Christopher Cleveland

Please vote for which papers you’d like to see discussed in the next #EdWorkingPapers Webinar!

My paper “Leveraging IEPs to Understand Special Education Services at Scale” (edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1249) is in the “Making Sense of IDEA: The Latest Evidence on IEPs and Special Education” group. 😀

@acooperstock.bsky.social, @dracostruth.bsky.social, and I had a great time on the First Lady Chicago Architecture Cruise during the @asanews.bsky.social Annual Meeting!

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

A treemap of terminated research grants at Harvard

We pored through more than 900 grants worth $2.6 billion that the Trump administration canceled at Harvard.

“This is larger than any individual grant,” a researcher told us. “What we are losing is a future.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

With @emmbadger.bsky.social and @ethansinger.bsky.social

The Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School ISLE Society for young professionals is proud to announce our annual Summer BBQ, Wed 6/11, 6-10pm, on Cathleen Stone Island. It will be a beautiful evening to support programming for Boston students! Tickets @ link:

www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/...

Graphic of three students walking from one cliff to another using a book bridge held up by a large hand.

Are Students on Track? Researchers find the information collected in student longitudinal data systems are better indicators for on-track college completion than the survey-based self-regulation and cognitive measures.

➡️ bit.ly/4kxWEkA

#AEFP2025 - Didn't get enough of the special education policy conversation? Stop by 8.03 (New York Room) at 3:30 and hear @christocleve.bsky.social share impacts of new developmental delay legislation on the identification of students with disabilities in Indiana.

A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025

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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A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research.

#EdResearch #EdPolicy

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a man says wherever you go there we are ALT: a man says wherever you go there we are

Our BU Wheelock Education Policy Center is going to be everywhere at next week's AEFP conference!

Between our current faculty and PhD students and our alums, we'll be in 20+ sessions.

Here's what we're presenting:

wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/associ...

@wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social

I am incredibly grateful for Institute of Education Sciences (IES) support.

Recently, I had the honor of receiving the IES Outstanding Predoctoral Award in recognition of my contributions while a Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Fellow @ Center for Education Policy Research @harvard.edu ✨

Racial Discrimination in Contemporary America | CEA | The White House Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American democracy, and our country’s diversity is one of our greatest strengths. However, in recognition of the fact that many Americans still face systemic barrie...

This is highly relevant today. While we can debate the merits of specific 'DEI' policies—some may indeed be misguided—it’s undeniable that racial discrimination persists in this country. The evidence is clear for those willing to engage with it!

bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/cea/written-...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day classroom resources Examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with these lesson plans and videos

PBS @pbsnews.bsky.social News Classroom celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Check out these 6 learning resources w/ your students, inc their thoughts on the meaning behind:
🌟Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
🌟"I Have a Dream"

#MLKDay #EduSky #sschat #apush #MLK bit.ly/3CcU1UK

This is an urgent and deeply important issue.

I had the opportunity to work with Education Resource Strategies on its “Reimagining the Teaching Job” initiative.

I encourage folks to check out the linked resources so we can help teachers to help kids.💡

www.erstrategies.org/tap/reimagin...

As I am now handling papers at AEJ:Policy again, I want to encourage authors of papers that identify partial equilibrium effects to consider (in a rigorous manner) how they relate to policy effects or general equilibrium effects.

The 2025 Economic Report of the President | CEA | The White House Today, the Council of Economic Advisers under the leadership of Chair Jared Bernstein released the 2025 Economic Report of the President, the 79th report since the establishment of CEA in 1946. The 20...

The 2025 Economic Report of the President is now available. There's a chapter on K12 education!

www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...

Junior workshop📢Please spread the word: @joshua-goodman.com @barbarabiasi.com @janmarcus.de @lergetporer.bsky.social @michelebelot.bsky.social @fpeter.bsky.social @simonwiederhold.bsky.social @jonasjessen.bsky.social @bachmannrudi.bsky.social @clemensfuest.bsky.social @tomdee.bsky.social

Dimension 10: Diverse Classrooms & Schools Guidebook - Alliance For Resource Equity Dimension 10 Diverse Classrooms & Schools Explore the possible root causes of your district’s challenges and choose promising actions based on the distinct needs of your students. This interactive wor...

If integration & funding are 2 goals, policy responses to enrollment decline impact achieving these goals, and there are tensions in achieving both integration & funding w/in states & districts as highlighted here:

educationresourceequity.org/dimensions-o...

2025 has the makings of a very interesting year for education policy:

1. Trump admin
2. NAEP ‘24 results
3. Enrollment declines & school closures
4. School choice expansion
5. High school redesign

I’m particularly intrigued by the high school redesign conversations given their breadth.

Thoughts?

Opinion | No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort High marks reward excellence, not grit.

I’m seeing a growing number of students complain: “My grade doesn’t reflect the effort I put into the course.”

Public service announcement: An A is for excellence, not for effort.

The true measure of learning is not the time and energy you put in. It’s the knowledge and skills you take out.

Attending #APPAM2024 this week? Looking for sessions to attend tomorrow and Saturday morning? Look no further than this thread!

Come check out our panel on policies and programs for students with disabilities tomorrow (11/21) at 10:15am in Chesapeake 7.
appam.confex.com/appam/2024/m...

Education scholars heading to #APPAM2024 - @christocleve.bsky.social and I are organizing an informal happy hour meet up Thursday night 11/21 at The Brass Tap, 7pm! Would love to reconnect with folks while we're all together next week.

Please amplify and feel free to invite others!

The Effects of Response to Intervention on Disability Identification and Achievement Currently 15 percent of U.S. students receive special education services, a widespread intensive intervention with variable effects on students. Spurred by changes in federal policy, many states and d...

Very excited about this working paper with @nick-ainsworth.bsky.social and @christocleve.bsky.social!

Tldr: RTI adoption lowered SPED identification rates & raised reading achievement among Black students. It did not lower achievement (in either reading or math) for any student subgroups.

The Department of Education Welcomes Christopher Cleveland as Assistant Professor of Education and Education Policy Christopher Cleveland is an Assistant Professor of Education and Education Policy, holding a joint appointment in the Education Department and Annenberg Institute. His research and teaching focus on q...

Go Bruno! education.brown.edu/news/2024-07...

Should Schools Struggling with Classroom Management Clamp Down with More Suspensions or Turn to Restorative Justice? BU education policy researcher Christopher Cleveland weighs in on the national struggle to manage behavior and keep kids safe at school

Are more suspensions or restorative justice the key to classroom management? @christocleve.bsky.social, gives his thoughts on the struggle to manage behavior in the classroom and keep students safe.
Read More: ⬇️
www.bu.edu/articles/202...

#school #safety #Education @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social

Gifted and talented programs are vanishing from schools. That’s a bigger problem than you think. - The Boston Globe Public schools in other states offer more support for gifted children than Massachusetts does. It doesn’t have to be that way.

#Massachusetts has largely shifted away from offering gifted and talented programs in public #schools, But is that a good thing?

@bostonglobe.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
@joshgoodmanbu.bsky.social @christocleve.bsky.social

Read More: ⬇️
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/29/m...

My colleague @christocleve.bsky.social has studied demand for programming for advanced learners in NYC and found that enrollment in public schools depends in part on whether schools are meeting such demand.

scholar.harvard.edu/chcleveland/...

I'm glad to see attention being paid here in MA to the (not so benign) policy neglect of advanced learners.

Kara Miller's deep dive in the @bostonglobe.bsky.social highlights research from 2 @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
folks, which I describe further below.

www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/29/m...