Graduate Loan Limit Impact Explorer — PEER Center

SPA’s @peerresearch.bsky.social Center is analyzing the impact of new grad loan limits with a new data tool.
Explore the tool: bit.ly/4ufmvmj
Read Prof. @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social’s analysis: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/upshot/studen...

Adding this to my mini lecture on fertility rates

And there’s always immigration!

POSTDOC OPENING! We are hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow for a mixed-methods project aimed at supporting and researching implementation of high-quality preschool curricula. The position is 1-2 years and can be in person or remote.

More details here: edpolicy.umich.edu/what-we-do/j...

"The City of Ann Arbor has decided to retain & invest in its outdoor warning siren system. ... But given the heightened community interest following the sirens’ activation overnight on April 15 for a tornado warning, we want to share this update now: the outdoor warning sirens are staying in place."

Outdoor Warning Siren System Review A reivew of the City's warning siren system to determine if they should be decomissioned or maintained

Some niche #A2 content: The sirens are here to stay.
engage.a2gov.org/siren-review

Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

This will make your morning better, all you teacher/writer/thinker people.

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Don’t Use A.I. to Do This www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

How immigration enforcement is harming US schools and students | Brookings Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj examines how aggressive immigration enforcement harms students' attendance, health, and academics.

New @Brookings commentary on the consequences of current immigration enforcement campaigns & attacks on immigrant communities for students & schools. www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

if you wanna keep your job, don't be a fucking creep. it's really that simple.

Now, you might say, "What about all the knowledge we'd lose if we push all the abusive geniuses out of academia?!"

But I'd counter and say, "Well, what about the knowledge we've already lost from the budding scholars whose careers they've derailed with their abuse?"

thanks for sharing this

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Ok but you gotta read it at least twice to discuss it properly

Families across the U.S. are getting college acceptance letters — and tuition bills NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with economist Judith Scott-Clayton about the cost of college in the U.S. They discuss the difference between sticker and net price and the opaqueness of tuition costs.

Nice NPR piece featuring @jscottclayton.bsky.social explaining the ins and outs of college prices.

Really hitting every note my financial aid admin turned higher Ed policy nerd heart could desire.

www.npr.org/2026/04/12/n...

Racial Disparities and Black Parents’ School Preferences: Evidence from a Survey Experiment - The Urban Review Nearly half of Black parents have access to public school choice, but choice may not provide equitable and supportive school environments. Qualitative research documents Black parents worries that majority-White schools with more resources and higher test scores may over-discipline, underestimate, and exclude their children. Yet large-scale studies rarely examine what Black families desire in potential schools, including how they navigate potential tradeoffs between high school quality and denigrating school racial climates. This survey experiment examines the extent to which test score gaps and suspension gaps between Black students and their non-Black peers deter Black parents from choosing schools with higher overall test scores and lower overall suspension rates. We randomly assign a large, national sample of Black parents (N = 1,677) to examine a school profile vignette where the school has overall high academic achievement and low suspensions rates but includes either one, both, or neither academic and discipline gaps to assess how test score and suspension disparities affect Black parents’ school preferences and perceptions. We find that racial disparities in student discipline and academic outcomes, on average, diminish Black families’ desires to enroll in high-achievement schools and their perceptions of student belonging. These findings align with qualitative research showing that well-resourced, high-achieving schools are less appealing to Black families when they marginalize Black students and that schools’ unequal punishment of Black students shapes Black parents’ evaluations of potential educational spaces.

New research by Todd Hall, Jeremy Prim, @drjae.bsky.social, and me:

Black families are 10 percentage points less likely to choose an otherwise high-quality school when it has large racial disparities in test scores and student discipline.

Read the paper: doi.org/10.1007/s112...

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I was all, how can she choose a favo... oh.

🚨 NSF is already quietly eliminating the SBE Directorate, despite Congress’ mandate that NSF support the behavioral & social sciences.

Steps to counter this are in motion.

If you
- have an SBE proposal under review
- serve on an SBE grant panel

You can help! Fill out this form: shorturl.at/xuKw2

I was telling my daughter about @itsafronomics.blacksky.app this morning and how much she has accomplished in her life already. The 8-year-old: "Wow! Two books and she's just, like, 30? ... ... Have you written any books, Mom?"

🫠🤨🧐

Death by 8-year-old.

Honored that Anna is visiting my class!

🖤🤎 were tied for crunchiness
🖤 won for flavor combo

🤍 has been retired never to grace a lunchbox again

Delicious but dry!

Earning that JPAL affiliation: Currently running an experiment in my kitchen over which matzo sandwich does not get soggy in the three hour interval between leaving for school and lunch.
🤍 cream cheese & matzo
🤎 pb, choc chips, & matzo
🖤 chocolate tahini & matzo

Guess away, we'll see you in 3 hrs.

🚨New working paper alert! 🚨

The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective?

Today we released a working paper suggesting it is.

"Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States"

Let me explain...

*quota 🤷🏻‍♀️

Have used my whole semester's quote of exclamation points in responding to my students' final project pitches.

don't wear white or cream

New paper: Morocco's Pioneer Middle Schools—a government-led whole-school reform—improved socioemotional skills, tripled year-on-year learning, reduced dropout ~1/3.

"Beyond Basics"

w/ Campos Quintero, El Amrani Mida, Glewwe, Kumar, and Lépine

de-barros.com/publication/...

@cega-uc.bsky.social

Screenshot of UM Canvas with Anna prominently featured

Just me, minding my own business, going to post some slides in Canvas, and BAM... @itsafronomics.blacksky.app!

Nobody

D’s when there is a special election in a Trump district:

Paging researchers who focus on #schoolfinance, #englishlearners, low-income students, and career pathways: @edfund.bsky.social has a new RFP you should check out! Get grant funding for your policy-relevant work--LOIs due in a month! ed-fund.org/wp-content/u... #edresearch #edusky

Had been waiting for evidence from a network of public universities on the High School GPA versus SAT scores debate. Credit to the authors Joyce, Khosroshahi, Truelsch, Gentsch, and Du.

www.nber.org/system/files...

Postdoctoral Fellow Job Posting Title: Postdoctoral Fellow ---- Hiring Department: Department of Economics ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: Exempt ---- Earliest Star...

Hi all, I’m hiring a post doc for next year! Heavy focus on building and designing AI for economic mobility in various domains. Please share widely if you don’t mind!

utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UTstaf...