Andrew Bacher-Hicks

Op-Eds and Policy Writing:

Where did 1.5 million schoolkids go? (2021)

• Boston Globe (with Tareena Musaddiq)

4 trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19 (2021)

• The Conversation (with Tareena Musaddiq)

Proving the School-to-Prison Pipeline (2021)

• EducationNext (with David Deming and Stephen Billings)

The Covid-19 Pandemic Is A Lousy Natural Experiment for Estimating the Effects of Education Policy Changes (2021)

• EducationNext (with Joshua Goodman)

What Google Search Data Reveals About Learning During the Pandemic (2020)

• EducationNext (with Joshua Goodman and Christine Mulhern)

America’s Teacher Shortage Can’t be Solved by Hiring More Unqualified Teachers (2018)

• Washington Post (with John P. Papay, Lindsay C. Page and William H. Marinell)

Policy Briefs:

Entering the Teacher Pipeline During COVID-19 Evidence from the First Cohort of Emergency License Holders in Massachusetts (2023)

• WEPC Policy Brief (with Sidrah Baloch, Olivia Chi, and Alexis Orellana)

COVID-19 and the Composition of the Massachusetts Teacher Workforce (2021)

• WEPC Policy Brief (with Olivia Chi and Alexis Orellana)

The Pandemic’s Effect on Demand for Public Schools, Homeschooling, and Private Schools go?  (2021)

• Joint WEPC and WPI Policy Brief (with Tareena Musaddiq, Kevin Stange, and Joshua Goodman) 

The Covid-19 Pandemic Disrupted Both School Bullying and Cyberbullying (2021)

• WEPC Policy Brief (with Joshua Goodman, Jennifer G. Green, and Melissa Holt)

The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime (2021)

• WEPC Policy Brief (with Stephen Billings and David Deming)

Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: Covid-Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real Time (2020)

• WEPC Policy Brief (with Joshua Goodman and Christine Mulhern)