Andrew Bacher-Hicks @abacherhicks Twitter profile

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 months

Some professional news!! I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined @Arnold_Ventures as the Vice President of Evidence and Evaluation!

Arnold Ventures

@Arnold_Ventures

5 months

Help us welcome education policy expert Andrew Bacher-Hicks as our new vice president of evidence and evaluation. Read more:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Happy to see this chapter out today! Cory Koedel and I provide a new review of the teacher value-added literature in the Handbook of the Economics of Education (Vol 6), edited by @EricHanushek @s_machin_ @Woessmann

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

I didn’t expect to be defending my dissertation alone in my living room with a blazer over sweatpants and self-cut hair, but I am extremely happy with my successful defense! I’m also deeply indebted to my committee: Chris Avery, @ProfDavidDeming , Tom Kane, and @JoshuaSGoodman .

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Went to Google Scholar to search for an article and was unexpectedly (and pleasantly) surprised by this today! I think it's important to take a moment to celebrate milestones and successes when so much of research involves rejection. Time to go get a celebratory latte! 🥳☕️

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

A🧵on things I wish I’d known as a grad student when submitting conference proposals that require "abstracts" instead of the full paper.... (1/N)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

I just added a task that I forgot to include on my to-do list *after* completing said task so I could feel the singular joy of crossing it off. I might be crazy, but I can't be the only person who has done this, right?

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 years

I'm so incredibly excited to be joining @BUWheelock with @JoshuaSGoodman and @OliviaLChi ! I can't wait to work with such a great group of education policy scholars!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 months

🚨Cool Job Alert! Come join me on the Evidence + Evaluation team at @Arnold_Ventures ! We're looking for an analyst to join our NYC or DC office. Feel free to reach out with questions, and stay tuned for another posting next week (we're growing!)

Careers

Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.

www.arnoldventures.org

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 years

Excited to share my new Economics of Education Review paper on the predictive validity of three teacher quality measures (with @MemeMedianMode , Kane & Staiger)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Thanks @gema_zamarro for coming to @BUWheelock @wheelock_policy to share your work unpacking differences between teachers' intentions to leave vs. actual turnover.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

New Pub Alert! (w/ @OliviaLChi and Alexis Orellana) We show no mass exodus of Massachusetts teachers into the first school year following the pandemic onset (2020-21), but sharp increases into the second year (2021-22)

Two Years Later: How COVID-19 Has Shaped the Teacher Workforce - Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Olivia L....

The unprecedented challenges of teaching during COVID-19 prompted fears of a mass exodus from the profession. We examine the extent to which these fears were re...

journals.sagepub.com

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

1 year

To what extent has the 2020 disenrollment from public schools persisted? We investigate this question using longitudinal data to track student enrollment in Michigan public schools. (1/n)

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

1 year

Going, going... Gone? K-12 enrollment declines post-pandemic: Who's returning to public schools & who isn't? New study in collab w/ @edpolicyford examines persistent declines ➡️ @abacherhicks @tareena_m @JoshGoodman_BU @kevin_stange #edresearch #K12

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Such a pleasure releasing 🚨new work!🚨 with @OliviaLChi on teacher turnover in Massachusetts yesterday at the @BUWheelock and @wheelock_policy Forum! ICYMI: here's a short 🧵on key findings. And a link to the full presentation is at the end.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 years

Great summary of my new paper with @elijahdelacampa on the effects of #StopAndFrisk policing on educational attainment. Thanks @matt_barnum and @AGZimmerman for bringing student voices to the conversation!

Chalkbeat New York

@ChalkbeatNY

5 years

Michael Bloomberg has apologized on the campaign trail for the stop-and-frisk policy he touted during his time as mayor of New York City. But a new study illustrates just how far reaching the policy was. #k12 #education

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

🚨New WP!🚨 We find dramatic drops in online searches for both school bullying and (surprisingly) cyberbullying during Covid-19. Thread below. 👇 (w/ @JoshuaSGoodman @jgreen_bu @MKHolt10 )

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

3 years

New WP by @abacherhicks , @JoshuaSGoodman , @jgreen_bu , @MKHolt10 shows the pandemic disrupted #schoolbullyng & #CyberBullying . Rsrch contributes potentially new tools for real-time monitoring & lends insights into reopening convo this fall. Thread to come.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 months

If you need funding for an RCT-based evaluation of a social policy/program, get us your 3-page LOI by Oct. 15! Stay tuned for more information about a Q&A webinar, but in the meantime e-mail or DM with questions!

