Education & Work (@educationwork.newamerica.org)

Urged to speak out, education researchers face a high-stakes choice It’s a bit like asking patients in intensive care to make the case for their own treatment. Federal education research — the system that tracks student learning and evaluates what works — has been battered by mass firings, contract cuts and cancellations, and stalled grant funding. Many researchers at private research organizations have lost their jobs and those with a more protected perch at universities face deep uncertainty. Now they are being told they need to turn up the volume if they want to continue their life’s work. Their predicament was the focus of the Association for Education Finance and Policy’s annual conference earlier this month in Chicago. https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-education-research-risks/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social