Education economist @ BU Wheelock & Economics Dept | Wheelock Education Policy Center | Co-editor @ JHR | AER Board of Editors 2027-29 | White House CEA 2022-23 | www.joshua-goodman.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshua-goodman.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshua-goodman.com/post/3ml4ywz2lgc2dI always thought that Erika (and other public servants) were underpaid, but I never knew by just how much! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:dsajqnykifwn24zeeszcdx6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ywz2lgc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshua-goodman.com/post/3ml4xedtx7k2f🎉Excited to join the 2026 cohort of Research Grantees for @urbaninstitute.bsky.social's Student Upward Mobility Initiative!🎉 We'll do a long-term follow-up to our earlier work on Wake County, NC's shift to data-driven math placement in middle school. https://studentupwardmobility.urban.org/our-grantees#cohort205 May 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:dsajqnykifwn24zeeszcdx6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4xedtx7k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshua-goodman.com/post/3ml4hkhbcss2jExcited to present new work at the @nber.org Summer Institute in July. Particularly because the title is very fun (much like its earlier, companion paper). At some point I should probably focus on the substance of the paper too...05 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:dsajqnykifwn24zeeszcdx6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4hkhbcss2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshua-goodman.com/post/3mkvcens4qc2oKerwin Charles gave a fantastic talk yesterday at #SOLE2026 on race and labor markets, starting with 20th century intellectual history and ending with the current frontier of his and others' work. @jlaborecon.bsky.social02 May 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:dsajqnykifwn24zeeszcdx6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvcens4qc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshua-goodman.com/post/3mkpruikw3k25My oldest is starting to get messages from the College Board clarifying how superscoring of SAT scores works, which means it's officially time to walk him through my paper on this subject. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.2017050330 Apr 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:dsajqnykifwn24zeeszcdx6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpruikw3k25