Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has issued an executive order to ensure COVID vaccines are accessible to everyone and insurers continue to cover them.

“Failed to live up to the hype” is a lesson with tech that we will never learn

The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.

I gave my students an anti-AI spiel on the first day of our class today, and a student asked if all of us had been to a training, because all of her professors spent about 15 minutes doing the same thing this year. I told her no, but it seems like maybe the tide is turning!

We expanded who reaches 12th grade. That’s the educational miracle of the last 35 years. Today’s 12th graders aren’t 1992’s 12th graders. Beyond cohort change, this is not only a school story; adult PIAAC scores in the bottom half of the distribution have tanked, too, and that’s not about schools.

Anyone have teaching tips for a *very* small undergrad class? My junior/senior seminar may just have 4-5 students in it. Last year I had 12 students and ran it like a grad seminar, and that worked well. But this is going to be so small!

"This guide is for anyone studying or working in universities, or in research environments within healthcare, local government, NGOs, charities, or other health and social care organisations. It is designed to help you calm, focus, connect in order to prioritise your safety, rights and wellbeing."

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Are Black students under-referred to special education? @rachelefish.bsky.social, Kenneth Shores & @jmsoutomaior.bsky.social challenge recent claims of under-representation. 📄 Full paper here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1227

Yet another 100% fossil-fuelled data centre site popping up - 1.4 gigawatts. This was definitely all very predictable!!! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

WARZEL: What if Gen AI is “just good enough, useful to many without being revolutionary? .. “.. Good enough .. would likely mean that not enough people recognize what’s really being built—and what’s being sacrificed—until it’s too late.” @cwarzel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

“the productivity gains following the introduction of LLMs in the workplace were quite small: they found only a 2.8% increase in time-savings. On the flip side, the introduction of AI tools created new work for 8.4% of these workers, including people who do not use the tools directly”

The Trump administration effectively created a de facto bathroom ban at Brown University and none of the major media is covering it, and if they do, they character it as about sports. This is how the trans visa ban was enacted and characterized. www.advocate.com/news/transge...

...oh wow

I wish this piece was on the front page and not the opinion section, because it's more fact-based than the majority of the reporting I've seen on the state of boys and men.

New paper with Ken Shores and João Souto Maior, with important implications for current/potential policy changes: doi.org/10.1177/0014.... We argue that current research concluding that Black kids are "under-represented" in special education has fundamental limitations in data and methods.

Whoops… “Meta’s AI climate tool raised false hope of CO₂ removal, scientists say” archive.is/8sYNv

Beginning to have my doubts about whatever this America party will be

Part of a very informative thread. I can’t fathom the losses in Texas, especially of the young kids at camp.

There is no ceiling on how bad things can get until we make the ceiling. No institution will make it for us. As someone I used to organize with loved to say, “No one is coming to save us, but us” And yeah, it’s scary as fuck

Weighing Risks: How Families of Disabled Children Made School Choices During COVID-19 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New paper with @alexfreidus.bsky.social and @ericaoturner.bsky.social ! Our interview data show how disability and ableism—intersecting with racism and SES inequality—complicate and stratify school choice for families of disabled students. doi.org/10.1177/2332...

On why Harvard shouldn't "negotiate" with Trump (by @ryanenos.bsky.social & Levitsky) - www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Surprise, surprise: Meta's Manhattan-sized data center is going to be powered by three new gas power plants. Residents of the nearby town have no idea how much their bill will increase: "It’s like building the power impact of a large city overnight” www.404media.co/a-black-hole...

Popping in here quickly to say that the courts do not have first or final say. Ever. Trans people [of all ages] deserve every single thing that everyone else does. The illegitimate court is illegitimate.

Vermonters! Call 802-828-2228 TODAY to get a message delivered to your senators about H.454. The bill: - lowers taxes for the rich and cuts investments in kids - doesn't address real drivers of costs (health insurance ⬆️) - drastically consolidates schools - may expand vouchers - rushes major change

Remember the recent finding of an association between Epstein-Barr virus & dev. of multiple sclerosis? The epidemiologist who discovered that link has been ordered to stop all his funded research, at Harvard's school of PH. T., RFK & Bhattacharya are pro-disease. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

Y'all, I'm pretty excited that @publisherswkly.bsky.social called my book "an urgent wake-up call" and "a must-read for educators!" www.publishersweekly.com/9781479827817 Pre-order here and get a 30% discount using NYUAU30: nyupress.org/978147982781...

Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r...

Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...

Thank you for you leadership, Dr. Nelson—read the whole statement:

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... 🙃

At issue is a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Specifically: What do parents have to prove in order to get that specialized help?

State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

AERA: I'm looking forward to sharing a paper co-authored with @alexfreidus.bsky.social and @ericaoturner.bsky.social on how families of disabled children made school choices during the pandemic. Should be a stellar symposium on school choice for marginalized families! 8am Sunday in Meeting Room 712.

AERA folks: I'm in Lobby F of the Colorado Convention Center with @wearehighered.bsky.social stickers now until noon. Across from the Mile High Market. I'll leave some stickers on one of the little tables by the long bench as well.

i can't believe people think this is worth a water shortage

Emergency action if you are in Wisconsin and can attend: www.mobilize.us/wfpower/even...

At least 13 university/college senates have passed Mutual Academic Defense Compact resolutions to unite against the current attacks on higher ed! Let's keep this momentum going. We're keeping track and posting links to the MADCs at wearehighered.org.

AERA folks: I’ll have more @wearehighered.bsky.social stickers at the Division A + L/ SOE SIG joint dessert reception in a moment.

I left some stacks of WeAreHigherEd stickers at the registration desks and I’m standing outside registration with more stickers!

I’m morbidly curious how they are going to end Title VI enforcement while also weaponizing it

They are segregationist and this will be open season for discrimination. “the Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability”

Come join the Dept of Education and Child Study at Smith College! One-year lecturer position for ‘25-26. I’m happy to chat if you want more info. apply.interfolio.com/166555

Are you attending AERA in Denver? Want a WeAreHigherEd sticker? Can you help hand them out? @rachelefish.bsky.social will be at the conference registration area Thursday 10:15-11:15am with a stack of stickers (more times and locations coming soon).

Bad news Monday for K12 ed