Sarah Cohodes
Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy | co-editor Journal of Public Economics | affiliate NBER, J-PAL, and Blueprint
www.sarahcohodes.com
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- What in the 1980’s are current blazer silhouettes?
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- Reposted by Sarah Cohodes4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) to be held 7th-8th September in Trondheim, Norway. sites.google.com/site/prgreen... Keynotes: Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth) and Björn Öckert (IFAU) Call for papers open soon Funded by EduGAP project samforsk.no/prosjekter/e... #EconConf
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesAfter being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesLast week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesThis is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesSnap elections, confidence votes, proportional representation, so many boring electoral mechanisms that I wish we had in this country
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesOur country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesVan Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesAs a physician I can say with utmost confidence that the biggest threat to public health in our country at this point is our own fucking government.
- At this point I think schools should open as warming centers and shift learning to a longer school year when -- please please please -- the occupation ends [I'm sure there are plenty of holes in the plan]
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- Thanks to the Worst Person in the World we had an interesting dinner conversation with our 8-year-old about a wide range of topics including: narcissism, territorial sovereignty, the Cold War, rules-based international order, the Northwest Passage, and climate change.
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesKids enrolled in Medicaid: 📚 Miss fewer school days 🎓Are more likely to complete high school 💪🏽 Grow up to be healthier adults 👩🏼🔬 Earn higher wages Nearly *40% of births* and nearly *40% of children* in Ohio are covered by Medicaid. A good candidate for Governor would want to protect kids’ coverage.
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesIt would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesWe’re hiring a Research Coordinator! Please share.
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- Nothing like lying on the living room doing your back stretches (40+ iykyk) only to have your 2.5 year old run up and yell “Muuuh baaaaack hurtssss!”
- The worst thing is that it was me who snoozed those emails
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesWe're hiring! Senior position in the learning sciences. "We seek a scholar whose research has focused on the development & application of learning technologies to achieve just & equitable educational learning opportunities, teaching practices, policies, & systems." careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
- Pretty cool to have one of my papers listed as most cited in the Economic Reports of the President from the past 15 years. See the recent NBER working paper for the source on this: www.nber.org/papers/w34597
- My 2-year-old believes books are written by Donald Crews or Someone Else
- Just passed “Gaslight Village Assisted Living” Saying the quiet part out loud 👀
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- How am I supposed to just… send my children to school? Attend the Hanukkah party at the synagogue this week? Go to my office, the building I teach in?
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesThe horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesExcited to share a new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper, co-authored w/ Rebecca Jacobsen. We’ve been exploring what happens when national partisan politics reach one of the most local arenas of American democracy—school board elections? edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesIn today's JMP blog, @jiaweilyu.bsky.social studies impact of affirmative action for men in China's civil service. Women outperform men in the entry exam, so quotas were introduced to balance gender. Fewer women were hired, quality declined, & tax collected fell. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesHey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez. The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work. And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
- It’s a snow day and the 2.5 year old is in a GREAT mood. Send coffee.
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesThe Department of Education shared data today on IHEs where, 4 years after earning a credential, graduates earned less than peers with only a high school diploma. What ED didn't shout out was just how many of those institutions are for-profits. So I got the data. jamessmurphy.com/2025/12/09/w...
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesApplications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up. Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... @aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky
- Reposted by Sarah CohodesThat moment when people realize that the thumb was often on the scale for white men at elite institutions in the before times…
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- At 7:45 the 8-year-old asked to be put to bed: Me: Are you tired?? Her: Noncommittal shrug Me: Do you just want to be alone and read your book? Her: Vigorous nodding
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesMy wife was sexually harassed by Miles Hewstone as a phd student. He was still asked to review her (and other women he harassed) for jobs and promotions. This is so fucked up. Thankfully, she and many other women testified against him and something was finally done. This is her take on his case:
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- Reposted by Sarah CohodesHi! I’m Mary and I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year. Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them. JMP 🧵:
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