Highlighting excellent new work out by my @UF_COE colleague Walter Balser and graduate student Lindsay McElhattan on social innovation in the education marketplace. socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/si...

Congrats to our @UF_COE doctoral graduates in Educational Leadership and Policy!

The UF College of Education is driving real community impact. Dr. Balser's consulting course brought students together with non-profits to solve real world problems at the nexus of schools and child development. This semester's final presentations are just the start.

Had a splendid time celebrating the end of the semester at the @UF_COE holiday party. I am fortunate to work with such great colleagues!

Thank you to the FL Senate's Education Committee for the opportunity to testify on chronic absenteeism. It was great to see this important topic being taken up, be able to share research happening at @UF_COE, and share the floor with innovative district leaders. thefloridachannel.org/videos/11-18...

The students and faculty at the UF College of Education are inspiring and building the future every day through innovation and dedicated work. I am happy to invest in that effort. affinitygiving.ufl.edu/campaigns/in...

Jiyeon Goo and I shared work from a national survey of parents' perspectives on school discipline at this year's ASC conference.

Excited to be at the American Society of Criminology annual conference, sharing work on school discipline.

Jiyeon Goo and I presenting our work on school discipline's response to student use of AI at the SEF Issues Forum. Most codes of conduct do not include provisions for disciplining AI use.

A powerful evening with two of the New Orleans Four, the first students to desegregate New Orleans public schools, hosted in the historic elementary school they bravely walked into as children.

Excited to be in New Orleans for the Southern Education Foundation's Issues Forum. Jiyeon Goo and I will be discussing how school discipline systems are responding to student use of artificial intelligence. Big takeaway: discipline policy hasn't caught up to student use of AI.

Job opening in higher ed policy at UF. More on the AEFP job board: aefpweb.org/jobs_listing...

Happy Halloween from Professor Plum and the rest of UF Ed Leadership and Policy! Proud winners of the hallway decorating contest!

Congratulations to Dr. Lelydeyvis Boza on a successful dissertation defense!

A great evening with the @UF_COE Lastinger Center! Impactful work on teacher professional learning happening from PK-12 with impact across the state and nation.

Excited to be joining the Southern Education Foundation next week with my student, Jiyeon Goo, to share our research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in school discipline policies.

UF recognized as one of the nation's leading universities by the WSJ. news.ufl.edu/2025/10/wsj-...

Always enjoy a meeting at Alachua County Public Schools district office. My grandmother taught elementary school in the building in the 1940s. Had a chance to visit the historic classroom this time.

Had a great time at the @UF_COE AI Days. HDOSE faculty were well-represented with AI-innovations in reading intervention, counseling, and others.

I joined NewsNation's Morning in America today to discuss cell phone bans in schools. Study suggests cellphone bans are helping Florida students www.newsnationnow.com/video/study-...

Congrats to all of the @UF_COE students and faculty recognized at our annual awards dinner. We enjoyed showcasing the work of HDOSE to alumni, donors, and others - from AI chatbots to train leaders to innovations in policy research.

Job Alert! I am co-chairing a search for an open-rank faculty position in higher education administration and policy at the University of Florida. Join one of the nation's leading Colleges of Education whose work is shaping education nationwide. explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

Congrats to Dr. Thron and a big thanks to this wonderful dissertation committee!

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Thron on the successful defense of her dissertation which examined the early childhood education workforce!

Our Higher Ed Admin & Policy students shared work this week ahead of the ASHE conference. Be on the lookout for them in Denver!

I am grateful for the opportunity to showcase work on the visualization of school safety data at the fall convening of the Florida Association of Professors of Educational Leadership.

Thanks to members of the FL legislature for spending the day with @UF_COE. We enjoyed sharing research and innovations happening to improve education across the state and nation!

Thanks to the members of the FL House and Senate who have joined us at UF over the past several days to be in conversation about ed policy. Enjoyed discussing this work on patterns of chronic absenteeism across the state.

Teaching is a iterative process of learning, trying new approaches, and adding technological innovation. I'm committed to continuous learning toward that end and appreciative of opportunities to do so including UF's Engaging Online Learners badge. www.credly.com/badges/6e0f5...

Happy National Online Learning Day! @UF_COE has been in the top 2 for online graduate programs in education for a decade. UF excels in making online graduate education accessible and high quality. education.ufl.edu/news/2025/04...

New Faculty Micro-Talks at the @UF_COE showcased the exceptional research, teaching, and community partnerships happening across the UF College of Education. From mathematics instruction to AI-infused counseling to new approaches to training teachers, faculty are driving the future of education.

New Gallup poll shows increasing fear for school safety among parents. I discussed school safety with The National Desk for this article, pointing to the many contributors' to parents' perceptions. thenationaldesk.com/news/america...

@UF_COE researchers joined the 2025 Florida Kindergarten Readiness Solution Summit to discuss early childhood policy. Good to see the work of FL's business community to support early ed and UF's Herman Knopf discussing the Zucker Center's ECE data.

We started the year back with networking and socializing at the Ed Leadership and Policy fall social. A great turn out of new and returning students and faculty. @UF_COE

UF's research spending hit a record this year. I sat down with the Independent Florida Alligator to discuss higher education research infrastructure and the future of external research funding. www.alligator.org/article/2025...

HDOSE Welcome Back Hike brought students and faculty together to explore UF's Natural Area Teaching Lab. @UF_COE

Our HDOSE Welcome Week events are in full swing. Welcoming new EduGators to the @UF_COE and School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education.

Schools are generally safe places but conversations about school safety data in your schools can help. I sat down with The National Desk to discuss research on school safety and the latest FBI school crime report.

Congratulations to all of our @UF_COE Ed Leadership and Policy doctoral graduates!

Great seeing UF student and my GA, Morgan Killingsworth, presenting at the Mayo Clinic. Her research is applying AI to better understand fellowship applications in medicine.

Looking for a summary of Florida legislation that impacts K-12 schools? The UF Education Policy Research Center's 2025 Legislative Overview has been released. Concise summaries of key new laws that will influence schools in the coming year. education.ufl.edu/eprc/2025/07...

Ten years ago this summer, I was preparing to defend my dissertation at Vandy. Today, I received word that I've been promoted to full professor at my undergrad alma mater. Thanks to all of the mentors, collaborators, students, and friends who have supported me in this journey!

National standards like the Common Core are controversial. Interestingly, the Next Generation Science Standards have avoided much of this controversy. Katharine Harris-Walls and I examine the correlates of states adopting NGSS to explore why. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Thanks to The Seattle Times for sharing my research on school policing in their latest reporting. I discuss how SROs can be a resource to schools but how educators may bring them into disciplinary situations that are better left to school personnel. www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

Thanks to all those in attendance at the Florida School Safety Specialist conference. We shared work on our statewide school safety data dashboard, heard from those impacted by school violence, and discussed paths to improving school safety.

Congratulations to all the new NAEd/Spencer Post-Doctoral Scholars! Excited to see my @UF_COE colleague, Dr. Christopher Thomas, among them with his project "The Nurseries of Democracy: Education for Citizenship and the First Amendment Rights of Young Students".

Had a great couple days hosting Dr. Julie Gerlinger from the University of Oklahoma's Department of Sociology. Collaborative work underway examining how to increase parental voice in school discipline and understanding impacts of discipline on students and families.

Congratulations to Dr. Keira Simmonds on a successful dissertation defense today! Her work helps us understand career and technical education's implementation and impacts on students.

Impactful discussions and learning at the @UF_COE AI in Education Fair over the past several days. Leaders and educators from across the state and world learning from each other and looking to the future of education.

Looking forward to welcoming participants to the @UF_COE AI in Education Fair this week. I have been part of a great team planning the event. We look forward to superintendents, principals, teachers, representatives from Google, Khan Academy, Code.org and many others joining us!