Join us today (Monday, Oct 27) at 1pm ET for The Power of High Expectations: Exploring Access to IB! A conversation on expanding IB opportunities and challenging assumptions about who can succeed. Register by 12pm ET to join us live: bit.ly/3VSpdPm

Watch the annual @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Brown lecture live tonight! 👇

What happens when rigorous opportunities reach all students? Join us for The Power of High Expectations: Exploring Access to IB on Mon, Oct 27 at 1pm ET. A panel on IB access, detracking, and equity in advanced coursework. Resister: bit.ly/3VSpdPm

IB programs are known for rigor, but access has been uneven. What changes when all students have the chance to take part? Join @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social for The Power of High Expectations: Exploring Access to IB, a virtual panel on Mon, Oct 27 at 1pm Eastern. Register: bit.ly/3VSpdPm

To wit: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...

[email protected]'s Evidence Use Spotlight explores how research guides policy. Ogier's story shows using the Opportunity Atlas to focus educational investments in low-mobility Memphis areas, from early ed to workforce, demonstrating research in action - like our Oakes Award!

What Matters Most in Order to Realize Positive Outcomes for Students With Disabilities? www.wested.org/blog/realizi...

🎉 We are proud to announce five new research grants, totaling over $2.8 million, in support of three studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and two studies on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people. https://bit.ly/4nCqq9e

📢 @tcfdotorg.bsky.social commentary on why schools committed to true integration matter at this moment and are vital for equity, democracy, and healing. It outlines six elements of substantive integration, including equitable resources, inclusive relationships, and civic engagement.

Nick Juravich tonight at Teachers College, on his great new book on “how schools shaped not just individual students through instruction, but also the distribution of employment opportunities, paths for political participation, and the process of community formation in the city.” #histed #union

📣 The ADT SIG is excited to announce the Call for the 2026 Jeannie Oakes Research into Practice Award: 1. Award Committee Members (open to SIG members): Deadline: Oct 15 2. Award Nominations (open to all): Deadline: Dec 15 Interested? Please send us a chat for more information!

🐾 From @edweek.org: How rescue animals are helping students develop emotional awareness: At Alaqua Animal Refuge, field trips with rescue animals are helping students connect to others’ experiences, process emotions, and practice empathy, especially in emotionally demanding subjects.

An amicus brief filed by the National Academy of Education uses research evidence to argue that a state law that restricts curriculum related to race and sex harms students and—ultimately—democracy itself. bit.ly/3K1yoKu

⏰ Last call, ADT SIG members! Our Back-to-School newsletter deadline is 12pm PT today (Sept 11). Share your news (publications, jobs, grants, events, or personal milestones) by sending us a chat here on BlueSky. Let’s celebrate our community together!

📘 New study on how grade 12 math students experience relationships with teachers and how those relationships relate to achievement. Findings highlight a need for supportive, inclusive classrooms and targeted PD to help teachers form stronger relationships with diverse learners.

"Educators should also understand the limitations of research evidence. Rigorous impact evaluations...can only tell us what has worked someplace at some time—not what will work universally for educators facing specific challenges." - @tomdee.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/o...

📣 The ADT SIG Back-to-School newsletter is coming! We want to celebrate our community's accomplishments and joys!. Have a new publication, job, grant, event, or resource, or a personal milestone like a birthday, new pet, or trip? Send us a chat by EOD tomorrow, Thu, Sept 11th, so we can include it!

📊 From @Rand.org: 5 charts reveal persistent inequities in attendance, engagement, and instructional support across public education. Timely data for anyone working to expand access and rethink opportunity structures.

After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.

From @brookings.edu: Most Americans support parental opt-out of school curriculum—until they consider the downsides

📄 New study from @annenberginstitute.bsky.social critiques research suggesting Black students are under-identified for special education and warns against oversimplified interpretations. Authors call for caution, better data, and more nuanced inquiry into racial disproportionality.

Excellent summary of how #HousingPolicy is #EdPolicy in Housing and School Outcomes by Sarah Cordes livehandbook.org/k-12-educati... via @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social

📘 LPI's 'District Leadership for Racial Equity' profiles four school leaders who disrupted disparities and improved outcomes for historically marginalized students. Cases show how change is possible when leaders build capacity & commit to equity & opportunity for all students.

📘 What does it take for teachers to move away from fixed ability grouping? Wright and Forrester study follow primary teachers in England as they reflect on their practice, challenge labels, and shift toward more equitable math instruction.

📚Loving the @nytimes.com “Back-to-School Reading List for Kindergartners”! It offers a chance to consider what stories affirm young learners’ potential & sense of belonging. What’s on your back-to-school reading list? Share if it's for your syllabus, research, kids, or just for fun!

