Joshua Goodman
Scholarly Accomplishments, December 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant awards for December 2025. Books Christina Dobbs Dobbs, C. L., & Leider, C.M. (Eds.). (2025). Until every woman is free: Equity and belonging in the academy through duoethnography. Bloomsbury Publishing. Book Chapters Anna Lim Holcomb, L., Lawyer, G., Lim, A., & Dostal, H. (2025). […]
Inside the School Enrollment Shift
New research from BU Wheelock reveals striking shifts in where Massachusetts families are choosing to send their children: public school enrollment has dropped 2% statewide, while private school enrollment has climbed 16% and homeschooling has surged by 50%. The data show that the steepest public school declines have occurred in high-income districts, among White and […]
Scholarly Accomplishments March 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for March 2025. Books and Book Chapters Anna Lim Lim, A. (2024). Immigrant deaf students of color: On the axes of accommodation, acculturation, and racialization. In C. M. Leider, C. L. Dobbs, & E. Nerlino (Eds.), Preparing antiracist teachers: Fostering antiracism and equity in teacher […]
Three BU Wheelock Faculty Named Top Educational Policy Influencers
BU Wheelock faculty David Chard, Joshua Goodman, and Anthony Abraham Jack were recently named among the top 200 most influential university-based scholars in educational policy and practice. Chard, Goodman, and Jack were recognized in the 2025 Edu-Scholar Public Influence rankings, which are released annually on the Education Week blog, Rick Hess Straight Up. Hess is […]
How Elite Performers Stay On Top
One thing that sets many top performers apart from others in their fields is the way they continue to hone their craft, even when they reach the pinnacle of their careers. Whether they’re athletes, musicians, scholars, or other professionals, they continually develop a wide range of skills, such as becoming lifelong learners or learning how […]
Three Faculty Rated Top Educational Policy Influencers
Three BU Wheelock faculty members—Dean David Chard and associate professors Anthony Jack and Joshua Goodman—were recently named among the most influential 200 university-based scholars in educational policy and practice. Rick Hess, a noted scholar and director of educational policy at the American Enterprise Institute, releases the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence rankings on his Education Week […]
BU Wheelock’s Chard and Goodman among Top Educational Policy Influencers
BU Wheelock Dean David Chard and Joshua Goodman, an associate professor of education and economics, were recently included among the top 200 university-based scholars in the United States whose work has influenced educational policy and practice. Rick Hess Straight Up (RHSU), an Education Week blog, releases the Edu-Scholar Public Influence rankings every January. Hess, the […]
Goodman Appointed to White House Council of Economic Advisors
Starting in August 2022, Joshua Goodman, an associate professor of education and economics at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, will serve for one year as a senior economist on President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Goodman will take a leave of absence from his duties at BU Wheelock during this […]
How Policy Impacts Student Outcomes
Joshua Goodman is an associate professor of education and economics at BU Wheelock, where he works as an applied microeconomist on labor economics and education policy. Goodman’s work has been published in peer-reviewed outlets such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Applied Economics, and the Journal of Labor Economics. It has been cited in multiple […]
It’s Time To Say Goodbye to the Hot and Stuffy Classroom
Earlier this week, most students in the U.S. were attending school in temperatures above 90°F. While this type of heat has long been endured by students and teachers in the southern parts of the country, it is now also becoming more common in the Northeast as a result of climate change. Recent research (by me […]