This week is my first full week in my new role: Faculty Chair, Learning and Assessment at HGSE @harvardeducation.bsky.social. I'll be collaborating with our awesome senior leadership team to create a more cohesive approach to our degree programs and executive education.

Yesterday the Trump admin revoked Harvard's ability to issue visas to international students. In my 6 years at HGSE, I've gotten to know, work with, and learn from many international students. (1 of 3) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

It's notable to me that in Harvard's messaging about the value of research, none of the examples come from education, or even from the social sciences. I'm curious about ways to better demonstrate the value of social science research. How can we address this? www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

Same! Thank you, @aefpweb.bsky.social.

If you, like me, are despairing about the state of our democracy, please donate to one of the orgs suing the Trump administration over its illegal actions. Today I gave to @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org and set up a FB fundraiser to encourage friends to donate as well. Please join me!

Hey #aefp2025, I made this timeline about AEFP's history to help celebrate AEFP's 50th anniversary. Check it out! commoninja.site/4b6c370c-af7...

What a surreal experience to be leading a workshop for education researchers on how to write about their research, in a building directly across from the US Capitol, and wake up to discover that the entire national education statistical staff has been fired.

Fellow AEFP-attending pollen allergy sufferers: Start your Zyrtec now! In fact, start it two weeks ago. This week's pollen forecast for DC is bleak. #aefp2025

We love this resource in our education policy & analysis EdM program! Thanks @bethschueler.bsky.social for maintaining this super helpful document.

I'm so proud of the presidents of my favorite professional association @aefpweb.bsky.social for standing up for education research and data. Thank you @carajackson.bsky.social @dbassok.bsky.social and Michal Kurlaender!

Thanks to @500womensci.bsky.social for putting together these great state summaries of the impact of the National Science Foundation. Massachusetts got over half a billion dollars from NSF in FY2023 alone. Find your state's card here: bit.ly/NSF_bystate

When I arrived at the Kennedy School in 1998, the only faculty member I was star-struck to meet other than William Julius Wilson was Sandy Jencks. But while I never interacted with WJW in my time there, I took a year-long course with Sandy. (1/3) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

Do you represent an ORGANIZATION (not an individual) willing to advocate for the value of ed research? Consider signing this letter to Congress being organized by Knowledge Alliance - to be delivered tomorrow 2/13. Link to Google form to sign letter in the thread. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

As a former govt employee & current higher ed employee who works on research & data use, it feels like everything I have worked for & cared about throughout my career is crumbling through our fingers like sand. I'm at a loss. I welcome suggestions for things I can do that would actually help.

Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection. Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Applications for AEFP Early Career Mentorship program are due TODAY by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/mentorsh...

I'm out. Damned allergist's office. I love Wham!, but it really is a terrible song. #whamageddon

On Bluesky, I made two rules for myself: 1) I only follow education/research folks that I know personally and would do a favor for if asked, and 2) For every work-related person I follow, I must also follow a comedian, musician, or drag queen. My feed is much improved.

When @andrewdeanho.bsky.social and I agreed to co-direct HGSE's Education Policy and Analysis program, I never imagined that our students would "honor" us in gingerbread. #hgse #hgse_epa

Fresh look for my office walls. Had a few of these up already but added more and rearranged.

One of the best things about working at HGSE is that I can truthfully tell students, "No matter which quant course you take, you'll have a great prof." If you want to join an awesome team of quant faculty in a teaching-intensive role, you can't do better than HGSE. Please apply!

Me: "Oh geez, I wore two different shoes all day today." My spouse: "Congratulations, you are now officially a professor." #LeveledUp

Last reminder - the deadline to apply for the EdResearch for Action writers fellowship is FRIDAY, December 1! edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...

Cannot wait for this! Already preordered.

A reminder that the application deadline for this year's EdResearch for Action writing fellowship is next Friday, December 1. edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...

One of the last things I did at DESE was to help write the grant to get the research partnership started that wrote this report. So proud of the work they're doing to improve education in MA! www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/16/m...

Interested in PhD programs focused on education finance, policy, economics or a related field? AEFP's Pre-Doc Diversity Fellowship program is a great opportunity to learn more about these fields/career options AND attend the annual conference. Apply by Dec. 1: aefpweb.org/pre-doc_fell...

Education researchers: Want to learn how to write for non-academic audiences? EdResearch for Action is accepting applications for the 2nd year of its writing fellowship program! Apps due by Friday 12/1. Details at edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...

So excited to be spending the day with NC DPI and the UNC School of Education, talking RPPs! I've never seen so many copies of my book in one place.