Shaun M. Dougherty (Ed.D., quantitative policy analysis, Harvard University), is an Associate Professor of Public Policy & Education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education & Human Development. His research and teaching interests focus on education policy analysis, causal program evaluation and cost analysis, and the economics of education, with an emphasis on career and technical education, educational accountability policies, and the application of regression discontinuity research designs. Across these substantive areas, he emphasizes how education can address human capital development as well as issues of equity related to race, class, gender, and disability. Dougherty’s work has been published in leading journals and has been cited by major media outlets. He has received research funding from IES, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and the Institute for Research on Poverty, which also recognized him as an Early Career Scholar. In addition, he is a Strategic Data Project Faculty Adviser through the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, and has conducted applied policy analysis with several states and large districts, as well as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and the Manhattan Institute.
Shaun M. Dougherty
Ed.D. - Quantitative Policy Analysis, Harvard Graduate School of Education
shaun.dougherty@vanderbilt.edu
shaun_dougherty@mail.harvard.edu
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All women deserve the right to self determination. Evidence tells us that health and social outcomes are better when women are free. Worse, we know that justice demands it. Now, in the 21st century, we must again pursue a legislative outcome to restore equality
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@jenniferdoleac @SOLE_Labor_Econ Congratulations! You will be happy to know that we shared the results (abridged) with our then 6 and 8yos and they are now evidence-based advocates for Banning the Box
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Lack of abortion will have far reaching effects on people who are forced to continue pregnancies they don't want. But most importantly, lack of abortion restricts the human rights of pregnant people to determine their own life courses.
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@riacton @WaltEcton @edpolicywonk @semcguinness Yes, I’ve wondered if the existing (pre-Covid) attachment to HS and lower option value of working might explain at least some of this difference? Though In placed a/o free comm. college, costs might also explain some too
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New descriptive work on evidence of protective factors of #CTE for HS students during Covid-19 closures, especially on school completion, and biggest for students w disabilities & stud. Eligible for subsidized meals: 🧵 follows in RT t.co/ty1s3wMp9B