Greg King

Good Policy Requires Good Data - CEW Georgetown Good data is the backbone of sound policy decisions, and the US Education Department is no exception to this rule.

Markets operate more efficiently with better information. Data help educators prepare students for jobs, help policymakers effectively invest taxpayer dollars, and promote US national competitiveness by supporting human capital development. bit.ly/3QZtJZO

"Economics is actually beautiful because it's the study of human cooperation... It's that cooperation that grows the pie bigger that is the most exciting part of economics, and it's also the part that's completely absent from the Trump agenda."

DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancelation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million Government agencies today announced the immediate cancelation of approximately $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University due to the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent h...

The farce that this is to protect Jews is beyond offensive and insulting. Cancelling grants, threatening deportation of students based on their speech does not make me feel either safe or supported as a Jew. No admin in my life has made me feel *less* safe. Disgusting. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

The older I get, the more convinced I become that when ordering coffee out there should be a separate line for those of us who only want drip.

a bald man in a red shirt is eating a blue bag of chips . ALT: a bald man in a red shirt is eating a blue bag of chips .

Last month we went to Costco for Super Bowl snacks. Bought a giant bag of tortilla chips. It literally goes up to my knee (that's more a comment on the size of the bag and not on my height).

Now I feel guilty when I have any other snack other than chips. I just keep saying, one more on repeat.

The ball was also frozen? Let's just blame that entire game on the weather, oh and being terrible this year.

It's so cold the basket froze over.

The amount of time I spend thinking about creating an anonymous BlueSky account so that I can release my sarcasm to the world is unreasonable.

Thank you to all those who have already created these outlets, they are satiating to my soul.

Inexplicable Cuts at the Dept. of Education Recently, DOGE has bragged about terminating 89 contracts worth a collective $881 million at the Institute for Education Sciences at the US Department of Education.

Great piece on the important studies killed off at IES

Incredibly shortsighted behavior

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Knowing what works, for whom, and under what conditions is one of the most powerful tools I can imagine in public policy. Adding cost effectiveness analysis can improve efficiency while understanding context supports generalizability.

The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education - CEW Georgetown Postsecondary attainment gaps by economic status and race/ethnicity result in a loss of economic and social benefits to the US.

The annual benefits of equalizing educational attainment:
- $58.7B by lowered public health spending
- $33.7B from decreased need for federal assistance programs
- $13.8B as a result of reduced public costs related to incarceration
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Research Scientist Research Scientist The Research Scientist will be part of a growing team at the USC EdPolicy Hub at the USC Rossier School of Education. The “Hub” collaborates with Southern California schools, educat...

You already know I'm hiring a postdoc for next year, but the @uscedpolicyhub.bsky.social is also hiring two OTHER positions, a research scientist (usc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/ExternalUSCC...) and a data analyst (usc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/ExternalUSCC...). Apply today!

Why not go wild and put a colon? Learning: Design and Technology

The Administration's Cancellation of IES Contracts | DQC This statement, signed by a coalition of advocacy organizations, warns against canceling almost 100 Institute of Education Sciences contracts.

"Federal research provides real benefit to every state and district ... States and districts need this information on what works ... Without it, students are less prepared and the well-being of all Americans suffers." dataqualitycampaign.org/news/the-adm...

Odle said the loss of federal dollars is “an assault on the U.S.’s education data infrastructure.” He added that “at some point in their career, every education researcher in the United States has leveraged a product produced by the U.S. Department of Education or IES.”

Fab quote from @taylorodle.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Yeah, just not a fan of an ELITE team.

I feel like this is validation and a burn at the same time. Well played.

The Caring University is now available for pre-order!

It's about structural and cultural change to improve the higher ed workplace.

See the ToC ⬇️

I'd be grateful if you would consider reposting to your networks to spread the word.

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Look at it this way...you could be watching NC State play.

Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts.
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders

I have also heard of IES contract cancellations, affecting friends and colleagues.

Efficacy and Implementation Research Intern At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what ...

Come be an intern with my amazing team at @curriculumassoc.bsky.social!

We're looking for a PhD students with an interest in understanding and researching what works so we can build the best products/services for kids and teachers, alike!

Feel free to apply directly/reach out with questions!

This remains the biggest part of the story to me - the ongoing trend of the bottom falling out of the performance distribution.

A candid take on the sobering NAEP results.

Ten years old and still as relevant as ever!

Across All Ages & Demographics, Test Results Show Americans Are Getting Dumber Aldeman: In the last decade, achievement scores have been falling — and gaps have been widening. Why is a huge unanswered question

@the74.bsky.social bringing the heat today.

Not sure I'd say we're getting "dumber" but, while only one measure of intelligence, test scores are declining.

I'd argue that the reasons for these declines are a range of issues that have been built on the teetering trust in education systems.

Dan Collier, Ph.D. (@dcollier74.bsky.social) 🚨⚠️Higher Education Politics and Economics @hepejournal.bsky.social - Call for Papers on Special issue edited by me, @chrismarsicano.com, Alex Marsicovetere: Beyond the Balance: Narratives from the F...

Hey, I am guest editing a special issue on student loans.

RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.

If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!

Plz, requote and share widely.

#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

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Behavioral nudges prevent loan delinquencies at scale: A 13-million-person field experiment | PNAS Americans collectively hold over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, and over the last decade millions of borrowers have defaulted on loans, with s...

Great research on efficacy of small, administrative measures to reduce student loan delinquency

Small effects, yes, but also at a tiny, tiny, cost

So, welfare enhancing

Hope there are staff left in Department of Education to act on this

@jdmatsudaira.bsky.social
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Really interesting and fun tool!

This could be really useful in communicating some meaning for research to a more general audience outside of academics. I really like the effort to make research more practical in positioning it's meaning!

Go @carajackson.bsky.social colleagues!

Some of my brilliant colleagues developed a new tool for contextualizing effect sizes for social & behavioral outcomes!

ebcontextualizer.shinyapps.io/EmpBench/ described in this article www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....