AEFP is expanding our conference subsidies program to offer financial assistance to a broader membership base so that more researchers, policymakers & practitioners have the opportunity to connect at the conference. The deadline to apply is January 5, 2026 aefpweb.org/conferen...

Local reporters are doing some outstanding work on the "Education Freedom Scholarship" in TN. @rachelannwegner.bsky.social at @thetennesean.bsky.social reports that more than 1 in 5 vouchers were used at the most expensive private schools in the state. (1/3) www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...

New, at Can We Still Govern? Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it. A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...

I have been loathe to suggest any impacts of political pressure on federal statistical agencies, but this is worrying to me.

Let's be clear: the US National Science Foundation's decision to reduce the role of expert panelists and outside reviewers does not limit the burden on NSF workers; it empowers them to make funding decisions without scientific oversight. www.science.org/content/arti...

I spent two summers here doing research on inequalities in government responses to disasters, focused on what had taken place in Puerto Rico following hurricane Maria. NCAR has led on so many scientific advances. This admin’s harm to the scientific workforce in the US is beyond measure.

Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview

I enjoyed joining @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social to discuss the new mythologies of higher education. Net tuition is not soaring, the value of a degree is not plummeting and neither is four-year college enrollment. educationgadflyshow.substack.com/p/is-the-col...

Without a higher education program, the University of Nebraska is going to have a hard time recruiting and keeping the next generation of higher education leaders when competing institutions offer the chance for staff members to further their education. This decision will backfire.

The irony of Indiana’s magical football season while politicians and university leaders are destroying its academic greatness (see www.indystar.com/story/opinio...)

The idea of restricting online education to older students is worth testing

If you care, Kennedy, you publicly call on the House to bring up articles of impeachment against RFK today. No "thought and prayers," no hand-wringing. Either call for his impeachment, or just be quiet. You have strong influence to stop this. Anything else is just performative nonsense.

Postdoctoral opportunity in the social sciences at Notre Dame! apply.interfolio.com/177620

A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Glad to see research by @uwsoc.bsky.social alum Daniel Long reported in @washingtonpost.com on the persistence of racial and ethnic inequality in academic course taking www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

New GAO report: Agencies are not following OMB guidance to identify and reduce administrative burdens in safety net benefits, least likely to pay attention to learning and compliance costs. www.gao.gov/products/gao...

Cruel & stupid. they forget that Housing First was developed because treatment first failed!!! HF cut veteran homelessness in half; nearly eliminated it in Utah! If coerced "care" was the most effective approach, HF would never have been invented.

On Friday, I moderated a National Academy of Education panel on the state and future of education research, with Peggy Carr, @agamoran.bsky.social, Pam Grossman. Many calls for resilience, creativity, advocacy, engagement, and alliances for funding, data, freedom. Photo credit: @aadukia.bsky.social

Researchers & community partners working hard for youth in St. Louis: appreciated the chance to visit Wash U’s exec vice provost Mary McKay, Sandro Galea, dean of the new Schl of Public Health, and their colleagues; and Brandon Williams, visionary president of the Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis.

BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name

I’m proud to see two studies funded by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social featured in the latest issue of @soceducation.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOE/curr...

New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️ edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302 With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon

Inspiring @sreesociety.bsky.social plenary organized by Shanette Porter @uchiconsortium.bsky.social featuring @chipubschools.bsky.social chief of teaching & learning Nicole Milberg & former @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social Disting Fellow Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean of Crown Fam School of Soc Work #SREE2025

Appreciate the opportunity to learn from economist and criminal justice scholar @meganstevenson.bsky.social as she delivers the Hedges Lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness #SREE2025

I shared a few thoughts on the concerns I see with cuts to the Department of Education's data and research capacity, although there are also a few green shoots that are worth watching.

Universal school choice programs are expanding—but who benefits most? Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.

Peer review is the backbone of scientific progress. Discarding peer review threatens to undermine the quality of scientific innovation.

Join the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group on October 15 at 2 PM ET for an engaging forum on dual enrollment research. Register today: aefp.zoom.us/meeting...

🚨Do you know a school, system, or network doing amazing work in support of student success in high school, particularly through a continuous-improvement approach? Let's recognize them! Encourage them to apply for the Carnegie Award for Impact (cfdn.at/4o4gp58). Applications due on November 10.

Sorry to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall, a grantee of @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social in the 1970s. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...

I’m excited to see this report released, and proud that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is supporting outreach to encourage engagement with the report.

📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU

ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf

Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit open.substack.com/pub/bruceles... Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.

A great day to visit WCER, ITP, and @uwsoc.bsky.social!

Yesterday @innovatingjustice.bsky.social, I had the chance to welcome former NIJ director Nancy LaVigne as the new dean of @runscj.bsky.social, along with another former NIJ director and great colleague, Jeremy Travis. Congrats on your new role, Nancy!

JOB ALERT. Looking for an Assoc Dir for Comms, Fin, and Ops at Tulane to help lead all of my major initiatives: ERA-NOLA, REACH Center, AEFP Live Handbook, and State of the Nation Project. Exciting possibilities. Leadership exp a must. Remote work possible. Apply: lnkd.in/gzyUk3fz

Really valuable work by @douglasharris9.bsky.social and Gabriel Oliver on how #schoolvouchers are transforming the private school landscape (even as #publiced advocates are largely focused on how they affect public school systems). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...

Last week, HHS released its Make Our Children Healthy Again strategy. We should be stunned by what it included, but more so, by what it ignored. open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Great coverage of my new paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social in @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3... "Results highlight limitations of class-based state reforms to address racial/ethnic disparities."

While the internet has transformed our daily lives, its use involves a myriad of security challenges. Math plays an essential role in protecting users against evolving threats on the internet. Check out our resource for math educators and classrooms: buff.ly/a97W7vU

New National Academies report on school active shooter drills (free download) calls for: -trauma-informed drills -ban high-sensorial, hyper-realistic, deceptive drills -national guidance -staff & police training -accessibility & equity -research & funding nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/291...

Informative update on science funding: not all bad news, but very challenging.

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

On Sept. 2 from 3-4:30pm ET, @agamoran.bsky.social will join the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's webinar "Beyond Decoding NAEP: The Federal Role in Promoting Efficacy, Equity and Accountability" as a commentator. Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/479qQPz

Please join us on Tuesday 9th Sep at LSHTM for a seminar with Professor Mel Craike on what universities can do as organisations to maximise social impact. Should be a good discussion! Bring your lunch in person or see you online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-i...

A message for JD Vance and anyone else in this Administration that is pretending they care about the safety of our kids. They don’t. All they care about is the political approval and profits of the gun industry. And they show it every day.

CBO analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how it impacts different parts of the income spectrum: —A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners. —A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.