Lucy Sorensen

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

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The Impact of Cellphone Bans in Schools on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Florida Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

New study on student cellphone bans finds short-term increases in discipline issues but ultimately improvements in both attendance and student achievement. www.nber.org/papers/w3438...

Contemporary Child Labor and Declining School Attendance in the U.S. The United States has experienced a 400% increase in reported child labor violations over the past decade, coinciding with declines in K-12 school attendance and enrollment. We examine the causal rela...

New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302

With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon

Hi everyone. Some exciting news. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Public Policy here at Rockefeller College. We are pretty flexible on topic areas. We have a great team here and Albany is a great place to live. #econsky #academicsky

Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation States have increasingly adopted policies to promote computer science education at the elementary and secondary levels. These policies are intended, in part, to promote the pursuit of computer science...

We have a new EdWorkingPaper up, from @edutuan.bsky.social, @haeryunkim.bsky.social, Chanh Lam, Mariam Saffar Pérez, Jinyoung Hur, Colleen Lewis, and me:

The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301

Effects of Comprehensive Support and Improvement School Designation Under the Every Student Succeeds Act on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Ohio We examine the causal effects of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) school designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act on student outcomes in Ohio using a regression discontinuity des...

This paper examined the effects of identifying the lowest 5% of performing schools in Ohio per ESSA. They found *negative* effects on attendance, graduation, and test scores. Why? More staff attrition, unclear how to improve, and did not come with more resources. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Our consensus study was released today! So very grateful to have been a part of this and with some of the very best people🩷 (And...here's to a world and future for our kids where these drills are no longer needed).

nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/291...

Shoutout to amazing PhD student coauthors Sodiq Ambali and @miyeunjung.bsky.social (who's on the job market this year!). We look forward to any feedback.

Overall, school infrastructure quality matters for student health, well-being, and learning.

Our research shows that not all students have access to safe and healthy buildings. . . but there are funding mechanisms available to solve this problem!

We find that:
🔹 Schools serving more students of color have worse building conditions across dimensions.
🔹 These disparities remain even after accounting for poverty, geography, and school type.
🔹 Property tax revenue is the biggest driver of the gap, but state building aid helps narrow the gap.

Unequal Foundations: Racial Disparities in School Building Conditions in New York State School infrastructure is a critical yet often overlooked factor shaping student health, learning, and well-being. This study examines racial disparities in public school building conditions across New...

New working paper out where we analyze building inspection reports to show how exposure to physical school building conditions varies by student race/ethnicity in New York State 👉 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1251 . . .

This provocative, data-infused essay by James Wyckoff — edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1197 — serves as a reminder that fully understanding the declines in student achievement requires us to look well before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Rapid Response Data Briefing: American Time Use Survey. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Did you know that the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is up for renewal? Join us to learn: - What's in the ATUS? - Why is ATUS important? - What are the risks facing its continued collection and publi...

The American Time Use Survey is up for renewal, or cancellation.

OMB is gathering input on the data's importance.

@ipums.bsky.social organized a rapid response briefing to equip us with tools to effectively comment.
#EconSky #sociology #policysky

Register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#TakeawayTuesday: “The Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child BMI” by Will Davis, Daniel Kreisman, and Tareena Musaddiq. The study finds no increase in obesity risk, while also noting small reductions in underweight prevalence.
Read more: doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
#EFP @aefpweb.bsky.social

www.nber.org/papers/w33904

whew.

“We are well aware of the view held by many physicians that oxycodone is weaker than morphine. I do not plan to do anything about that.” (Purdue Pharma Company Exec)

Flyer for a webinar on Thursday, June 12th from 1-2pm eastern titled "Breaking into Education Consulting: Exploring Independent Career Paths." The overview says: curious about what it takes to build a career as an independent consultant? In this webinar, panelists will share practical advice for researchers considering this path. I'm moderating and there are 4 dope panelists. Co-hosted by AEP, NCME, APPAM, and SREE.

Been chatting with folks who've lost their jobs and several said it would be nice to learn about how to get into consulting work. So I said I could put something together on that! Webinar next Thursday at 1pm eastern. (Thanks AEFP, APPAM, NCME, & SREE!)

Register here: aefpweb.org/ev_calendar_...

Congratulations, Jeremy!! 🎉

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New research from me&@agpines.bsky.social

Congress is pushing work requirements for Medicaid&SNAP. You’ve heard these kick eligible folks off (@pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social), don't increase work&cause hunger (@laurenhlb.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social). But wait there's more! 1/n

🚀 Launching the EdWorkingPapers Policy & Practice Series!

Too much good research never reaches the people making real decisions.

Our new series changes that. Each 2-pager highlights key findings from #EdWorkingPapers, made for busy leaders and policymakers.

📄 Read the first three: bit.ly/3Z1Kok2

AEFP Board Nomination Form Please complete the form below if you are potentially interested in being a candidate or if you know someone who you believe could be a good fit for the AEFP Board of Directors. Board terms are three ...

Help needed! Please provide us with nominations (including self-nominations) for the AEFP Board of Directors by 5/27. We're looking for potential at-large members, governmental affiliates, teacher org affiliates, & president-elects. Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Congratulations!!! This is awesome!!

Urban's data tool is great for this. Here's VA district expenditures and enrollment for 2017-18: educationdata.urban.org/data-explore.... You just need to download and divide expenditures by enrollment.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.

www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Education Policy Early Career Paper Swap The goal is to create an opportunity for early career scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates to connect with peers at similar stages and receive constructive feedback on article-length drafts they’re pre...

🚨Organizing a paper swap for early career edu policy researchers.🚨
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:

I’ll be joining several brilliant scholars for a Presidential Session on race, racism, and K-12 school finance on Sat. There’s no path to just school funding without confronting the historical and persistent role of racism. Join us for what will surely be a dynamic and timely conversation. #AERA2025

ERICA to the Rescue! ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...

Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...

#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky