I don’t post often anymore but couldn’t resist here. Love to see this espn.com/womens-college…

Much appreciated Steve. I’m glad you found it valuable & thanks for sharing. (I wasn’t sure whether your initial comment that it was “better than expected” just meant you had low expectations!)

Have to say, I’m enjoying ⁦Douglas N. Harris⁩’s book about schools in New Orleans way more than I expected.

Many thanks to Journal of Public Economics. Great editorial process. This paper has also spawned 3 other ones (in progress), filling gaps in research about charter variation across districts, the mechanisms of improvement, & charter effects on long-term outcomes. Much more to come…

Traditional public schools might be poised for a comeback in all-charter school New Orleans.

But can a district designed to oversee charters start effectively running its own schools? “This is not going to be easy,' Douglas N. Harris told me.

My story: nola.com/news/education…

I’m actually much less concerned about the funding going to the wealthy in the short-term than about the potential broader problems created in the long run.

Thanks very much for having me. It was great to hear from citizens around the country.—about how they think about the issue.

The politics of school choice, vouchers and education savings account explained by Tulane University economist
Douglas N. Harris

He and Arizona State University's Robin Lake joined Jeremy Hobson
for a live show at New Orleans Public Radio.

Listen to the full episode here: apple.co/3UhMj2m

We are live New Orleans Public Radio in New Orleans this week, talking about an issue that Louisiana and many other states are considering: allowing families to use public dollars to send their kids to the school of their choice. On our panel: Tulane University economist Douglas N. Harris & Arizona State University’s Robin Lake.

Back in Europe (Madrid) and at a dinner where the karaoke song
is, you guessed it, John Denver, Country Roads

Brown Center scholars look ahead to education in 2024 via Brookings Brown Center The Brookings Institution Douglas N. Harris Mike Hansen Katharine Meyer Jon Valant brookings.edu/articles/brown… Brookings Governance ERA-New Orleans REACH Annenberg Institute at Brown Brown University Education Department

Random House did a beautiful job with the production of the book. And I’m grateful that Amazon has named it one of the best new history books. It’s out next week. amazon.com/Ours-Was-Shini…

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.”

#NobelPrize

Up next at the 2023 Institute Research Conference: St. Louis Fed Research Director Carlos Garriga presents 'The Limited Impact of Free College Policies,' with discussion by Douglas N. Harris Tulane University bit.ly/484rJ9S

I wrote a piece for The Atlantic about the growing perception that college is no longer worth it.

It's important for people to know that the value of a BA increases with work experience, peaking at ages 45-55.

Tuition (and loans) must be repaid long before that. College seems…

In a new commentary, Douglas N. Harris addresses misconceptions about the pandemic’s effects on school enrollment, learning loss, and test scores. brookings.edu/articles/three…

Embarrassing indeed. Thanks for standing up to this nonsense Tom

Great list, Rob. As a friendly amendment, I’d add the usually higher growth of service sector costs (hello, Baumol) that David H Feldman has documented so well (& goes to your point about interpreting the 1% > inflation)

This is a great idea Jordan Matsudaira —& such a great team you’ve brought on

Excited to unveil a new U.S. Department of Education Office of the Chief Economist blog!! Our team has been doing lots of work using data to help understand how our programs are affecting students and borrowers - we’re going to start sharing that work here! sites.ed.gov/ous/office-of-…