Blake Heller

Asst. Prof. @HobbySchoolUH || former teacher studying Ed Policy & Labor Economics || dad to 1👧🏻 & 1🐨🐶 || proud Wolverine〽️

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

Rather, our findings emphasize the limitations of using RD methods to evaluate renewable aid programs like Pell, where award eligibility and size varies from year-to-year, and students near the RD cutoff have the least stable aid. Read more here: 7/7

https://t.co/c0Q8VbyX1B

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

Excited to see my work with Monnica Chan out in @EEPAeditors. This project highlights the challenges of evaluating financial aid awards like the Pell Grant that require annual reapplication/recertification. 1/N

[EEPA Editors @EEPAjournal]

The July 2025 budget reconciliation bill limits #studentloans and expands the #PellGrant. These programs, however, are connected: a small Pell grant can reduce borrowing such that students face financial constraints with implications for #StudentSuccess.
https://t.co/maRDlKkWuO

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

To be clear: this doesn’t mean grant-based aid doesn’t help students. There’s a mature literature showing that grants and other measures to reduce college costs promote post-secondary enrollment, persistence, and graduation. 6/N

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

@hausofdecline 💀 😂 💀

[Renee @ReneeCrossTX]

What a prestigious honor for a well deserved student. Congratulations, Gabriela!

[Daniel W. Webster @DanielWWebster1]

This is great!!! Kudos to @Arnold_Ventures and @Crimealytics

[Carrie Conaway @clconaway]

I have a new piece w/@stats_tipton & @artilesaj out in @TCRecord today. The big idea: "We need to design impact evaluations that value understanding variation as much as understanding average impact." https://t.co/ykZyocvm8A

[David Houston @d_m_houston]

One more gush about this new paper:

@slungaardmumma does a wonderful job describing just how *hard* it is to collect good data on what's actually happening in schools (re: the political battles du jour) in a hyper-decentralized system like ours

https://t.co/8493mh5kQq

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

Ready to ensure all students count? Join my @UHCOE colleagues @SXSWEDU as they discuss the availability, credibility & need for viable data on refugee/asylee students in state data. Learn how 2 advocate for reliable data for these students. Vote now! 🗳️📊 https://t.co/PVcjWsbGS6

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

Is @JoshGoodman_BU the prince who was promised?!☃️🐉 @GRRMspeaking we need answers!

[Jeffrey Wooldridge @jmwooldridge]

Okay, I get the appeal of Mark Kelly as Kamala’s VP choice. Senator in a swing state, a former fighter pilot and astronaut.

But has he written two econometrics texts and own double-digit cats? I can handle chaos!

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

President Venn Diagram https://t.co/5qCm9YLtX5

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I prosecuted sex predators. Trump is one.
I shut down for-profit scam colleges. He ran one.
I held big banks accountable. He's owned by them.

I'm not just prepared to take on Trump, I'm prepared to beat him.

[Chi Urbanist @chi_urbanist]

Lakeview-Wicker Park

[Kunal Mangal @mrgunalan]

My paper on the costs of extreme competition for government jobs in India is now forthcoming at the Journal of Development Economics!

Open access link:
https://t.co/0Mn1UQFZ0u

[Blake Heller @blakehheller]

@AnjulieRao Tineka Sandwich at Lula Cafe 🥜 🥪 🔥