📍What does ability grouping look like in Australian secondary schools? This study reveals deep variation and raises urgent questions about tracking’s reach across subjects, years, and regions. h/t @dchpomeroy.bsky.social

🎓Attn Grad students: @aeraedresearch.bsky.social is accepting submissions for the 2026 Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series in LA! This is a great opportunity to share your research. We'd be thrilled to have reps from our @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social community! Due: Oct 8 buff.ly/XpaEy02

For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now? www.the74million.org/article/for-...

The Algebra Gatekeepers www.educationprogress.org/p/the-algebr...

📘 How can districts expand AP access without reinforcing tracking? This @edweek.org piece highlights how Supt. Jennifer Norrell doubled AP participation by building teacher buy-in, ensuring supports, and setting the expectation that all students can succeed.

📢 From the #EdExchange: #EdWorkingPapers summaries with key takeaways! A new summary breaks down a study by Daniel Vargas Castaño, Dareem K. Antoine, and Trey Miller on the early effects of Dallas ISD’s opt-out policy for advanced math. 📄 edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

How secondary mathematics teachers describe and teach ‘ability’ groups: discursive and non-discursive practices. Just out with Dr Jeffery Quaye www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social

Owen's study finds increasing AP courses mainly benefits non-disadv, White, Asian, & higher-achieving students, worsening disparities. There's little evidence more AP opportunities improve outcomes, except for top stdnts. AP expansion should incl equity supports, not just access buff.ly/fgzfMrg

In their new volume the editors "offer “existence proofs” (p. 193) that schools can successfully pursue equity despite formidable obstacles." Read Dr. @shannapeeples.bsky.social's review here: buff.ly/WMnLQLw @nepc.bsky.social @tcpress.bsky.social

📊 LPI research highlights how classrooms can enhance equity in math. It emphasizes belonging, growth mindset, and quality instruction, linking developmental needs with systemic barriers like tracking and access to adv courses, crucial for reforming math ed so all students succeed. 🔗

📣 Proposals for #AERA2026 are due TODAY! Please consider submitting to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG. We welcome your research, including work core to this year’s theme, engaging with the histories and structures that shape access, opportunity, and equity in education. 🔗 buff.ly/a7OHJNy

🚨 One day left! Proposals for #AERA2026 are due tomorrow. Consider submitting to @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social. This year's theme provides an opportunity to showcase our community's research on how educational systems impact access and opportunity. 🔗 buff.ly/a7OHJNy

#AERA2026 Submission Deadline extended to Friday, August 1st!

🔍 What are you reading this summer that’s shaping how you think about access, tracking, or educational equity? Tag us or share your recommendations. We’d love to highlight what’s resonating with our community.

One week to go! #AERA2026 proposals are due next Friday. Please consider submitting to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG. This year’s theme provides an opportunity to highlight work on access and equity. Deadline: July 25 buff.ly/LqmB8Qb

📣 Are you presenting at a conference? Publishing something new? Launching a project or resource related to tracking, access, or educational equity? We’d love to feature your work! Tag @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social or message us so we can help amplify your research and announcements.

🏙️ "Structuring Inequality" (book review) examines how schooling, housing, and tax policies shaped racial and economic disparities in metro Chicago. Ideal for those interested in how state-level public policy reinforces unequal education and access systems. buff.ly/3n544nD

This year’s #AERA2026 theme invites us to imagine just futures, which is especially relevant to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG as our work engages themes around access, exclusion, and opportunity in education. Proposals due July 25

🚸 How are tracking and placement policies communicated to families? What have you found in your research, or in your school or district? Tag us or reply to this thread to share your work or join the conversation, especially if you’re thinking about transparency, family engagement, or equity.

📘A new article in UPenn Journal of Constitutional Law examines the impact of the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling on the collective memory of race and racism in the US. It calls for scholars to explore how legal decisions reshape histories & suggests methods to reclaim them.

ICYMI: A @nytimes.com piece by @nhannahjones.bsky.social examines how the Trump administration's recent efforts could weaken Civil Rights Act protections, especially disparate impact defenses in education and other areas, potentially reshaping accountability for equity.

📚 “Who Gets to Belong in College?” by @katiekroe.bsky.social and colleagues examines how institutions can assess and expand belonging for historically marginalized student groups.A powerful contribution to research on equity and inclusion in higher ed. 🔁 buff.ly/P1n87ip 📄 buff.ly/iRqFvES

🗣️ Working on a project about tracking, access, or educational equity? We’d love to help amplify your work. Tag @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social or send us a message to be featured in an upcoming post!

📘 "A systematic review of the impact of ability grouping on achieving SDG4 in mathematics education" synthesizes findings on academic outcomes and equity implications linked to ability grouping buff.ly/cMJzCua