Arnold Ventures

@Arnold_Ventures

3 months

New deadline! ⏰Our Evidence & Evaluation team’s 'Strengthening Evidence' #RFP , which seeks to fund RCTs, will accept 3-page letters of interest until 10/15. Details and deadline info here:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

There’s lots of talk about a mass exodus of teachers. Join us next Thursday (3/31) for a discussion of what new evidence from Massachusetts reveals. We’ll be sharing the full set of results on Thursday, but a few teasers in the 🧵below 👇

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

3 years

Thursday, 3/31 4:00 - 8:00pm In-person w/ live stream. Focused on trends in MA workforce amidst the pandemic. With breaking research from @abacherhicks @OliviaLChi & discussion w/ @nctqkate @tk_nagayoshi @SydneyChaffee @JessJTang @TahilianiPriya @MASchoolsK12 @martagcuasante

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

6 years

Favorite #NBERSI session so far: @femonomics presents powerful new experimental alternative to audit studies to recover full distribution of employers’ prefs on multiple dimensions (joint with @juddkessler and Colin Sullivan)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 years

Great thread below from coauthor @ProfDavidDeming on our new school-to-prison pipeline paper. I'm excited to present this research next week at the @iza_bonn economics of education conference!

David Deming

@ProfDavidDeming

5 years

New paper alert! “The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime” with @abacherhicks and @billingsecon 1/X

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

New WP! @OliviaLChi and I previewed results last month showing increases in teacher turnover this school year. Happy to share the full WP available now: A few key findings below 👇

Two Years Later: How COVID-19 has Shaped the Teacher Workforce

The unprecedented challenges of teaching during COVID-19 prompted fears of a mass exodus from the profession. We examine the extent to which these fears were realized using administrative records of...

edworkingpapers.com

Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Such a pleasure releasing 🚨new work!🚨 with @OliviaLChi on teacher turnover in Massachusetts yesterday at the @BUWheelock and @wheelock_policy Forum! ICYMI: here's a short 🧵on key findings. And a link to the full presentation is at the end.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

New @nberpubs WP out today with @JoshuaSGoodman @camulhern . Using Google search data, we find dramatic increases in demand for online learning resources amid Covid-induced school closures, particularly in high-SES areas. See thread ⬇️

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

New WP with @JoshuaSGoodman and @camulhern in two pictures: Google searches for online learning resources typically track the school calendar, but Covid disrupted this usual cycle and triggered a large increase in demand for online learning resources as schools closed.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

TFW @washingtonpost tweets your research 🤩😅

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

3 years

Perspective: When schools went virtual, online bullying declined

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

6 years

Excited to talk about the distributional effects of within-school classroom assignment policies this afternoon. Come check it out at 3:15! #APPAM2018

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 months

And this means I’ve finally moved to NYC (a dream!). Let me know if you’re in the area and please reach out if you want to learn more about the exciting funding opportunities we have at @Arnold_Ventures

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

1 year

Had a great time talking about declining K-12 school enrollment with @BlueprintMIT this morning. Lots of great conversations with school leaders currently grappling with the challenges of declining school enrollment.

MIT Blueprint Labs

@BlueprintMIT

1 year

What are the latest enrollment trends in K-12 school districts? This morning, @abacherhicks and Ashley Bowen ( @NOLAPSchools ) presented to School Access and Quality Fellows about trends in declining enrollment during the pandemic and beyond.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Thanks @NPR @Marketplace for highlighting our recent work on school enrollment! If you'd like to hear more about this and other emerging research from @BUWheelock faculty on the educational effects of Covid, join @wheelock_policy on Nov 4. Details below.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

I might be biased, but I'm a big fan of the Ed Policy Program that we've developed at @BUWheelock . Please share details for our (10/19) info session if you have students interested in a Master's Degree in Ed Policy.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

6 months

Good funding opportunity from @Arnold_Ventures for *quasi-experimental* work related to higher ed, public finance, infrastructure, and contraceptive choice/access. LOIs (3 pages) are due in < 1 month! Spread the word to colleagues...

Arnold Ventures

@Arnold_Ventures

6 months

📢 Our Evidence & Evaluation team has issued a #RFP to fund strong, quasi-experimental studies in Contraceptive Choice & Access, Higher Ed, Infrastructure, and Public Finance. The deadline for letters of interest is June 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET. More details:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Thanks so much for having me @HarvardCEPR and to @JayantiOwens for moderating! I really appreciated all of the thoughtful questions from the amazing data driven education leaders at @HarvardSDP !

Strategic Data Project

@HarvardSDP

4 years

Today, we're thrilled to have @HarvardCEPR alum @abacherhicks sharing his research on the school to prison pipeline and long-run impacts of school suspensions on adult crime with the #SDPfellow network, joined by moderator @JayantiOwens . #SDPwebinar

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Come work with us! We're hiring an Assistant Director of Policy to help support our growing list of research-practice partnerships.

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

3 years

Job Alert! Seeking someone to support our growing set of research practice partnerships. Are you a state or district ed leader w/ some experience making/facilitating evidence-backed policy? Transfer that experience and scale your impact w/ this role!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

It was a pleasure talking with the @washingtonpost about our recent work showing a decline in both in-person and online bullying as schools went remote. Check out the full interview here:

Perspective | When schools went virtual, online bullying declined

By studying trends in Google searches, researchers explored what

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Reducing barriers to enter the teaching profession in MA (and many other states) has increased diversity of the teacher workforce. I suspect lots of future research digging into the important implications of these changes👇

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

4 years

Important coverage by @WBUR 's @Jung_Carrie about opportunities to strengthen MA workforce given early results from @MASchoolsK12 's emergency license policy. Quotes & background from @JoshuaSGoodman @CEDR_US and DESE's Liz Losee.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Happy to see some of my BU @wheelock_policy research with @OliviaLChi and Alexis Orellana cited in this article today.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 months

While I’m so so excited for this new role, I’ll miss my fantastic colleagues at @BUWheelock , especially the @wheelock_policy crew. I’ll certainly miss *doing* rigorous policy relevant research, but very eager to now *support* others do that work.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 years

Thanks to @JoshuaSGoodman for the action shot! Had a great time presenting at #NBERSI about the long-run effects of school suspensions on adult crime. Looking forward to incorporating feedback and releasing a final version of the paper soon!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

1 year

Enjoyed speaking with @WBUR about our most recent results from a series of studies examining the composition, quality, and retention of emergency licensed teachers in Massachusetts.

Wheelock College, Boston University

@BUWheelock

1 year

Study by @wheelock_policy : New MA teachers who receive emergency licensing perform just as well as their traditionally licensed counterparts: @abacherhicks @OliviaLChi @atichnorwagner #BostonUniversity #WeAreWheelock #EducationPolicy #Licensure

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Great thread on our new WP from coauthor @JoshuaSGoodman 👇 I’ll just highlight what I believe is the most interesting insight from this work: in-person interaction and cyberbullying are complements.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

New working paper! I'll do a thread later, but for now the title does a good job of capturing the main result: Covid-19 disrupted both school bullying and cyberbullying. Link to the working paper⬇️

Annenberg Institute at Brown

@AnnenbergInst

3 years

🚨 Check out new #EdWorkingPaper from @abacherhicks , @JoshuaSGoodman , @jgreen_bu , and @MKHolt10 The COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupted Both School Bullying and Cyberbullying

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Welcome @slungaardmumma and @wdelgadophd ! We're incredibly lucky that you'll be joining the expanding @wheelock_policy team. So excited to work together!

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

4 years

Thrilled to announce that @slungaardmumma and @wdelgadophd will join us this fall as inaugural WEPC post-docs @BUWheelock . Full profiles to come, for a quick glimpse into their awesomeness now, check out . Welcome to the team! #humanpotentialtransformed

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Had lots of fun hanging with old friends for the first time in awhile and making new ones! Thanks for organizing @JoshuaSGoodman I’m so happy to have in person conferences again…even if my flight home today is delayed 6 hours…

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Postdoc job alert! @ProfWhitmoreEdu and @AntiracismCtr are looking to hire a postdoc starting July 1 to help with a project on student loan forgiveness. It's a last minute opening, so apply soon if you're still looking!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 years

Excited to share new wp testing the validity of VAM, class observations, and student surveys: @Mark_J_Chin

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 months

Perhaps in the future I’ll do a thread on my experience with the pros/cons of academic positions for the benefit of PhD students, but for now let me just say how excited I am for this next step in my career!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 years

New @washingtonpost piece: Addressing teacher retention must be part of the solution for America's teacher shortages (with J. Papay, @linzcpage , & W. Marinell).

Perspective | America’s teacher shortage can’t be solved by hiring more unqualified teachers

Retaining the teachers already employed by a district is better for students and for budgets.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Was so thrilled to see this work cited this year in the Economic Report of the President! @WhiteHouseCEA @OliviaLChi will be presenting the next iteration of this project at #AEFP2023 on Friday at 8:15 in section 5.09. Check it out!

Educational Researcher - Editors

@ERjournal_AERA

2 years

Bacher-Hicks, Chi, & Orellana provide detail on the evolution of the overall teacher workforce during the pandemic & highlight important differences by teacher and school characteristics:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

So excited for tomorrow's seminar. Didn't realize this was dropping the day before @mpolikoff 's visit to @BU_Wheelock to talk about all of his great @UAS_CESR work. I feel like I just won the lottery.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Looking forward to next steps, I am so excited for July when I start as an Assistant Professor at Boston University @BUWheelock ! I can’t wait to pay forward the excellent mentorship I’ve received from my dream team of advisors.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

How did U.S. households respond to Covid-induced school closures? See thread below on my new WP with @JoshuaSGoodman and @camulhern :

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Feeling grateful to have such a great group from @BUWheelock @wheelock_policy at #AEFP2023 Very excited for the next few days!

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

2 years

#AEFP2023 is off to a great start with a wonderful pre-conference dinner with this @BUWheelock @wheelock_policy crew. Looking forward to tomorrow and having even more join the group.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

It’s easy to focus on the successes of colleagues you admire, while ignoring what’s gone unfunded/unpublished. Thanks @mpolikoff for sharing this list of unfunded grants. It’s giving me the boost I need to persist through some recent grant failures!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 years

Great opportunity to join an amazing network of @HarvardCEPR fellows and partner agencies!

Miriam Greenberg

@mirigreenberg

7 years

Applications are open for 2018-2020 Strategic Data Project fellows (and new partner organizations who want to enroll fellows). We cannot wait to find the next crop of education research and data leaders.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

We’re looking to hire a full time research analyst! This position would be great for someone who wants to work with (and learn from) our faculty conducting quantitative analysis across a growing array of partnerships.

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

2 years

We're growing! Thanks to lots of amazing research partnership work underway here at @BUWheelock 's policy center, we're ready to bring on a research staff position to help deepen that work. We'd love for you to join us or share w/ your networks. Details at

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

It was a bit past my bedtime, but I enjoyed staying up for a late-night discussion of COVID’s impact on early childhood development. Thanks @UChicago HK for hosting, @ariel_kalil for moderating, and to the other panelists sharing their great work!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

I'm so excited for AEFP and proud of the strong @BUWheelock showing. I'm particularly looking forward to introducing our first-year students to such a supportive/welcoming conference environment. See you all in Denver!

Marcus Winters

@MarcusAWinters

3 years

Between faculty, post-docs, & students @BUWheelock is 19 people strong at AEFP this year. All are super excited to be part of this great conference.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Great way to start a Friday indeed! I always walk away from our conversations feeling excited to dig into new research questions & data. It's important to have colleagues who inspire you the way that Mark does. ...and he's on the market folks! Give him a look!

Mark Chin

@MemeMedianMode

3 years

1/ It's awesome to start your Friday morning catching up with a good friend and colleague. For my first job out of undergrad I interviewed with @abacherhicks ; he would later teach me the ropes on coding&cleaning&analyzing ed data in Stata.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Great post-doc opportunity to work with a wonderful team at @BUWheelock and @uvacurry !

