More #warravagedchicago!

Consider nominating a colleague (or yourself) for one of the 2026 CEC-DR Awards! You have two months to think about it. Awards will be presented at the CEC Convention in Salt Lake City, UT in March 2026. Visit our website to learn more about each award: cecdr.org/cec-dr-awards

New article in The Conversation, with @edutuan.bsky.social & LaRon Scott, about the implications of recent federal cuts to teacher diversity grants for the special education teacher workforce. theconversation.com/diversifying...

Updated literature review on special education teachers' occupational wellbeing and burnout is published online! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... @lizbettini.bsky.social @michellecumming.bsky.social Excited to see the nascent intervention work prior research has catalyzed!

🚨The White House just issued an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. Eliminating ED or moving IDEA to another agency will be a step backward in serving those with disabilities. Tell your representatives to protect ED: exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...

Join Council for Exceptional Children through March 31 for free! Many divisions may have free or discounted membership, too. For researchers and graduate students, consider joining CEC's Division for Research (see cecdr.org for all we do). Over 140 people joined the Division for Research yesterday!

If you can’t be #CEC2025, here are a few ways that you take action today! Check out QR codes and we will post individual links in the thread below. #4SpecialEducation

Thank you, to all of the special education organizations, journals, & scholars who have joined together to affirm our commitment to scientific integrity: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Check out this post on Project 2025 and its Implications for Special Education open.substack.com/pub/speciale...

Consider checking yourself for ableism

New pub alert! We examined principals' conceptions of their roles supporting programs for students w/EBD. We found their conceptions of EBD underlay their visions for the program, the roles they took on to support them & their sense of agency. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our website is up and running!Project Pathways is all about EF, stress, and stressful regulation for students with or at risk for significant behavioral needs! projectpathways.fiu.edu

Education unions across Florida will be decertified if membership is below 60%. Join your local union!

Last week the APA released its first recommendations for authors, reviewers and editors on how to address race, ethnicity and culture more equitably when publishing research (link to full guidelines in the news story) What do people think? #PsychSciSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Let’s talk about qualitative research! 📝Come learn more at our CEC Division for Research webinar today at 11:00am CT (12:00pm ET). This is #3 in our 8-part webinar series: The Next Generation of Quality Indicators. Still time to register ➡️ tinyurl.com/QualityIndicatorsCECDR