Nominations due on Saturday, November 15! ⬇️

Don't miss out! Only a few days left to register for our upcoming #WordConnections webinar series.

Thanks for sharing, @megankruse.bsky.social!

ACTION ALERT: Department of Education has nearly wiped out OSERS—offices essential to ensuring students with disabilities receive the services they’re guaranteed under IDEA. Congress must act NOW. Tell lawmakers: Restore OSEP. Protect IDEA. #4SpecialEducation exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...

Join us for our #WordConnections webinar series. We'll explore implementation of this research-based, targeted intervention to support students' reading of complex words! #TosteTeam #BigWords #ScienceOfReading 📅 Nov 13 + Dec 4 | 💻 Live Online 🔗 Register: tosteteam.simpletix.com

We did an adorable #TosteTeam photoshoot for our fall 2025 back to campus series. These folks are the best part of my job! 🤘🏼🧡

Nominate your favorite special education researcher for a 2026 CEC-DR Award!

We’re hiring! Come work with us in the Department of Special Education at UT Austin. Scholar in special education or related fields, without restrictions on rank or specific research program. Apply here: faculty.utexas.edu/career/168004 #WhatStartsHere

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is

Released yesterday. Increased control over federal grants and the direction of science.

We want your thoughts on themes and topics that are of interest to the readership of The Reading League Journal and friends of @thereadingleague.org. Share your ideas below! 👇🏼

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 Catch up on new #TosteTeam pubs! Jason Chow (@jchow.bsky.social) and I wrote this article for a special issue of Educational Psychologist. We highlight special education as a field that has prioritized the generation of scientific evidence to guide decision-making. 1/3

Submissions for 2026 @aeraedresearch.bsky.social are due July 25! Join your colleagues and friends in Los Angeles in April 2026. To learn more and submit, visit: www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...

This workshop focuses on how technology can be used to strengthen the connection between assessment data and instruction in education. bit.ly/4n3EbOE @jessicatoste.bsky.social

👇🏼 Tomorrow afternoon! Join us!

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So cool! @planetworddc.bsky.social is THE BEST museum. I went there with our 4th grader in the fall and we loved it. We had only two hours to visit and could have stayed much longer. 🤓🔤

There is a corrected version of our article online today! This correction is thanks to a literacy specialist across the country who read the article and noticed an error. I'm so grateful for bright, engaged educators who make my work better! Open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 I’m behind in sharing new #TosteTeam pubs! New article in Learning Disability Quarterly. We report findings from brief experiment of the unique contribution of spelling practice, specifically Cover-Copy-Compare, on multisyllabic word reading for students with dyslexia. 1/3

URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES. For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners. We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)

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I may be accepting ONE additional PhD student in fall 2025! Four-year funding package. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents for this funding opportunity. Must have an interest in intensive reading intervention. Reach out if interested! 📤 [email protected]

We are incredibly excited to be hosting Dr. @jessicatoste.bsky.social at MTSU this summer for training on Word Connections!

Joining forces with @thereadingleague.org as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Reading League Journal! I transitioned into the role in December, but the upcoming spring issue will make it officially official as the first issue under my editorship. Woohoo! #ItTakesALeague 🤓📝📚

I was recently informed that I am to be 1 of 5 faculty members inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at @utaustin.bsky.social. As a fun bonus, honorees are also given the title Distinguished Teaching Professor! 👩🏻‍🏫 More about the Academy: provost.utexas.edu/the-office/a...

Reppin’ @cecmembership.bsky.social today in my extremely cozy new sweatshirt!

Last week, my team launched our new #ResearchMatters series! Check out the #TosteTeam instagram for posts that highlight contributions from education sciences. How do data lead to critical decisions? How does research impact the world around us? Follow us here: www.instagram.com/tosteteam

Join me and @brennanchandler.bsky.social for a webinar on May 15. We'll be talking about word reading instruction for students in intermediate grades and #WordConnections! Webinar hosted by @cecmembership.bsky.social and @cec-dr.bsky.social. Free for members! Register: tinyurl.com/CEC-WordReading

‼️Exciting news from Department of Special Education at @universityoftexas.bsky.social. We're thrilled to announce our 🆕 ONLINE master's program focusing on dyslexia & dyscalculia intervention! Specialized training from experts in the field. RSVP for an upcoming info sessions: tinyurl.com/UTddiinfo

I am trying to get Lady Gaga presale tickets. There are 20,748 people in the queue ahead of me and ticket prices range from $61.00-$1,950. Ticketmaster may be my villain origin story.

As President of @cec-dr.bsky.social, I am grateful for the opportunity to sign onto this letter and to AERA for coordinating these efforts!

🚨 Take action! See below 👇🏼

Join Council for Exceptional Children through March 31 for free! Many divisions may have free or discounted membership, too. For researchers and graduate students, consider joining CEC's Division for Research (see cecdr.org for all we do). Over 140 people joined the Division for Research yesterday!

From March 17–31, new members can join CEC for free! While you're at it, join CEC-Division Research for an incredibly reduced rate! Gain access to the resources, training, and community you need to support students, #4SpecialEducation research- Join: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/a...

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

Tonight! See you there! 👇🏼

If you can’t be #CEC2025, here are a few ways that you take action today! Check out QR codes and we will post individual links in the thread below. #4SpecialEducation

Take action and grab some stickers!

We have a great CEC-DR team! We’re also on Bluesky now. Come follow us there — @cec-dr.bsky.social

Ready for a week of learning, planning, and advocating at #CEC2025! @cecmembership.bsky.social

Make sure this is on your calendar for Thursday evening in Baltimore! #CEC2025

Is Section 504 under threat? Listen to the last episode of DiveIn. We delve into the Texas vs. Becerra Court case with David DeMatthews. Listen at divein.alitu.com/1?order=newest @nepc.bsky.social @dredf.bsky.social @jessicatoste.bsky.social #disabilityrights #education #specialeducation

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Great time with @orbida.org this weekend!

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 New #TosteTeam pub in Intervention in School & Clinic. Written w/ Sally Fluhler, @emilyafarris.bsky.social, & @brennanchandler.bsky.social. We offer guidance on conducting CBM ORF error analysis to inform instructional decisions. Open access: tinyurl.com/Toste2025isc 1/3

Are you going to be at the @cecmembership.bsky.social Convention in Baltimore? Come to our annual Joint Division Reception on Thursday, March 13th at 7:00pm. There will be food, drinks (cash bar after free drink tickets run out), and access to the American Visionary Art Museum! 🍷🪩🎨

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

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11th grade NAEP testing canceled. www.the74million.org/article/afte...

See you this afternoon! We hope this will start a community conversation about how we can take collective action and share resources going forward.