Nathan Jones

@NateJones_EDU

4 years

We're hiring a post-doc for our new NSF project on mixed-reality simulations. Come work with a great @BUWheelock @UVaCurry team, including @lynseymathed @robertqberry @juco9579 @viviancwong1 . Position starts Summer 2021. A bit more on the project...

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 years

Great thread from @linzcpage on our new paper examining teacher retention rates across urban school districts

The Challenge of Teacher Retention in Urban Schools: Evidence of Variation From a Cross-Site...

Substantial teacher turnover poses a challenge to staffing public schools with effective teachers. The scope of the teacher retention challenge across school di...

journals.sagepub.com

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

5 months

In this role, I will help oversee our philanthropic support for rigorous evaluation studies, including RCTs and quasi-experimental designs, across a range of social policy areas.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 years

Excited to be part of a great session this morning! My talk will be on the differential effects of within-school student-teacher matching. Grab a coffee and come to Broadway 2! #AEFP2018

Harvard CEPR

@HarvardCEPR

7 years

#AEFP2018 at 8:30 AM in Broadway 2 Join #PIERfellow Andrew Bacher-Hicks ( @abacherhicks ) to learn more about the within-school factors that drive learning.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Enjoyed talking with the @AP about the sustained increases we’re still seeing in U.S. homeschooling rates.👇🏻

The Associated Press

@AP

3 years

The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Now, even with schools back open and vaccines available, many homeschooling families are sticking with it.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Mark your calendars 2/23 at 1pm! The Wheelock Ed Policy Faculty will introduce our new Ed Policy Center, discuss our research agenda, and plans moving forward. Come join us! We'll try not to use any cat filters, but no promises. Details below⬇️ @BUWheelock @BU_Tweets

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

4 years

Two weeks ago we went live with our new website () and in two weeks from today we'll host a WEPC launch event. Join us and get a glimpse at upcoming research releases and hear from faculty about the value of partnerships. @BUWheelock

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Nice summary of our new research paper showing that Covid disrupted both school bullying and cyberbullying. 👇

Education Week

@educationweek

3 years

The long periods of remote learning during the pandemic may have one silver lining: The physical distance appears to have prevented student harassment.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

8 years

Love #MethodsMadness ! My #RDweek pick: large returns to 4-yr college for those on the margin of being admitted

Miriam Greenberg

@mirigreenberg

8 years

March is #MethodsMadness ! This week share your picks for great edstudies that use regression discontinuity. #RDweek #SDPFellows @HarvardCEPR

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 years

@mirigreenberg @caragerber @stackflo @dzarecki @doughesm I’m suffering from #AEFPFOMO and I’m here! Too many great sessions. In particular, A great showing by @HarvardCEPR #sdpfellows and #pierfellows

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

7 months

This was the figure that inspired us to write a follow-up paper on public school enrollment declines. Student-level longitudinal data shows that 50% of those who left for homeschooling during the pandemic returned after one year. Only 21% of those who left for private returned.

Josh Goodman

@JoshGoodman_BU

7 months

Third, public school exit is sticky and varies by chosen alternative. Only 21% of those who left for private schools in fall 2020 had returned by fall 2021 50% of those who left for homeschooling had returned.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

The increase in turnover into the fall of 2021 was particularly sharp among newly hired teachers. Teachers hired during the pandemic (in 2020-21) were less likely to return at beginning of the next school year (fall 2021), compared to prior years.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Welcome to these three amazing postdocs! I can't wait for this fall when we can return to a vibrant on-campus community of education policy researchers at @wheelock_policy and @BUWheelock !

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Wow! What a great opportunity to work on an important topic with a fantastic group of researchers! ⬇️

Annenberg Institute at Brown

@AnnenbergInst

4 years

We're looking for a Senior Research Associate who would lead the study of implementation of tutoring in 10 partner districts with the goal of understanding the demand for tutoring and more. Join Us!

