Geoffrey Kocks

Regular webinars give Blueprint’s School Access and Quality Fellows a chance to learn from research. In this month’s webinar, Blueprint RA @Econ_Geoff presented recent research on Boston’s charter school sector common application. Read the research: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/the-a…

📄 2 new research notes are now live on our website: • 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺: A new study finds that higher local unemployment rates increase the likelihood that adolescents become teachers—and remain in the profession. • 𝘔𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴: Evidence shows that ranked-choice application systems better match students—particularly disadvantaged students—to their top-choice schools. Read them here: future-ed.org/research-notes… future-ed.org/research-notes…

How do different enrollment systems affect student outcomes? A recent @FutureEdGU write-up summarizes research by Blueprint Director @profparag, RA @Econ_Geoff, and co-author Christopher Avery on the effects of common apps and ranked choice systems. future-ed.org/research-notes…

We’re happy to share that Blueprint RA and MIT PhD Candidate Geoff Kocks (@Econ_Geoff) is on the job market this year. His job market paper studies the effects of gifted and talented programs on achievement and access. Read more about his work: economics.mit.edu/people/phd-stu…

How do common applications affect student enrollment and access? Our latest policy brief summarizes work by Blueprint Director @prof_parag, RA @Econ_Geoff, and Christopher Avery examining the effects of Boston’s charter sector common app. Learn more: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/the-a…

COVID-19 health and job damages hurt the same demographic groups; socioeconomic gaps persisted over time. Just Accepted new paper by Amy Finkelstein, Geoffrey Kocks (@Econ_Geoff), Maria Polyakova, and Victoria Udalova zurl.co/hmdUB

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How do elementary school gifted and talented programs affect students’ short- and long-term outcomes? Blueprint Research Associate @Econ_Geoff and his team received an @mit_ili grant to study this topic. Read more about Geoff and his research here: mitili.mit.edu/news/qa-geoffr…

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Can we improve how we identify and develop mathematical talent among youth? Thanks to @AgencyFund + @nberpubs, we are supporting five PhD fellows in this area: Ian Calaway, @Econ_Geoff, Salome Aguilar Llanes, Kartikeya Vira, + Iris Vrioni. nber.org/programs-proje…

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My job is just… Stata

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