🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.

" It may be that scaling work-based learning has been so difficult because we aren’t focused on the right things. With more information, we can better codify what works and build the infrastructure—including intermediaries—needed to support scale. " all4ed.org/blog/the-mis...

For more federally-aware folks: If ED operations are moving to other agencies, what is the role for other political appointees? For example, our soon-to-be former State Supt. is headed to run K-12 having been confirmed last month. What does that work look like?

Some friendly advice to folks new to the conference submission game: everybody gets some submissions rejected. I did today. It’s normal and expected. Keep doing the best work you can, don’t get too high or too low, learn from every decision, and push on. #AERA2026

Impressed by this college newspaper reporting on the extracurricular math market's impact on students, families, and education systems in metro Boston. Yes, it's an outlier of $$ and education, but they don't exist in a vacuum. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

"state minimum wage increases reduce employment of undergraduate research assistants in labs by 7.4%...one fewer quarter working in a lab...reduces the probability of working in the life sciences by 2 percentage points and of pursuing doctoral education by 7 points" www.nber.org/papers/w34244

How do formal and informal science learning experiences during high school shape students’ career interest and STEM identity? doi.org/10.1186/s405...

We have a new EdWorkingPaper up, from @edutuan.bsky.social, @haeryunkim.bsky.social, Chanh Lam, Mariam Saffar Pérez, Jinyoung Hur, Colleen Lewis, and me: The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301

Last day to send us your 1-paragraph ideas for feedback #edusky #econsky #psychsky. This optional process can be really helpful! Also, if you've already submitted, be on the look out for responses as we move through this great list of ideas that have come through!

Last Friday, #NSF released the NSF STEM K-12 solicitation restructuring funding opportunities for research on STEM teaching and learning, including changes that directly affect future proposals to the ECR:Core program. (1/3)

We are hiring for a postdoc in STEM education research to join us at Chapman University! The postdoc will join a team researching STEM course office hours and ways to improve office hours. Please RT - more info here! saberbio.mcjobboard.net/jobs/197483

I tested the new "grade predictor" so you don't have to waste your time. TLDR; fails to deliver on its promise. Shocking, I know. Pretty sure "public data" comes from course catalog and university-published faculty page (maybe more?). 1/2

📣📣📣The Student Upward Mobility Initiative's RFP will be launched later this month. Sign up for our webinar to learn more: www.urban.org/events/stude...

The first part of my summer

When you first check the word count and hit 1,996 of 2,000 on the first try! #AERA26

We're hiring! EPI is looking for a talented quantitative researcher to join our Vulnerable Learners & Post-16 team. Help shape evidence-based education policy and drive real change. Find out more and apply: epi.org.uk/jobs/researc...

Higher Ed Legal folks: Is it universally (or mostly) true that legal counsel to public universities is part of their state's executive branch and typically reports to the state AG (elected or political appointee)? That is, counsel does not work directly for a university or board of higher ed?

Sometimes this job takes me cool places

"The real work starts elsewhere: demanding public, noncommercial alternatives. Pressuring districts and states to support independent AI literacy programs. Centering critical literacy before any discussion of tools. Building collective bargaining language..."

Because the silly new "debate portfolio" is making the rounds, some digging shows about 500 students participate in spring 25, maybe 800 more this summer. Fewer than 5% of applicants at most of these fancy places. schoolhouse.world/blog/dialogu... 1/n

And the exact circumstances of her dismissal were chilling -- both figuratively and literally. Please read if you have some time today. (3/3) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

I've been writing about both (gen)AI and school-industry partnerships that transform student learning. The AFT news? Disappointing. Mutually-beneficial partnerships run on trust. A push model for PL for commercial products is not designed to build trust. 1/n

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🚨New Pub Alert🚨Unlocking the Black Box of School–Industry Partnerships: A Comparative Case Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Tukey xkcd.com/3104/

Team Teaching Reduces Turnover Compared to Going Solo, New Research Finds www.edweek.org/state-of-tea...

Clicked to read an article (think tank-type report) with a URL from a decent source. Author byline: human author, ChatGPT, Grammarly. Scroll to the bottom and the consumer product bios are just below the human. Just not sure what to do with all this.

Paper with two desk rejects finally accepted at place #3 after just 7 months. Last of my postdoc articles coming soon!

If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...

My selfish read: the claim is that international studies like PISA are intended to replace NCES-run longitudinal studies. Also, cutting the plan to reevaluate Perkins, which is due for a reauthorization.

Today in #EdTech I learned: IXL owns Education.com, Rosetta Stone, Wyzant, and TPT (and maybe a few others)?

🚨Attention Job Seekers: We're hiring a quantitative researcher for a 1-year (possibly renewable for 2nd yr) position to study Career & Technical education! While not technically a postdoc, this would be a great fit for a recent PhD graduate! 🧵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Deadline extended! Proposals for the CTE Research and Professional Development Conference are now due 06/08: easychair.org/cfp/ACTER25 Graduate students are encouraged to submit! #edusky

Didn't see this one much in the news: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... "As part of Dialogues, a pilot by the nonprofit peer-tutoring platform Schoolhouse.world, students ages 14 to 18 built portfolios showcasing their ability to disagree respectfully with other peers on hot-button topics."

ED research and data legal update. Hearing tomorrow (Wed, May 21) in federal court in MD at 10am to ask a judge to temporarily restore research, data and personnel cuts at Ed Dept, while the court takes time to decide if Trump Admin violated Congressional statute and exceeded its authority. 🧵(1/6)

Does anyone have good examples of cross-case comparison studies? Looking for exemplary methods sections. Education research is great, but any social science will do.

Just got a genAI video from the energy company "analyzing" my month-to-month gas use and bill. Lots of thoughts...

Got some reasonable feedback on a manuscript for a caring reviewer. Working on the revisions now, and went back to an old case study methods textbook. "Researchers who do not like to compose may want to question their interest in doing case studies in the first place." Oof--do I feel that right now

Hey #edusky and #econsky - the Education Data Portal has been updated with IPEDS fall data collection, CCD, CRDC (through 20), and SAIPE through 2023. Have at it and know further updates to CRDC and IPEDS are forthcoming! educationdata.urban.org/documentatio...

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

A good example of how we need some evidence on the value of APCS Principles. A lot hinges on whether you think the new course - where a lot of the growth is - is accomplishing the CSed objectives you have in mind despite having (by design) very different content than traditional CS/APCS.

How districts can increase student access to computer science | Quick Guide edsource.org?page_id=729921 There's a lot here about how lack of interest is a problem but I think not so much about why they should be more interested. If this much coercion is necessary it's worth thinking through why.

Always good stuff from from Dan Meyer: My 15-Minute Talk From Edtech’s Big Investor Conference on Sunday ino.to/LT4fPgY

Now accepting submissions: Educational Psychology for Policy and Practice! The new journal, published by the APA in partnership with APA Division 15, welcomes empirical research, literature reviews, and commentaries in the areas of policy and practice bit.ly/3DyzY3M

We're inviting submissions to Learning Letters for a special issue on Navigating Complexity in STEM Education. Submit your abstract by 18 May. For more information, visit: learningletters.org/index.php/le... #STEMeducation #Learning

I am excited to present at ACTE's upcoming Work-Based Learning Conference in Seattle. Connecting, working, and learning with practitioners is essential for meaningful scholarship. sched.co/1utSo

Gotta capture that sweet Perkins $$$ (while you can...)