I examine this question in West Texas, the country's largest outbreak.
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Great coverage of my new report highlighting ICE's disproportionate targeting on Latinos in New York and around the country.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Woah. Argentina's 1990s preschool expansion program appears to have been a smashing success. The program increased high school completion by a whole 11.9 percentage points. The authors estimate that for every $1 spent, the preschool expansion generated about $11 in benefits.
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Erica Greenberg @ericahgreenberg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Nationwide, the supply of infant and toddler #ECE does not meet demand, and the costs of care are #unaffordable for many #families. Curious about the status in your state? Check out our new @urbaninstitute.bsky.social snapshots! www.urban.org/data-tools/s...
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State Snapshots of Infant and Toddler Early Care and Education
State-by-state breakdowns of the supply, demand, affordability, and licensing requirements for early child care and education.
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Excited to see everyone in Chicago for #AEFP2026!
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I 💙 you california
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Pleased to see our research on the pandemic’s unequal impact on girls’ and boys’ test scores covered by The Harvard Gazette. The math gender gap is now larger than at any point in the past 50 years. Our evidence points to out-of-school factors as potential drivers: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Girls fell further behind in math during, after pandemic — Harvard Gazette
Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures.
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Angela Li @angelamli.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse. 👩🏻‍💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
Abstract for "The truly isolated: Spatial isolation of advantage in the United States" by Shannon Rieger, Angela Li, and Patrick Sharkey, published at Urban Studies
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Deeply concerned about the trauma and developmental harm this admin is inflicting on students. Local news reporting absenteeism rate post ICE raid doubled relative to its rate from prior year in Charlotte. What @tomdee.bsky.social found in Central Valley, CA occurring in many cities throughout US.
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Girls’ test scores dropped more than boys’ post pandemic—but not everywhere. We use 15 years of data from 7k+ districts to understand why, and what this might teach us about how societal shocks impact gender disparities in ed outcomes. Hear sean present our findings tomorrow: lnkd.in/eEe-DTND
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Why have girls' test scores declined relative to boys' in recent years? Next Tuesday (11/18) at 4 pm, join the PIER Public Seminar series for a conversation with Stanford University's sean...
Why have girls' test scores declined relative to boys' in recent years? Next Tuesday (11/18) at 4 pm, join the PIER Public Seminar series for a conversation with Stanford University's sean reardon, wh...
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Fascinating, important work with novel dataset.
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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Why is this economics? We show how backlash to the most significant social policy since the abolition of slavery -- school integration --reshaped markets, reallocated resources, and reduced human capital. Read the paper 👇 (P.S. I'm presenting this at APPAM this weekend! Come say hi!) 12/12
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Umut Özek @uozek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Nice summary of our paper and related work by @tomdee.bsky.social and @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social here. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
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ICE arrests could hurt student test scores, study says — and not just for immigrants
A study of a large Florida school district found that the effects of immigration enforcement on students’ academic performance was concentrated in high-poverty schools. The test score declines also oc...
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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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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Excited to head to Seattle this week for #APPAM2025. I’ll be presenting my work on how universal pre-K expansions affect public school system enrollment. If you're interested in spillover effects of early childhood policies, get in touch & hope to see you in Seattle!
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Hema Shah @hema-shah-econ.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I'm on the job market! My JMP studies the role of high school teachers in preparing students for college success I find significant positive effects of high school teachers on 🔹College admissions test scores 🔹College enrollment 🔹College performance 🧵(1/10)
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Abigail Francis @abigailfrancis.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Published in Economics of Education Review! Building on @joshua-goodman.com's post, we find public school enrollment declines are concentrated in higher-income districts, middle grades, and among White and Asian students. I hope these findings support discussions on the shifting education landscape.
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Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Know any aspiring PhD students interested in quant studies in education? Please direct them to our programs in ed policy, econ of ed, or ed data science! I hope to welcome an energetic & ambitious student to join me in our new building 🌴☀️ Applications due November 17 ed.stanford.edu/admissions/a...
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Apply for Admission | Stanford Graduate School of Education
As you prepare your application, familiarize yourself with the admission process and timeline for your desired program below. Note that the application for 2026-2027 entry is not yet available.
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This is my last week at the Wall Street Journal. I'll be returning to Chalkbeat to launch a new section focused on the big ideas and debates in American education. More on this soon! You can sign up to keep following my work here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...
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Chalkbeat
A free newsletter from Chalkbeat with the most important education news across America — sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every week.
