Kristian Thymianos

Research Associate

Kristian Thymianos graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a bachelor’s degree in political science and minors in public policy and German. Currently, Kristian is pursuing a Master of Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy with a focus on education and labor policy. Before joining FutureEd, Kristian worked as a researcher at Brookings Mountain West in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Work by Kristian Thymianos

From the Field

Research Notes: Study Finds Persistent Post-Pandemic Grade Inflation

Authored byKristian Thymianos

New research by University of Washington researchers Dan Goldhaber and Maria Goodman Young reveals substantial grade inflation in the wake of the pandemic.

From the Field

Research Notes: The Impact of Reducing Teacher-Licensure Requirements

Authored byKristian Thymianos

As school districts around the country contend with teacher shortages, policymakers have sought ways to incentivize people to become teachers.

From the Field

Research Notes: College Advising Boosts Hispanic Enrollment and Completion

Authored byKristian Thymianos

Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in the country and are expected to become public education’s largest constituency. But their college-enrollment…

Explainer

Legislative Tracker: 2024 Teacher-Pay Bills in the States

Authored byKristian Thymianos, Bella DiMarco

Tracking 2024 legislation on efforts to increase teacher compensation through salary adjustments, bonuses, and other means

From the Field

Research Notes: A Talk Tracker Encourages Students to Verbalize Their Thinking

Authored byKristian Thymianos

The effects of TalkMeter, a computer program that tracked the dialogue and speaking times between CueMath tutors and students

From the Field

Research Notes: Easing Academic Standards Hurts Struggling Students

Authored byKristian Thymianos

Over the past decade, high school graduation rates and student grade-point averages (GPAs) have risen, but student achievement as measured by standardized…

From the Field

Research Notes: New Evidence of the Value of Preschool

Authored byKristian Thymianos

The Perry Preschool Project, a demonstration preschool that operated in Ypsilanti, Michigan, between 1962 and 1967, was created to study the impact of excellent…

From the Field

Research Notes: Summer Learning’s Impact on Academic Recovery

Authored byKristian Thymianos

A key strategy that school districts embraced for turning around learning loss post-pandemic has been summer learning, with more than 40 percent of school…