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@abacherhicks

2 years

Understanding what causes teachers to consider leaving, and then how they make the final decision to leave or stay is a crucial topic as we work to address perennial issues in teacher staffing.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Great predoc opportunity for those interested in the intersection of education, economics, and policy 👇🏻

Ed Policy Initiative

@edpolicyford

3 years

Please join us! UM CIEPR Predoc Fellowship Student Info Session - Feb. 17 @ 11am E.T.. RSVP: Now taking fellowship apps for Fall 2022: @weilanch @kevin_stange @fordschool @UMichEducation @umichCID @umichgradschool

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Great summary by @WBUR 's @Jung_Carrie of trends in the Mass. teacher workforce during Covid. @OliviaLChi @BUWheelock @wheelock_policy

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Homeschooling is still way up this school year in NYC. I discuss with @AGZimmerman how this matches national homeschooling trends through 2020 and I'm eager to share new analysis soon (stay tuned!) about how widespread this persistent increase is.

Alex Zimmerman

@AGZimmerman

3 years

New: The number of NYC students being home schooled grew 88% during the pandemic. The city's highest-poverty districts saw even larger increases. Here's what parents told @the_zim and me about why they made that choice:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Great discussion on @voxdotcom The Weeds podcast of our new paper on inequalities in Google searches for online learning resources: “This is another example in which coronavirus has adhered itself to existing inequalities" @mattyglesias @dlind @cjane87 Links ⬇️

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Hopefully this is helpful for some. And maybe in a future post I'll discuss some thoughts (as suggested by @MemeMedianMode ) on how to think about which conferences are important at various stages in your grad school trajectory. (N/N)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Looking forward to sharing new results on the evolution of teacher turnover throughout the pandemic, with a focus on differences between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. Join us on 3/31 to hear more!

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

3 years

Changes to #MaEdu Workforce amidst COVID: 20-21 --> Relative (surprising) stability 21-22 --> ??? Join @abacherhicks & @OliviaLChi for a first look presentation on the different patterns showing up in this year's data at the 3/31 @BUWheelock Forum.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

I'm halfway through grading the section of my final exam where I ask students to identify which statements are false and then say why. Their answers are great! But I can't stop reading them in Dwight's voice.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Excited to listen in on @cara__jackson 's talk later this afternoon!

Annenberg Institute at Brown

@AnnenbergInst

3 years

TODAY! Tune in at 1pm to hear @cara__jackson on Equity and Efficiency in Maryland’s K-12 Public Schools

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

These charts come from a great paper by @mingyuchen_econ , which he just so happens to be presenting at #SOLE2021 in two days! Tune in to what's going to be a great session chaired by @riacton on Saturday at 11am!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Come work with us as a postdoc in the new @BUWheelock Education Policy Center! There’s lots of work to do, but I can’t imagine a more supportive group to do it with. We will begin reviewing applications 1/15. See below for the full posting ⬇️

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

6 years

@MatthewAKraft @HarvardCEPR @mirigreenberg @irene2pak Just asked. As it turns out, the barking dog example was based on Tom's experience in elementary school. Apparently he was often distracted by a barking dog outside the window of his classroom!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

I really enjoyed the opportunity to review and synthesize the literature in this field! I hope this review is helpful, particularly for young scholars looking for a current review of the growing body of literature on value added.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

I probably should have re-tweeted this *before* my talk🤦‍♂️ But you should tune in for a great line-up continuing today and tomorrow on research investigating the consequences of Covid-19 for child and youth development. Link below 👇

IZA Event

@iza_event

3 years

16:15 CEST | Tune in to see @abacherhicks discuss his recent work showing dramatic changes in school bullying and cyberbullying during the pandemic. At the 2nd @iza_bonn @JacobscenterUZH Workshop | 👇 #izacovid

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

5) I also appreciated when the authors acknowledged the weaknesses of their study. If you don’t mention at least some of the obvious limitations, it makes me concerned that you haven’t thought about them. Every study has a weakness. (8/N)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

1 year

Working paper of our newest findings findings is available here: @tareena_m @kevin_stange @JoshGoodman_BU @wheelock_policy

The Stickiness of Pandemic-Driven Disenrollment from Public Schools

The extent to which pandemic-induced public school enrollment declines will persist is unclear. Student-level data from Michigan through fall 2021 yields three relevant findings. First, relative to...

edworkingpapers.com

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

8 years

Hey @BetsyDeVosED , I know you don't need it, but please fix #drt ASAP for ppl like me who needed #fafsa for college

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Interested in pursuing a graduate degree in education? @BUWheelock is holding an open house this evening for prospective students. In addition to hearing from faculty in other departments, @JoshuaSGoodman and I will be speaking about degrees in education policy! ⬇️

Wheelock College, Boston University

@BUWheelock

4 years

Ready to reshape the systems that build our futures & become a catalyst for change? Join our Fall 2020 Prospective Graduate Student Open House & discover BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development! Friday, October 30, 7–9 pm (ET) Register ➡️

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

As a small program, I think one of the biggest strengths is the ability for students to develop close connections with our amazing core faculty:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

I'm thrilled to be just one small part of the amazing team at @wheelock_policy and excited for the work ahead!

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

@wheelock_policy

4 years

In this edition, Andrew Bacher-Hicks ( @abacherhicks ) joins @BUWheelock hot off the 2020 job market. After 10+ years in Boston, training and working w/ @HarvardCEPR @HavardSDP & @Kennedy_School , Andrew was compelled by @wheelock_policy ’s focus on #DoingGoodInTheNeighborhood (1/3)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

I'm so looking forward to getting back to in person conferences! I didn't realize how important these interactions are to keep me fresh and excited about the work.

Nathan Jones

@NateJones_EDU

3 years

I am very excited to announce that @SREEsociety is planning its first in-person conference since 2019, taking place Sept 21-24 in Arlington, VA. @Wested ’s @SarojaWarner and I will be co-chairs. Abstracts due April 8. Info and message from the co-chairs:

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

Thanks for sharing Anna! The EdNext team definitely made our original Stata graphs easier on the eyes!

Anna J. Egalite

@annaegalite

4 years

Searches for online learning resources follow the school calendar, peaking in early Sept and vanishing in the summer. @abacherhicks , @JoshuaSGoodman , and @camulhern show how the pandemic disrupted this pattern. Heart eyes for these graphs!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

More and more research indicates that Covid is increasing existing inequality across a range of sectors. See below for a new report from @elijahdelacampa and @Harvard_JCHS on the impact on landlords, tenants, and evictions ⬇️

Elijah de la Campa

@elijahdelacampa

4 years

New paper up @Harvard_JCHS ! Survey results highlight inequality in the impact of COVID-19 on mom and pop landlords as well as the downstream effects on their renters. Some key findings below 👇👇

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

6) Proposals don't have to be perfect or based on a complete paper. Work in progress is typically fine. So, don’t be scared to submit a proposal with a well-articulated question, preliminary results, and a plan to finish before the conference! Great commitment device! (9/N)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

6 years

Excited to be part of a great #AEFP2019 panel this morning! I'll be talking about the effects of teacher retirement incentives on turnover and workforce composition. Come check it out at 9:45 in Lester Young B!

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

2 years

Read the two studies that contributed to this talk here (w/ @andrewcamp_ @DillonFuchsman @jbmcgee ):

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Relative to pre-pandemic levels, average turnover rates were similar going into the fall of 2020 but increased by nearly 20 percent going into the fall of 2021.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

4 years

@jenniferdoleac @JoshuaSGoodman I’d love to connect at some point! I agree that there are a lot of opportunities to draw on teacher turnover/mobility and teacher VAMs when thinking about police. But I’ve been far less successful getting data on police compared to teachers.

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

After recently serving on a few review committees for education and econ conferences, here are six things I've learned (hint: don’t copy and paste your abstract) (3/N)

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

And additional materials including a open-access working papers and a short (2 page!) policy brief is available here through @wheelock_policy :

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Andrew Bacher-Hicks

@abacherhicks

3 years

Great thread from co-author @OliviaLChi on our new report documenting changes to the teaching workforce during Covid. 👇 One finding that stood out to me was the reduction in teacher turnover at schools serving high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students.

Olivia Chi

@OliviaLChi

3 years

🚨 New @wheelock_policy brief, joint w/ @abacherhicks & Alexis Orellana, out today! 🚨 We take a first look at patterns in teacher turnover and teacher hiring in Massachusetts during the first year of the pandemic using data from 2020-21. 1/N

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