Welcome to day 2 of the School Access and Quality (SAQ) Fellowship kickoff event! We’re excited to continue learning with this year’s cohort of educational leaders. Follow along with today’s sessions here. 🧵

For our final session, fellows shared their work so far on their capstone projects with the entire cohort. We look forward to seeing their progress on these important projects throughout the year!

Thank you to all of the speakers and SAQ fellows who made this year’s kickoff a success! We can’t wait to continue working with and learning from this passionate group of education leaders over the next year.

To learn more about the SAQ Fellowship, visit blueprintlabs.mit.edu/mit-school-acc…

Our newest cohort of School Access and Quality (SAQ) Fellows have arrived at MIT! Over the next two days, Fellows will learn from researchers, policymakers, and each other as they build a community of practice for the year. Follow along with the kickoff event here. 🧵

How do you measure school quality effectively? Director Josh Angrist (@metrics52) described Blueprint’s approach to SAQ Fellows, and discussed ongoing research on school surveys and the correlation between race and school quality.

@metrics52 That’s a wrap on day 1! Thank you to all of our presenters today. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for day 2.

Congratulations to Blueprint Labs Co-Director Nikhil Agarwal (@agarwal_econ) on his election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society (@econometricsoc). Elected by his peers, he is one of 30 Fellows named this year, bringing the total elected since 1931 to 1,284.

How can families understand school quality? Developed with Blueprint Labs, NYC’s value-added scores estimate a school’s contribution to student learning. Affiliate @instrument_hull says these scores are a good measure for middle and high schools. cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/how-can-pare…

This July, MIT Blueprint Labs held the 2026 International Perspectives on Higher Education Conference. Read more about the conference, the research, and what comes next in our latest blog: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/blogs/blueprin…

Boston's Metco program buses over 3,000 students from the city to schools in the suburbs. In a recent interview with Chalkbeat, Affiliate Elizabeth Setren shared the results of her study on the program's long-term effects. cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/what-happene…

Medicare's voluntary bundled payment program cut spending by $324 per patient. But hospital bonuses exceeded those savings, leaving Medicare with net losses of $171 million over four years.

New research from Affiliate @instrumenthull and co-authors: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/bundl…

Applications for the Charter School Research Collaborative's sixth request for proposals close on October 5! Apply here: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/charter-collab…

We’re hiring a Policy and Research Manager to oversee multiple education initiatives, including the Charter School Research Collaborative and the AI in K-12 Schools Initiative. Learn more and apply: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/careers/policy…

Blueprint Labs is hiring two Postdoctoral Associates on our Education Team. Previous Blueprint postdocs have gone on to tenure-track positions in academia. Apply by 10/31 to be considered on our main timeline. Details below 🧵 #EconTwitter

Postdoctoral Associate, Charter Schools: help lead the Charter School Research Collaborative and conduct research on charter schools nationwide. Work closely with Josh Angrist (@metrics52) and Parag Pathak (@prof_parag).

blueprintlabs.mit.edu/careers/postdo…

@metrics52 @prof_parag Postdoctoral Associate, AI in Education: help lead research on how AI is affecting US education systems. Work closely with Parag Pathak (@prof_parag) and partner schools.

blueprintlabs.mit.edu/careers/postdo…