President Joe Biden has filled the third available position on his Council of Economic Advisers.
Biden appointed Northwestern University Professor C. Kirabo Jackson to join the council. He is an education labor economist. Jackson will take leave from the university while serving in the position, which does not require congressional confirmation, although Senate members advise the president on who to nominate.
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According to Northwestern’s website, “Jackson’s extensive work on teachers analyzes the role of peer learning in teacher effectiveness, how student demographics directly affect the distribution of teacher quality across schools, how a teacher’s effectiveness depends on the schooling context within which they operate, [and] how best to measure teacher quality.” Education will likely be a focus of Biden’s 2024 reelection bid.
Jackson has a bachelor’s degree in ethics, politics, and economics from Yale University and a doctorate in economics from Harvard University. He previously taught as an assistant professor at Cornell University and has worked at Northwestern since 2010.
The unemployment rate sits at 3.5%, yet there is a nationwide teacher shortage of over 36,000. Jackson’s research can help predict what will draw teachers to needy areas.
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Jackson will round out the council, which includes former social worker Jared Bernstein and former chief economist for then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Heather Boushey. His fellow members were nominated by Biden in February. Bernstein is the chairman.
The CEA “analyze and interpret economic developments and formulate and recommend economic policies that advance the interests of the American people,” according to the White House website. Their terms are determined by the president that nominates them.