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David Van Dijcke @packlesshepherd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Hi Bluesky! I'm excited to share my job market paper (for the 2025-26 market)! It introduces a new extension of RDD where outcomes are entire distributions: Regression Discontinuity Design with Distributions (R3D). Thread below 👇 (1/)
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Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
It's gratifying to see my recent immigration-raid research actually being used. wapo.st/42mWdTn
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Teachers sue over Trump's immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home
Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its immigration crackdown
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10/09/2025
Breaking: Lisa Cook can remain on the Fed's board for now, a judge ruled, blocking Trump from firing her.
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Judge Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The order allows Cook to remain on the central bank’s board for now while her legal challenge proceeds.
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 23/07/2025
I'm on Cambridge's 87 bus right now, heading to the Royal Sonesta to hear some great Economics of Education talks as part of the #NBER Summer Institute. I'll try to live post as many as possible, so watch this thread! @nber.org #EconSky
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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
And the exact circumstances of her dismissal were chilling -- both figuratively and literally. Please read if you have some time today. (3/3) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Suddenly sacked
Former education stats chief describes her final days under DOGE
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The @nytimes.com spotlighted a new study from #EdWorkingPapers that examines the profound impact of immigration raids on attendance in California's Central Valley. Read the NYT article below.
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NBER @nber.org · 01/07/2025
Families responded to pronounced full-day kindergarten expansions across the US over three decades with increases in employment among moms and decreases in childcare expenses for families, from @chloergibbs.bsky.social, Jocelyn S. Wikle, and Riley Wilson www.nber.org/papers/w33948
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Abigail Francis @abigailfrancis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Excited to share my joint work with @joshua-goodman.com on K-12 enrollment patterns in Massachusetts. Five years after the pandemic began, we're seeing persistent enrollment losses in public schools, especially in the middle school years-trends that mirror what's happening nationally. Check it out!
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Important study by @tomdee.bsky.social shows recent immigration raids led to a 22% spike in school absences in CA’s Central Valley — with particular impacts among youngest kids.
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Tiffany Wu @tiffanyxwu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success? Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question! 🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf And 🧵👇
A screenshot of the abstract of the working paperFigure 1: School Enrollment Pathways for Lottery Winners and Control Group Students through 8th Grade. This figure represents school enrollment pathways across different school types (BPS, BPS Exam School, non-BPS district school, charter school, and other) for both lottery winners and the control group. The thickness of the lines represents the percentage of lottery winners/control group students that are enrolled in each type of school. Blue lines show the pathways taken by lottery winners, and BPS-specific school categories are highlighted in the light blue boxes. BPS = Boston Public Schools.
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Erica Greenberg @ericahgreenberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🌟What if early educators were paid like K-12 teachers? New evidence from Washington, DC shows what would happen: more stability in the child care workforce, higher-quality caregiving, and greater mental health and financial well-being for early educators.🌟 #EduSkyECEC www.urban.org/research/pub...
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Wage Enhancements Benefit Child Care Staffing in DC
In this summary, we provide sustained evidence of the benefits of the District of Columbia’s wage enhancement program for early childhood educators, the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, to ch...
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Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I’m really proud of myself & the work I’ve been doing. I’m also thankful for the Foundation’s investment in my work, ideas, & me as a scholar! Amidst a political climate of disinvestment from justice-oriented work, shout out to WTG for “standing 10 toes down”! 1/3 www.gse.upenn.edu/news/ericka-...
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Ericka Weathers selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of
This award will support the assistant professor in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, and Leadership division in a five-year research plan on institutional responses to truancy.
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Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Need some good education news? Over the last decade, the number of students taking an AP Computer Science exam more than tripled and that was no accident. In a new @pnas.org study, Daniela Ganelin & I find that roughly two-thirds of this growth can be attributed to the new AP CS Principles course.
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Sofía Wilson @sofia-wilson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Encourage education researchers to read resources compiled by my advisor sean reardon on actions we can take to save research using NCES restricted-use data: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion 1/N Big picture: Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure) - load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review -These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
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Dana Goldstein @danagoldstein.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
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Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.
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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
These are ideas that sean reardon shared for saving research using restricted-use NCES data in the near and long term (sharing here with permission).
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Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I forgot to post about our Policy Talk. It was a full house with a lot of engagement. When we submitted our proposal, who knew we’d be discussing this agenda amidst such chaos. Interested in school funding + racial segregation? Join the research efforts. #AEFP2025 www.brownspromise.org/resources
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Resources — Brown's Promise
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Paola Guerrero-Rosada @paolaguerreror.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Check out the livehandbook.org, an open-access resource that will be continuously updated to serve as a hub of policy relevant #educationresearch. @weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality. This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.
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Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
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