Andrew Bacher-Hicks

Assistant Professor of Education, Boston University

CV | Google Scholar | @abacherhicks | abhicks@bu.edu

Working Papers:


Pre-Trends Matter: Understanding Covid-Era School Enrollment Declines (with Micah Baum) 

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Reducing Barriers to Entry: Emergency Teaching Licenses and Changes to the Teacher Workforce During Covid (with Olivia Chi, Ariel Tichnor-Wagner and Sidrah Baloch) 

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Push and Pull Factors in Obtaining Teacher Licensure: Implications for Increasing Pathways into the Teaching Profession for Emergency License Holders (with Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Nicole Reddig, Olivia Chi, and Sidrah Baloch)

Under Review


Validating Teacher Effect Estimates Using Changes in Teacher Assignment in Los Angeles (with Tom Kane and Doug Staiger)

Media: Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight

Summary: Brookings 


Social Costs of Proactive Policing: The Impact of NYC’s Stop and Frisk Program on Educational Attainment (with Elijah de la Campa)

Media: New York Times, Chalkbeat 


The Impact of NYC's Stop and Frisk Program on Crime: The Role of Police Commanders (with Elijah de la Campa)


Explaining Teacher Effects on Achievement Using Measures from Multiple Research Traditions (with Mark Chin, Heather Hill, & Doug Staiger)


The Effects of Within-School Student-Teacher Matching (with Chris Avery)