📊 Blueprint Labs is hiring predocs! Work with leading economists @metrics52, @prof_parag, @agarwaln_econ, @davidautor, @DAcemogluMIT & @baselinescene on urgent policy questions in education, health care, AI, and the workforce.

“We should insist on AI that can collaborate with, say, doctors… instead of AI that aims to automate them out of a job.”. In @TheAtlantic, Blueprint Co-Director @davidautor and James Manyika share why we should design AI to collaborate, not just automate:

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Voting for #SXSWEDU panels closes this weekend! Blueprint hopes to present on addressing declining enrollment with information campaigns, multidimensional measures of school quality, and emerging charter research. Vote for one of our three panels today:

How does the value of labor change when certain job tasks are automated? . According to recent research by Blueprint Co-Director @davidautor and co-author Neil Thompson, it depends on the task. Read about their research in a new MIT Sloan article:

⏳ The priority deadline is Sept 21, 2025 (11:59 pm ET). Read the full job descriptions before applying: #econtwitter @econ_ra @predoc_org @SadieCollective.

Thinking about a PhD? At Blueprint Labs, you’ll get the rigor of an econ predoc + the support of a strong cohort. See what current predocs say:

Want to know what the work of a Blueprint predoctoral researcher is like?. In this week’s blog post, four of Blueprint’s workforce and education predocs discuss their backgrounds, their current research, and what motivates them. Read the blog:

Vote for Blueprint’s panel, “Emerging research on the charter school landscape,” in which researchers and policymakers from the Charter School Research Collaborative will present preliminary findings and discuss their policy implications:

Vote for Blueprint’s school performance panel, “Beyond Tests: Rethinking Multidimensional School Quality,” in which leaders from the nation’s largest school districts will discuss effective school performance frameworks:

Vote for Blueprint’s panel, “Addressing Declining Enrollment with Information Campaigns,” in which a panel of researchers and policymakers will share lessons learned from a recent information-sharing initiative:

Blueprint Labs needs your help for our #SXSWEDU 2026 session proposals! Vote online to see Blueprint’s three panel discussions on stage this March.

RT @MITshapingwork: Co-director @davidautor spoke with @FareedZakaria on @CNN this week about China's rapid advancements in high-tech indus….

Blueprint Labs Director @prof_parag was one of five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year in recognition of their research achievements. Read more about Parag and the National Academy of Sciences in this MIT News story:

In recently-published research in the New England Journal of Medicine, Blueprint Co-Director @metrics52, Affiliate @instrumenthull, RA Carol Gao, and co-author Robert Yeh make the case for using instrumental variables methods in clinical trials:

How can the U.S. best respond to China’s rapid innovative sector growth?. In a New York Times op-ed, Blueprint Co-Director @davidautor and Gordon Hanson outline 4 core principles that could help the U.S. manage what they describe as “China Shock 2.0”:

RT @MITshapingwork: "One of the great challenges of our era is to figure out how to create tools, AIs, that support people using their expe….

What have SAQ Fellows enjoyed the most about the Fellowship? For Seth Paddock, it was joining a group of education leaders working towards a common goal. Interested in joining the Fellowship? Applications close tomorrow, July 9. Apply now:

In this short clip, Sheyvette Dinkens @EdtoEdu discusses her experience sharing learnings from the School Access and Quality Fellowship with her colleagues at Show Me KC Schools. Interested in joining the Fellowship? Applications are now open:

RT @MITshapingwork: The MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative is now the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shapin….

Interested in receiving funding for your charter school research?. The Charter School Research Collaborative’s fourth request for proposals is now open, with grants ranging from $10,000-$500,000. Apply for funding: