On Thursday, 5/7 at 3:30 PM ET, please join us for a free webinar titled, "Navigating AI in the Classroom." Brent Michael Duckor, Carrie Holmberg, Stephanie Smith Budhai, and Marie K. Heath will discuss this topic, and Teddy Svoronos will moderate. Register here: https://bit.ly/4cbYNRI

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Can a simple notification nudge students into advanced coursework? 🔍 Austin et al. find no effects in Grade 10 but large increases in Grade 11 course planning (+22–24 pp for any advanced course). 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1427

In LA for @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #AERA2026? Engage with our community during our roundtable: Systems of Acccess: Structural Inequalities and Opportunity Pathways Across Sciece, Literacy, and Mathematics (Table 9) in JW Marriott Los Angeles LA LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum D at 4:15pm today!

Welcome to #AERA2026 in LA! We hope to see you today at our paper session: “Reforming the Math Hierarchy: Policy, Practice, and the Politics of Equity in Access and Pathways” at 3:45pm in JW Marriott Los Angeles, LA LIVE: 4th Floor, Diamond 9, or at any of the ADT SIG events this week:

Headed to @aeraedresearch.bsky.social this week? Take a look at the Annenberg faculty, postdocs, and staff who will be presenting. We hope to see you there! #AERA2026

You're invited to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG Business Meeting at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #AERA2026, then join us as we head to the Los Angeles Athletic Club for our joint reception with the Leadership for Social Justice SIG to follow! We look forward to gathering in community!

Spaces are limited! Join the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social for our Detracking School Site Visit at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #AERA2026. Register now through the AERA conference registration site to secure your spot.

Join the Access, Detracking, and Tracking SIG at #AERA2026! We hope to see you at one or more of our events across the week in Los Angeles.

We are delighted to announce the 2026 Jeannie Oakes Research-into-Practice Award recipient: Dr. Roslyn Mickelson. Her work exemplifies the spirit of this award by connecting rigorous research to meaningful change in policy and practice.

Very cool opportunity for early career researchers interested in special education research: Apply for access to at least one statewide longitudinal dataset with support from SPARC researchers to conduct a co-developed study on the special education workforce. sparccenter.org/sparc-center...

Glad to see @tomdee.bsky.social and Elizabeth Huffaker's work on accelerating opportunity in Algebra I out of the working papers and into @aeraedresearch.bsky.social! doi.org/10.3102/0002...

📣 Join us on Thursday, Feb 12 at 12pm ET/9am PT! Dee and Huffaker will unpack their study: Detracking Mathematics to Close Opportunity Gaps: Insights from the Accelerating Opportunity Study. 👉 Register here: buff.ly/txbzVMU 📄 Read the study: buff.ly/Z4eUUyf Please share widely!

📣 Next Week! Join the ADT SIG for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation: Detracking Mathematics to Close Opportunity Gaps: Insights from the Accelerating Opportunity Study. 🗓 Thurs, Feb 12 ⏰ 12pm ET / 9am PT. 👉 Register here: buff.ly/txbzVMU 📄 Read the study: buff.ly/Z4eUUyf Please share!

New study: Drawing on categorical inequality concepts & leveled tracking, this study explores how EL labeling limits access to college-level course-taking; finding differences in postsecondary outcomes vary by reclassification timing & disparities in college-level coursework.https://buff.ly/lPeK4G8

School funding shapes opportunity, but not always equally. The Annenberg Institute served as the independent research partner for the @RIFoundation’s Blue Ribbon Commission, informing their recommendations on creating a fairer, more transparent system in RI.

What assumptions shape dual enrollment research? A review of DE lit through four lenses: employment, socialization, exploration, & liberation, finds a heavy focus on the first two. Authors call for more exploratory and liberatory research to strengthen equity & justice in DE.

Does high school course level affect educational attainment? This study uses sibling comparisons to suggest the link btw science course level & ed attainment is mainly due to family background, while math course level reveals a persistent association even after accounting for family.

Exploring how secondary education system structures in Europe affect effectiveness and equity, this study utilizes PISA data and Eurydice reports. It reveals a strong link between system selectivity and educational inequality, such as school performance segregation. More details:

The application deadline for Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund is coming up! Applications are due in one week on January 7. www.aera.net/Education-Re...

✨ AERA membership renewal reminder! As you renew, please remember to join or renew your membership in the Access, Detracking, & Tracking SIG. We have exciting events planned for 2026, and we would love to continue growing this thoughtful, engaged community together. Join/renew here: buff.ly/H0Wffou

Associate Professor Keri Guilbault and colleagues find twice-exceptional students in Ireland face challenges. While most get support for needs, their gifts are overlooked, highlighting the need for better teacher training and tailored resources. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/12/1600

Hoondert et al. stress that teacher education should promote dissent, equipping future teachers to challenge injustice and transform inequitable systems. They focus on strategies empowering teachers to advocate for change and imagine new educational realities.https://buff.ly/lOxlHvt

Research by Brooks et al. @annenberginstitute.bsky.social reveals that elementary classroom assignments can perpetuate inequality. While students are often demographically balanced, grouping by achievement, gifted status, and special education can affect access to quality teaching.

Bonanni & Giancola analyze the impact of secondary education structures in 17 European countries on effectiveness and equity. Using Eurydice and PISA data, they find that more selective systems lead to greater performance segregation and inequality. buff.ly/pyFNMKk

📘Dr. Beard explores how psychological threats (stereotype threat & fear) prevent marginalized students from reaching a "flow" state crucial for deep learning. Her "flow under threat" model suggests supportive environments can alleviate threats, reducing opportunity & achievement gaps buff.ly/NvbYNUW

"Limiting students’ access to colleges or courses because they are deemed underprepared does not seem to do them any favors. It actually just holds them back, at least in many contexts where this has been studied." –@mattbarnum.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2025/12/09/w...

📣 Nominate a scholar for the 2026 Jeannie Oakes Research into Practice Award by December 15! Help us recognize someone whose work bridges research and practice to expand access to rigorous and engaging learning opportunities for students. See Call for more info. Submit here: buff.ly/qBuTMED

New article: Templeton & Korchagin use a stratification economics lens to highlight how racial disparities in K-12 ed stem more from systemic structures that reinforce racial & economic hierarchies than from indiv. choices or cultural factors. Essential for understanding tracking.

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 to everyone in the ADT SIG, friends, and family!

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