A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

Thanks to this family for sharing their story of fleeing Texas for the safety of their trans teen www.teenvogue.com/preview/stor...

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities. It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree. Likely to enter force within days.

Child care teachers in the US make about $32,000 a year. This (and tough working conditions) has created mass child care teacher shortages & extremely high turnover rates.Our child care industry has long relied on immigrants, especially in big cities. My latest: hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...

Some states are seeking to deregulate child care. Advocates are fighting back www.the74million.org/zero2eight/s...

Here's a partial typology of titles: 1) X and Y 2) Say What You Found 3) Wordplay: Serious 4) Very Short (usually advisable only for future Nobel Prize winners)

🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success? Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question! 🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf And 🧵👇

A new bipartisan bill would require private insurers to fully cover the cost of childbirth with no co-pays or deductibles. Average out-of-pocket costs today is ~$3,000. It’s a big deal, with an unusual origin story, and backed by an even more unusual alliance of orgs 🧵 www.vox.com/policy/41491...

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Some things never change in that Bon Iver makes me cry and I will happily watch Noah Wyle work his magic in an ER

The president of Nintendo of America is named Bowser?!?

omg gigil is in the dictionary we've really made it www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/s...

Hoooooooooly 😮🚀

#AEFP2025 has been quite a success. We're really proud of and excited by the work and thoughtful engagement in policy-relevant, rigorous research on display by all of our @buwheelock.bsky.social faculty, students, WEPC alumni, staff and partners. Thanks for a wonderful few days!

Spending 90 minutes with this amazing panel yesterday talking about early education and care data learnings and needs was such a bright spot and honor. @dbassok.bsky.social @piacar.bsky.social #AEFP2025

Welcome to Bluesky @cscce.bsky.social ! Added you to this starter pack go.bsky.app/SpVmXZP

Come join us! @aefpweb.bsky.social We'll discuss the unique experiences and needs of the ECE workforce and strategies for supporting them. We'll also reflect on how to leverage the broader evidence base on supporting educators and the workforce. #AEFP2025

As universal prekindergarten (UPK) expands, understanding which community-based organizations (CBOs) apply—and why—matters for equity and access. With @weilanch.bsky.social, Meghan McCormick, Catherine Snow. Read more: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151 #ECE #UPK #EquitableECE #EduSky #WomaninQuant

We're geared up for next week's @aefpweb.bsky.social conference. WEPC faculty/students are presenting 15+ papers, chairing 5 sessions & hosting a can’t miss Policy Dialogue. Check us out! @joshua-goodman.com @lizbettini.bsky.social @oliviachi.bsky.social @piacar.bsky.social @christocleve.bsky.social

Our BU Wheelock Education Policy Center is going to be everywhere at next week's AEFP conference! Between our current faculty and PhD students and our alums, we'll be in 20+ sessions. Here's what we're presenting: wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/associ... @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social

It's that time of year to circulate this list of orgs for those seeking ed policy jobs/internships. Please let me know if there are opportunities/orgs I should add. Good luck out there! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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A starter pack with many great @buwheelock.bsky.social colleagues! Grateful to be surrounded by such wide-ranging expertise and people who care so deeply about making a difference.

New @brookings.edu piece on the power of workforce data for improving ECE access/quality, highlighting Virginia's unique LinkB5 early childhood data system. @uvaehd.bsky.social @uvabatten.bsky.social www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...

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It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot. Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...

Join us today and all week on #The930Call! Learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign-up for weekly email updates and Zoom access www.strategiesforchildren.org/930Call.html

Among their incredible feats, Strategies for Children convenes a daily (yes, daily) 930 call that brings together early childhood stakeholders from across MA - one of the most authentic and consistent examples I've seen of community engagement and collaboration. Welcome @sfc-ma.bsky.social !

Join me in donating: Anti Recidivism Coalition: antirecidivism.org (type "firefighter fund" in payment box) American Red Cross: www.redcross.org/donate/donat... (select California Wildfires) California Community Foundation: www.calfund.org/funds/wildfi... Mutual Aid LA Network: mutualaidla.org

Hi! ECE & policy folks: I'm looking for a postdoc to join our (really terrific) SEE-Partnerships team, doing research on ECE access & workforce issues! Please spread the word! uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...

The first session to be live streamed today at 8am PT is: "Who Cares? Care, Care Work, and Family Leave Policies"

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And for more research and policy focused early care and education accounts, check out this awesome starter pack from @piacar.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/SpVmXZP

I appreciate how this article dives into the complexity and implementation challenges (cliff effect, introduces disparity in pay of educators vs directors) of the DC Pay Equity Fund alongside the undeniable successes www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...

Sometimes researchers are lucky enough to study solutions. Our work on DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund is 2 years in the making and findings are clear. We know now what a big change it has brought to people's lives. It was long overdue. www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...

Some truly chilling quotes in this piece

Hey #ece educators, I’m writing about #HeadStart for School Library Journal. If you work in Head Start, I’d love to hear about collaborations you have with the local public library. Also, tell me about how you are feeling about potential cuts from the new administration. DM’s ok #ecesky #edusky #edu

and for the child care sector specifically, the Secure Communities crackdown didn't just reduce immigrant childcare workers - it also lowered wages and employment for native child care workers & reduced total # of childcare centers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... bsky.app/profile/emma...

Cheers to The Truly Legendary Catherine Snow 🫡 (a.k.a. your favorite developmental psychologist's favorite developmental psychologist)

This is even more disconcerting knowing a large proportion of the early childhood workforce consists of women without a college degree.

Follow the thread below to see 4 starter packs on education economics and policy. 1) Journalists and writers 2) PhD students and postdocs 3) Faculty and other researchers I 4) Faculty and other researchers II As always, let me know if I've missed anyone, including you.

Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...

I've continued to update this starter pack the last few days, lots of new additions! Thanks to all who have shared and please reach out if I've missed you! go.bsky.app/SpVmXZP

👀 the CDA row in this figure!! And to think the demand number is probably an underestimate given how many states have their own CDA-type credential. From: lightcast.io/resources/bl...