🚨New research looks at early impacts of MA’s free community college policies. Early evidence suggests expanded access & a reshaping of who shows up on campus.
Full brief ➡️ bit.ly/wepcmassreco...
@joshua-goodman.com, @doughesm.bsky.social, Morgan Fleming, Yunee H. Yoon
@buwheelock.bsky.social
Hint: Look at High-income districts and kids approaching middle school.
Recently released working paper and policy brief here: wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
@danagoldstein.bsky.social @buwheelock.bsky.social
Top story in today’s @NYT’s “Headlines” talks about declining enrollment & districts efforts to recruit families back to the public system. @joshua-goodman.com & @abbyfrancis.bsky.social’s recent work highlighting trends in MA suggest where to focus these efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
A powerful description of the move out of ESL to mainstream classrooms. Along with our state-level analyses (link below), it underscores the need for more thoughtful support of key transitions as we try to maintain strong academic trajectories for students.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/partnerships...
This was such a great conversation about the impact of federal research funding. I think a lot of folks outside of academia don't realize the value or impact of federal research dollars- and they need to, if we want that funding to continue! Please listen & share!
10.07.2025 20:34 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Have to love a conference that kicks off w/ an elementary school mariachi band. Excited to present later today at the Education Commission of the States national forum w/ @sparccenter.bsky.social & IDOE on special education workforce shortages.
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Last week just-out work by @joshua-goodman.com & @abbyfrancis.bsky.social was featured on the @educationnext.bsky.social podcast. Listen for interesting convo of key insights and implications.
www.educationnext.org/the-educatio...
Full policy brief at: wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
🔥What’s the only thing hotter than this week’s weather?🔥
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
Today's @bostonglobe.com features my thoughts on the recent, rapid rise of private after school math tutoring.
TLDR: These classes have been valuable for our kids and others unchallenged by current school offerings, but also likely exacerabte inequality in math.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/12/o...
In future work with MA DESE Pierre Lucien and Yasko Kanno will look at additional student outcomes as well as qualitatively trying to understand differences in implementation & experience. Stay tuned.
@abacherhicks.bsky.social
Importantly, ECPs operate in precisely the schools w/ high proportions of ELs, yet this is also where representation is lowest. Suggests that access doesn't necessarily equal opportunity.
Definitely questions to be addressed about design & intent of ECPs & the audience they are working to serve.
1) Current 12th grade ELs are substantially underrepresented in Massachusetts ECPs.
2) Former ELs are slightly overrepresented in Massachusetts ECPs.
3) Current ELs are especially underrepresented in ECPs at schools w/ higher shares of Hispanic/Latinx students, low-income students, and ELs.
#Earlycollege programs hold lots of promise for increasing college-going/completion rates. But access & opportunity to these innovative pathways are important to understand. We examined representation in ECPs for #EnglishLearners in MA and found...
wheelockpolicycenter.org/specialized-...
Celebration Alert! BU Wheelock ranked for the first time among the top education policy programs in the nation. This highlights the programs significant contributions to shaping policy and advancing research in education! @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
Read More: spr.ly/6181Fszrz
Terrific group of researchers @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social!
08.04.2025 15:56 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Wohooo!
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More on @bostonu.bsky.social overall at: www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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Marcus Winters, @joshua-goodman.com @oliviachi.bsky.social Stephanie Curenton Ariel Tichnor Wagner @natejones.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social
@davidchard1.bsky.social @pennybishop.bsky.social
Our @buwheelock.bsky.social Ed Policy prog. is 1st at the college to be ranked in a specialization area by US News & World Reports. Celebrating our first appearance at #24!
Excited to see this stellar group of faculty recognized & appreciative of our past & current leadership for continued support
Excellent dive into reasons US kids' literacy/numeracy are declining.
Big culprits: decreased accountability, smartphones, Great Recession funding drops, pandemic.
No signs of help on any of these fronts + Trump/Musk have killed our ability to measure outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
A study worth reading given the impact of recent decisions to claw back remaining ESSER funds, at least some of which were going to do exactly this in New Bedford, Ma.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/03/m...
Special thanks to efforts of the search committee including @joshua-goodman.com @oliviachi.bsky.social y.social @lizbettini.bsky.social and Marcus Winters who waded through a deep and exceptional pool of applicants.
Welcome, Jo!
"Jo's research speaks directly to our guidestar commitment of transforming systems. I'm excited to see the impact of their work grow given the resources and opportunities for policy relevant research here at BU Wheelock." Says Dean @pennybishop.bsky.social
03.04.2025 15:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Jo is completing their PhD in public policy from NYU's Wagner School and is a 2024 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow and an IES PIRT Fellow. With insights from both economics and sociology, Jo studies K-12 ed policy w/ emphasis on inequities within approaches to student discipline.
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NEW FACULTY ALERT! @buwheelock.bsky.social is thrilled to welcome @jo-r-king.bsky.social as our newest Asst Prof of Ed Policy and incoming WEPC affiliate. Thread ⬇️ for more details.
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Last week, I presented on MA K-12 public school enrollment trends at the 'Thriving in the Middle School Years' forum hosted by @buwheelock.bsky.social. Very thankful for thoughtful conversations with teachers, parents, and community members!
@joshua-goodman.com @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
The 2025 BU Wheelock Forum has an exciting line up, starting off with best-selling author and MacArthur genius fellow @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social THIS THURSDAY 3/27. Full details and registration available at: www.bu.edu/wheelock/new...
@buwheelock.bsky.social
Our very own @abbyfrancis.bsky.social wins the #AEFP2025 early morning 5K run! First timer, first finisher. Way to go Abby!
17.03.2025 12:48 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Research 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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