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

First, in a new brief by Dajung Sohn, @maithgopalan.bsky.social, and me, we analyze how identification rates of students for gifted and talented programs have changed over the last decade, and find persistent racial disparities across this period. Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/gt-ra...

Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone. www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...

In this paper, my colleagues (Maithreyi Gopalan @maithgopalan.bsky.social, Kathy Emerson, Greg Walton) and I drafted a hybrid review + empirical article. We see it as a useful reference for anyone working to help colleges and universities create better belonging opportunities for students.

Are you working in civil rights enforcement for the federal government and being made to investigate racial equity programs OR are you an organization being investigated or had your federal funds stripped for racial equity work? Message me. Signal: nhannahjones.67

This framing is all wrong Our international students are not a “crucial funding source” They are our STUDENTS They are the reason we EXIST We teach STUDENTS

Depressing indeed 😕

“One point seems to be lost: The reason that the federal government funds science is not just to provide scientists or government bureaucrats with jobs… We fund science because it is in our national interest to do so!” goodscience.substack.com/p/nsf-should...

I wrote about corporal punishment in public schools for a project led by @efrankenberg.bsky.social and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice. Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...

Excited for this special issue! Send us your best work! Focus is Prek-16 and expansive to broadly construe "Civil Rights". So higher Ed folks, law and Ed, history of Ed, sociology of Ed, econ of Ed, and policy folks - all welcome!

How federal investments in education research help students succeed www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

Essential reading to know your rights. One thing to know is that no matter who you are, immigration officers can search your phone upon entry to the US.

Proud of AEFP, of which I am a past president www.citizen.org/news/lawsuit...

SSRI associate director @efrankenberg.bsky.social & @maithgopalan.bsky.social wrote a piece for @us.theconversation.com about how big cuts at the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will affect vulnerable students for years to come. ➡️

A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025

For folks at #AEFP2025 till the end, join us TODAY @ 11:45a for a policy dialogue session about 60 years of federal civil rights enforcement. Bring all your questions about OCR and civil rights!

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

Short article with @maithgopalan.bsky.social assessing the stakes of changes & budget cuts affecting the Office of Civil Rights in the US Dept of Education. Students' full access to schools & universities will be harmed, as will research to understand inequality. theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...

Worth pointing out amidst Trump/McMahon's firing of half of ED's Office for Civil Rights yesterday that the agency was already staggeringly under resourced. OCR's budget had remained flat over the last two decades while its caseload quadrupled. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Stop by at #aefp to learn more about @uoregon.bsky.social coe's MS in Education Policy and Leadership (EPoL)! The ducks are almost gone - the best swag at this year's conference 😁

The dismantling of NCES is insane and will critically hobble progress in improving education - this agency is so important it existed more than 100 years before the creation of Department of Education.

Have also been hearing that about half of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within ED gone! Insane!

🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption. #EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social

Come to the Joint Community Group Happy Hour on March 14th from 6-8pm during the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference. All are welcome! Details are below. 🥂

AdvancED Equity also has harmonized CRDC files available for 2011-21, and we're anticipating adding the 21-22 files soon. @maithgopalan.bsky.social

In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...

👩‍🏫 Who’s teaching the next generation? The numbers don’t add up—while the US #studentbody diversifies, the #teacherworkforce remains predominantly White. New #DataViz by Drs. @maithgopalan.bsky.social, @jilli-jung.bsky.social & Paul Hanselman: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

For those dismayed at the future of ed research, especially IES: The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) will host virtual gatherings next week Don't have to be a member to join: Wed, Feb 26: sree.memberclicks.net/wednesday--f... Sat, March 1: sree.memberclicks.net/march1cc

Kudos to the school administrator who wrote this letter for making it clear to families what happened and who they should blame. This is the way to build a coalition--with a shared adversary and a reason to fight.

I worked on a few REL projects while at RAND & the connection btwn our research and the needs of local policy makers was clear, tangible & acute, and the impact was direct This isn’t about cutting government waste, this is about finding more ways to undermine efforts to strengthen public schools

Same for Oregon. Oregon Health & Science University has a medical school, is a top tier research center, provides some of the best medical care in the region, and is one of the largest employers in the state. It's devastating.

If you conduct research with federal data of any kind I strongly suggest you spend this weekend downloading copies of everything you use.

Just because you erase something doesn’t mean it stops existing. Solidarity to all the federal employees forced to comply with an overreaching federal government who is somehow obsessed with censorship and yet totally comfortable with censoring us all apple.news/AXRWuYE0-SN-...

Presenting a paper on how OCR resolves these investigations at a symposium on OCR and at AERA this spring...in Denver. Looking forward to talking with @rachelmarisa.bsky.social ‬, @maithgopalan.bsky.social, @efrankenberg.bsky.social and others about the past, present, and future of OCR.

Please message below or email me if you're headed to 2025 AEFP and interested in being a MENTOR for the Early Career Mentorship Program. Happy to answer any questions -- and thank you in advance!!

If you are 1) a federal civil servant/contractor ordered not to release scheduled data or reports, or 2) an academic who has lost access to government data in the past week ...please get in touch. I'm happy to keep our conversations confidential. crampell[@]washpost[dot]com

This was the result of a collab, led by the Chief Economist office at ED, between FSA’s outreach&data teams and top academic behavioral economists. New admin needs to continue to invest in these experiments like this to both improve services for student loan borrowers and save money for taxpayers.

Educators and journalists: Here is a link to 8 journal articles that document the harmful effects of immigration enforcement on kids' educational outcomes, school attendance, and well-being.

Wanted to highlight a new report we have just released at the Office of the Chief Economist at ED: "An Overview of Graduate Borrowing and Outcomes." Below are a few graphs that might entice you to read more. First: distributions of annual borrowing for top 25 credentials in terms of annual volume

Checking out this new report from ED's chief economist group on public service loan forgiveness. Majority of borrowers with debt forgiven work in ed while the majority in the program who haven't had forgiveness yet work at non-profits (which we didn't know before this). sites.ed.gov/ous/files/20...

📢 Please join @aefpweb.bsky.social Scholars of Color on 1/21 at 3pm ET for a panel on publishing in academic and non-academic outlets! Panelists include Tolani Britton, Li Feng, @rachelmarisa.bsky.social, & @maithgopalan.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/AEFPpub2025

This is so exciting! As an international student in grad school, the outdoors saved me from mental breakdowns many times. Can't recommend this enough!!

A new discovery today- the last day of 2024. Commencement speech by the enigmatic Bill Waterson of the Calvin and Hobbes fame (the only comic strip I have loved wholeheartedly) I hope y'all enjoy it as much as I did. Happy New Year all! The Real World :: I Don't Recommend It

The pursuit of equity and excellence: Advanced placement exam participation and performance by sex and by race/ethnicity, 1996–2022 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"if you give $1,000 to an Extraordinary Charity, you can achieve more than someone who gives $90,000 to a Good Charity. The best charities are not just a bit better than the average ones but way, way, way better."

Please apply (as a mentee or mentor)!

Ditto! 👇

New link for this resource guide for academics wanting to get involved in immigration policy work! childrenthriveaction.org/resources/re...

Econ RA/Predoc Opportunity! Ben Feigenberg & I are looking for an RA to work with us on projects studying the impacts of restorative justice in schools. Apply here! uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... @econ_ra @UChicago @thisisUIC @HarrisPolicy @BeckerFriedman #EconSky

Insightful look at what we might expect in #EdPolicy from @katharinemeyer.bsky.social @rachelmarisa.bsky.social & their @brookings.edu colleagues www.brookings.edu/articles/bro...