Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?” Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.” Snowy aka Milou is very excited about the drink he has found.

Student appreciation encourages professors. Teaching isn't easy. I taught two classes this semester. Undergrads' end-of-term gratitude was deeply moving. Several were genuinely thankful. In my master class: silence. Only one person said something. First time in my life that this happens.

Being a co-editor of a journal is a lot of work, and in some cases, with no compensation. It is hard. What makes it even harder is the difficulty of finding reviewers. An editor has to take tough decisions: to desk-reject or not. If not, our task become more difficult if people decline to review.

Is grade retention a gateway or gatekeeper for English learners? | Brookings Diana Quintero finds third-grade retention boosts ML-ELs' short-term gains, but lasting benefits depend on school support.

Diana Quintero, a recent graduate of Peabody-Vanderbilt, discusses grade retention for English Learners, which is the focus of her market paper. www.brookings.edu/articles/is-...

Taking the L out of BLS.

I wrote this post about the short-term impacts of this intervention, which were being hyped at the time, in 2022. Sadly, the same pattern repeats itself over and over again...

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A very interesting conversation on vouchers with Blake Farmer (NPR), Camellia Burris (NPR), and Chelsea Crawford(TennesseeCAN) in This is Nashville! @thisisnashville.bsky.social

School vouchers have proven to be one of the most divisive concepts in Tennessee politics. But now, it’s the law. 20,000 scholarships are available statewide and most students are eligible. It’s an hour for a timely talk today at noon.

TIN is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.

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Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding

Xinjie (Andy) Zhang, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education Policy at Vanderbilt, has a similar problem in an experiment conducted in China. He is solving the problem by using an Instrumental Variable estimator in subsequent periods.

Episode 5: Impact of micro-investments in school children with Felipe Barrera-Osorio In this episode of Quantum Potential, Felipe Barrera-Osorio joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss his groundbreaking research—comparing the impact of need-based versus merit-based micro-scholarship...

Public dissemination of one's own work is rare. Many times, my work stops at the production of a paper that not many people read. This conversation with Provost Raver at @vanderbilt.edu was a real treat.
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Resources - Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center Resources Original research, evidence reviews, and more about how state policies can help all children thrive. Can’t find what you need? Contact us directly with an information request. SEARCH RESOURC...

Cynthia Osborme, and pn3policy.org/resources/

Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...

In Oct. 24 USAID granted us 1.3M to study Bogota, Colombia charter schools. Yesterday, I received a termination notice. The aim of the grant was to provide evidence of the impact of private provision of public education. It does not escape me the irony: this is the "education agenda" of the new admo

In Oct. 24 USAID granted us 1.3M to study Bogota, Colombia charter schools. Yesterday, I received a termination notice. The aim of the grant was to provide evidence of the impact of private provision of public education. It does not escape me the irony: this is the "education agenda" of the new admo

How to write your abstracts in empirical micro:

Thank you so much! Very informative.

Please do tell more:
1. So, you don't engage with those reporters/networks?
2. How do you use your "whisper network"? I don't even know what a whisper network is... Asking for a friend.

I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer!

We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc.

Please apply and share !

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YouTube video by myrooo A205 - Stay With Me

I am going over my X account since I am stopping it completely. I found this old video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogI9.... I was very moved; I couldn't talk.

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Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?” Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.” Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring.

The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)

Para los colombianos de acá: un paralelo entre el presidente Petro y el presidente electo de USA. www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...

YouTube video by tritonsky Carl Sagan Talks About Books

Some days ago, I went to my local library to pick up books that I had reserved ("Silo" series).As I was leaving, I had a thought: Trump has never been in a public library. He doesn’t understand the power of a community around "books." An object totally alien to Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nk...

I see this tweet as a missed opportunity: Noam, what is the list of actions?

The @aefpweb.bsky.social EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) Community Group meets Friday Dec 13 at 11am ET!

Join us as @khoavuumn.bsky.social & Rohitha Edara present work in progress.

All welcome! Contact me for Zoom link. Join group @aefpweb.bsky.social site. #econsky #edusky

Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania* Abstract. We present results from a large-scale randomized experiment across 350 schools in Tanzania that studied the impact of providing schools with (i)

1. Chris Candelaria (@chriscandelaria) has also very interesting work in USA.
2. On the question of "does money matter?", two papers in QJE: de Ree, et al H. (2017). "Double for Nothing?..." AND Mbiti, et al (2019). "Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education"