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Irony upon irony. MAGA supporters such as Elon Musk are tweeting about US performance on international achievement tests. They use PISA rankings to argue that current US performance is poor, oblivious to the PISA edu reform agenda, which is miles to the left of US Dems. Read up!

If you support eliminating the Department of Education, you do not support our students. Period. @USEDgov provides funding for: ✅Students w/ disabilities ✅Rural students ✅Programs that make college affordable This would be bad for students, and bad for America.

Who gets to take algebra in 8th grade is a contested matter in education. Some civil rights advocates blame schools for not giving low-income children "access" to it. Others say too few low-income children are ready to take it. Surveys by RAND reveal... 🧵 (1/4)

Great Jill Barshay story about a recently released RAND report on students taking Algebra I in the 8th grade. I got to comment on the report in a recent webinar & make the argument that ... 1/2 hechingerreport.org/proof-points-e…

In case you want to see the webinar or the (well-done) RAND report, here are links: rand.org/pubs/presentat… rand.org/pubs/working_p…

RAND: Immigrant students boost English learners' academic performance buff.ly/3UGD9ff

Come and join us in the 3rd edition of the Workshop on Economics of Education at Valle Nevado, Chile (Aug 19-22) The previous editions have been tons of fun! Great papers and discussions and fantastic ski!! 🎿⛷️ Submissions until March 2nd!! 👇🏻

Looking forward to it!

Some pics from this year’s edition! 📸 We had a great time, including: Josefa Aguirre Stanislav Avdeev Jason Baron Chris Campos Paul Christian Ricardo Estrada Veronica Frisancho Aram Grigoryan Benjamin Hansen Assaf Kott Mike Kuhn Christopher A. Neilson Umut Ӧzek Cristián Sánchez Andrés Barrios Fernández Idaliya Grigoryeva

Really glad to see that this U.S. National Science Foundation-funded study found a great home. Joint work with Zeyu Xu, Jesse Levin, and Dong Lee. Here is an earlier thread about the study: x.com/uozek/status/1…

📢Call for papers: 🚀3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education🥳 12-13 May 2025, Munich Keynote: Alexander Willén PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! cesifo.org/en/event/2025-… Deadline: 16 Feb 2025 Co-organizer Caterina Pavese CESifo

Professor 𝔼𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝 𝕋𝕖𝕜𝕚𝕟, the Charles W. Fotis, Sr. and Dorothea G. Fotis Family Distinguished Professor of Health Policy, will host the “Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behaviors” on June 11-12, 2025 in Madrid, Spain, for the 14th consecutive year. Prof. Tekin is also the

CHEPS & SDSU ECON welcome David Figlio ( University of Rochester & Hoover Institution) to present his working paper, “Bright Lines, Big Effects: Unintended Consequences of Student Proficiency Thresholds” (joint w/ Umut Ӧzek) Join us on Thursday 01/30, 3:30PM PT in AL 660 or at: sdsu.zoom.us/j/83130836835

🚨📢 3rd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado, 🇨🇱 (Aug 19-22) Confirmed speakers 🎓 JOHN FRIEDMAN (Brown) 🎓 STEVE PISCHKE (LSE) ✅ Submissions by March 2nd, 2025. uandes.cl/workshop-on-ec… 2024 edition ⛷️ youtu.be/Qb3gw1IFjnk?si… #econtwitter Human Development Lab UANDES

🚨📢 Just one week left to submit to the 3rd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado, 🇨🇱. Fantastic papers and skiing ⛷️⛷️!! When: Aug 19-22 Where: Valle Nevado⛷🏂 Keynotes by John Friedman (Brown) and Steve Pischke (LSE) Human Development Lab UANDES Economics Conferences #econtwitter

Here is a great non-techical summary of the paper that came out as part of Annenberg policy and practice series: edworkingpapers.com/policy-practic…