Economist working on K-12 education at the USC EdPolicy Hub. Former California middle school teacher. Opinions my own.

Joined October 2008
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Eric Larsen retweeted
The way to tell vouchers are a private school subsidy above all is: The private schools retain the right to choose students and have no performance assessment or financial 🔎. A child-centered voucher scheme would require open admissions, quality control, and $$ oversight
“Best fit for their child’s needs” is campaign-style messaging meant for editorial boards and elite Dem-types. The real school voucher goal is and has always been subsidizing religious education. It’s not more complicated than that. Via @ConMonitorNews concordmonitor.com/education…
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17 Nov 2024
No, thank you.
@TuckerCarlson should have a conversation with @ericlarsen
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Eric Larsen retweeted
REL Southwest conducted a study to examine the effects of English learner student reclassification on academic achievement for New Mexico students in grades 3–8. Learn more in this blog post: ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/Products…

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15 Nov 2021
I'm very excited to part of this effort!
A major new effort supported by the @WallaceFdn will be studied by @UWMadison's Richard Halverson, @johndiamondphd, @DrAjWelton, and Carolyn Kelley — with key partners @uclaseis @TeachersCollege @WestEd @AIRInforms @WCEPS @WCER_UW and @CALL_Lead4Learn education.wisc.edu/news/uw-m…
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Eric Larsen retweeted
Or, you could go to @UCDavisEcon and be around awesome people that all support and root for each other. That makes grad school pretty darn awesome. You still don’t have any money, tho.
1. You're interacting with the same small group of people all the time, leading to massive drama 2. Those people are all competing with you 3. You're working furiously toward a future payoff instead of enjoying life 4. You don't have money 5. You don't have high status
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26 Apr 2020
So much drama.
25 Apr 2020
Without naming it, what's your hometown known for?
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31 Jan 2019
"We define peer groups as co-workers in the same workplace with the same occupation. We mainly rely on the Danish version of the international ISCO88-classification, DISCO, to distinguish occupations."
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Eric Larsen retweeted
Great piece on what advice economists have for Governor-elect Gavin Newsom. They didn't ask any of my favorite economists (@ericlarsen @NeumarkDN @sbohnHQ), but lots of good stuff in this piece! calmatters.org/articles/econ…

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Whoa! Game changer!
7 Oct 2018
Why did no-one tell me stata would make a noise if I use the command 'beep'? Now I know when my do-file is done. THIS IS A GREAT DAY