— @thejosevilson.com

The first w @rebeccamerkley.bsky.social @damcotto.bsky.social explores differences in relations bw working memory & math performance for Ss from different SES strata. Working memory predicted math growth twice as strongly for children from lower-income homes authors.elsevier.com/a/1mnuMh%7EJ...

One of my takeaways from this article: making education accessible is vital to social mobility. This includes: -ensuring classes are affordable -providing necessary supports including but not limited to support for financial aid applications, academic tutoring, www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

New paper from our lab, led by postdoc @jmedrano.bsky.social, on executive functions, spatial/relational reasoning and prior knowledge relate to children’s fraction understanding. Proud of Josh for leading this work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First pretenure faculty writing retreat in the books. A little writing, a little lunch 🍜, a lot of gratitude for thoughtful colleagues helping make this work feel a little less solitary. @eostrinidad.bsky.social @maggiemeikichan.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

‘She is our hero’: Oakland celebrates Alysa Liu after Olympics triumph www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

For those interested in an IES-funded PhD alumni network the LinkedIn group below is active: www.linkedin.com/groups/8540416 Thanks to @drconstance.bsky.social and @lizalbro.bsky.social!

100% -- There's always countless forgotten "losses" that seeded the ground for any one progressive win (@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's "Hope in the Dark" is a chock full of these stories)

From Chile all the way up to Canada. Amazing way to close a great show!

Nuevayol 🗣️

It takes tremendous courage for communities to work with scientists to study harms when the results might overturn important beliefs. This week in class, we discussed what can happen when unreliable science on societal harms captures the public imagination. natematias.medium.com/when-science...

Join us for a webinar next Wednesday with Dr. Rebecca Mellema of Getting Science Write to learn how to engage non-scientists in your community about science and your research! Spoiler alert: It's all about developing those captivating communications skills. Sign up at zurl.co/S7VlH & join on Zoom!

NEW: Liam Ramos and his father have been released from ICE detention and allowed to return home. We'll keep fighting so that families like theirs don't endure trauma or detention at the hands of federal agents.

If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent. And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.

We invite apps for our postbac fellowship in educational research and action. Postbacs engage in research on learning & learning environments, receive close mentorship from scholars across disciplines, and gain hands-on experience through community-based programs. See cladlab.nd.edu/era-fellowsh...

Congrats to Kiara! 🥳

This is a HUGE win…and one that happened because we ~collectively~ said “NO!” But AAAS coming in and saying on record to the NYT “Science is doing ok. Things are not bad at all…” is baffling. If things are hard for you as a scientist, please share in the comments. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

shel silverstein was a prophet

🤓Do students take context into account when planning how to study? We examine how students plan their use of cognitive vs. motivational learning strategies, and whether they take learning context into account. They do, but mainly for cognitive strategies.

Ideas for improving California’s school funding formula come with billion-dollar costs; here’s why edsource.org/2025/califor...

Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️ #PsychSciSky #DevPsy 🧵👇

1 DOWN! 1 TO GO! Great warmup exercise! We still got our eyes on the big prize! But that’s later though! For now… CUE THE MUSIC!!!

Honored to be included in this list! Our study (with @damcotto.bsky.social) examined how students ("capable problem solvers") may benefit from using scratch paper because they are able to offload information from their working memory and reintegrate it later.

Public-focusing science is a critical part of what we do as researchers. Whether that's science writing, engaging with policymakers & practitioners, these feed back into our work. My grandfather used to say to not forget to talk to people outside of academia. And I think that's stuck with me.

Closed out another great year with the lab 🥳 Lab lunch 🍜 Grateful that I get to work with many brilliant minds everyday @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

I'm co-organizing a toy drive. If you can donate, thank you. If you can share with others, thank you. Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

“Opponents have also long argued that they are designed around Danish cultural norms and point out they are administered in Danish, rather than Kalaallisut, the mother tongue of most Greenlanders. This can lead to misunderstandings, they say”

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

Jamaica Kincaid has a beautiful spotlight, written by fellow Caribbean writer Edwidge Danticat, in the New Yorker Classics today 😊 link.newyorker.com/view/5c92b48...

I wrote a piece for The Conversation on the importance of SNAP for reducing food insecurity and improving child health. I’d love it if you would read and share!

WE WON!!! The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system. Read the order here:

Education colleagues: I am partnering with middle- and high-school math teachers in DE, PA, and MD to look at how belonging-supportive instruction shapes students' math experiences (see infographic). Teachers can participate in 2025 or early 2026. Please share w/ teachers who may be interested!

On election day, I wanna announce that I am recruiting social psych PhD students for my lab at UIC. My lab focuses on racial identities (esp Asian, Latino, MENA Americans) and intra-minority conflict/ coalition. So please tell your students to pick me! All details on my website: www.pbandjlab.com

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

The Associated Press has called the results on Proposition 50, saying California's redistricting plan will pass.

Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH

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This was such a fun experience with @rodriguesjm.bsky.social Thanks for highlighting our work @jeffgreene.bsky.social !

The official site to donate to Jamaica's hurricane relief efforts. I plan to donate to my diaspora brethen soon. #blacksky #donate

As @drshepherd2013.bsky.social writes, what’s horrifying about those numbers is that “the hurricane intensity scale increases logarithmically. That means a doubling of wind is not a doubling of damage. It actually results in a 256-fold increase in possible damage.” My heart is with Jamaica today

Before today, the strongest storm to make landfall in Jamaica was category 4 Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 with sustained winds of ~130mph. Category 5 #HurricaneMelissa is sustaining winds at 175mph. The wind is far from the only danger, but that difference is staggering. (1/2)

Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica are bracing for Hurricane Melissa. The storm is expected to quickly grow into a powerful category 3 or stronger hurricane. n.pr/4orMwfH

Our department is hiring two positions (2026 and 2027 start dates) - come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/175428

Please read this essay aloud. “[Teaching] is about being present. About staying long enough to know what to ask. About saying: ‘I think I know what you mean,’ even if we’re wrong. Especially if we’re wrong.” Thanks @heymrsbond.com for sharing this. It impacted me. therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️ We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹 Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others @mcls-official.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy

💔 Check on your millennial friends. We are not OK today 😔😭

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