Selected coverage of my research and interviews.
• Chalkbeat, September 2026. The promise and limits of career and technical education
• The Boston Globe, May 2026. Boys thrive in vocational schools. Should we build more? (with The Hechinger Report)
• The Hechinger Report, May 2026. Many boys aren’t interested in school. Can opening more career-focused high schools help?
• GBH News, April 2026. The new Mass. voc-tech lottery was supposed to solve problems. But some families are frustrated.
• Boston College News, March 2025. BC’s Shaun M. Dougherty receives early career award in education sciences (PECASE)
• The Boston Globe (editorial), November 2024. Ed Board takes a fresh look at who gets into vocational schools
• State House News Service, October 2024. Vocational School Admission Reforms Under Spotlight
• The 74, October 2024. Study: Charters Hastened Catholic School Decline. Will ESAs Slow the Process?
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, May 2023. What makes technical education successful today? A conversation with Professor Shaun Dougherty (interview)