New study: Watching a short video that inspired hope was as effective as a brief meditation at mediating stress.

Just received this message from Orange County Public schools about serious declines in enrollment— more than double what was expected. Some students are going to lose their teachers and classes. 2,500 immigrant students are no longer attending school

Instead of providing greater access for lower income families, vouchers are being used by the affluent to help subsidize their children's private school education 1/2

I see this happening all the time. If we only treated (and paid) teachers as professionals, this wouldn’t be happening “That great, great teacher or school leader who was once so awesome… is now designing CPD or writing a book or is Director of Belonging or somesuch in an edu business de jour”

Well-being is even more critical in these trying times. A new scoping review on teacher well-being, just published in EPR, found the mindfulness interventions support well-being and help prevent burnout. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI "The U.S. Department of Education has taken action to eliminate harmful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives..." www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

This is such a helpful and beautiful perspective. Thank you @mishellbaker.bsky.social

Which of these are difficult, if not impossible, to enact in the current climate of k-12 schooling?

"It's important to know that as a teacher, it is easier to do more harm than good." -Fendler (2011)

School choice. It’s here whether we like it or not. Here are some ways to navigate its complexities.

Wow. I’ve expressed concerns about Frontiers for a long time and won’t submit or review for them, but this suggests things are really bad.

10 important education studies in 2024 by @edutopia.org Warm demanders, AI that doesn't give answers, learning from peers, Covid's long tail and more www.edutopia.org/article/the-...

A checklist for parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to survey the health of their local school

Incredibly excited about a special issue @chrisrozek.bsky.social and I are editing on SCHOOL BELONGING with Ed Psych Review! 🎉 The first paper is out! Once published, all papers can be found here: link.springer.com/collections/... I’ll update this thread when each article gets posted ⬇️

First do no harm… And other guiding principles for K12 schools

“The “research ideal” supplanted the earlier humanistic ideal of cultivating the whole student. As academics grew more specialized…the big questions—What is the meaning of life? How do you live a good life?—lost all purchase. Such questions became unprofessional for an academic to even ask.”

Newest issue of the Transforming Schools newsletter is out today!

What if all school leaders were permissioned to have local control of their schools? “Whereas, in fact, the sensible thing to do is just have fun in each individual store.” www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/b...

If you or anyone you know is interested in truly transforming public education, I would love to be connected. I’ve been creating a grassroots network of those of us interested in school transformation, and I would love to gather more of us together

Early in my career, I noticed that educational philosophy was being removed from teacher training programs, at least here in Florida. I think it is important to study the philosophy of the field one is about to pursue.

I've re-launched my newsletter about transforming schools. Would love to have you join the conversation!

The world doesn’t need another podcast…but I am playing with the idea of starting one. Anyone have suggestions for how to start? I have a microphone!

My teaching evaluations are lower when I use portfolio grading with my grad students versus traditional grading. Student dislike the not knowing their grade till the end of the semester, even though they are guaranteed a good grade if they meet the portfolio criteria. 1/2

The fire in me to make k12 schools more humane places for teachers has been reignited. Looks like there’s others here with similar drives. Let’s connect!

“Those moments of even finding I’m wrong, there is some pleasure in that.” Thank you, Dr. Kahneman for your contributions to science and your intellectual humility. May you rest in peace.

Promising new intervention that may cure certain autoimmune diseases

“Data supports that adults interpret the same behaviors from Black children as more dangerous than those behaviors from white kids — a projection that starts as early as preschool,” which fuels the school-to-prison pipeline.

The global pattern is clear: where GERM spreads, it induces a deadening homogenization of educational ends & means, subverts the professionalization of teaching, & puts test scores ahead of student health & well-being. However, there is another way... www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/sust...

Though I’d demur and say there is valuable info that comes from learning science research, the author makes an important point: kids aren’t just “brains-in-jars.” Research has its place, but it ought to be used as guideline and not gospel

Sometimes I can’t stand my field. We are supposed to first not perpetuate harm. Why, in this day and age, are we doing this kind of stuff to 13 year olds without their consent? “The teens didn’t opt in to the intervention; they were signed up for it, class by class.”

My colleagues at UCF have created a fantastic free resource on using ChatGPT in classrooms. Even more, they present a pedagogical approach to teaching about LLMs in general. #edusky #academicsky Worth downloading

Just remembered that this great post by Richard Morey exists: Why you shouldn’t say “this study is underpowered” towardsdatascience.com/why-you-shou...

Interesting article on the success of DoD schools: “Defense Department schools are well-funded, socioeconomically and racially integrated, and have a centralized structure that is not subject to the whims of school boards or mayors.” digitaledition.orlandosentinel.com/infinity/art...

Glad to see @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social here on BlueSky✨ Happy to see strong progressive women’s voices in my faith tradition getting such recognition

Just discovered the Human Words Project (www.humanwordsproject.com) at the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate conference. You can add a logo on your writing to note "100% human words" as a kind of badge of authenticity. I kind of like it

Yes—all this

For a quick-start guide to BlueSky specifically written for scientists, see this document by @steveharoz.com and me. 2/4

“It’s really just a word salad of a citation put together.” That was probably the most surprising thing to me about ChatGPT. It made up incredibly reasonable publications for me based on my research and in journals that actually exist. But I had never written any of those articles. #academicsky

Just discovered this quantitative methods podcast (Quantitudes) that looks both entertaining and educational. Might be worth sharing with doc students #academicsky

Important article. Does anyone want to be graded? Given helpful feedback, yes. But abitrary letter grades, no.

Ooh this is so helpful to us newbies! Thanks @estrogenempress.gay

Interesting. The Discussion section is an important place to reflect on the possible meaning of the findings and how they connect with the extant literature. Plus it’s where we address limitations and suggest future research, all of which I find very helpful

APA’s Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education has just released the Top 20 Principles for Students with Disabilities for pre-K to 12 teaching and learning. And it’s FREE!

With fall classes about to start, I’m wondering if there’s a good online resource for my doc students to access on the implicit scholarly skills we expect them to know but often don’t have time to teach. Wanted to make some resources but don’t want to duplicate if they exist #AcademicSky

Am not a big fan of the Barbie movie. It was ok—a little fun in parts. But it wasn’t the feminist manifesto I had been led to expect. Beauty standards are still upheld. The stereotypically ugly Barbie is “weird Barbie,” even in their feminist utopia…