Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

The erosion of teacher working conditions is driving a crisis in professional prestige and contributing to a collapse in student academic recovery. www.brookings.edu/articles/sur...

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

Q: Which teaching specialty is the lowest paid? A: Math. Learn why and 3 more surprising facts from an education finance course I took in today's newsletter. hechingerreport.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

"Producing evidence for effective instruction is the job of good government" - @viviancwong.bsky.social in @jillbarshay.bsky.social's latest article. The @aefpweb.bsky.social community is all about #EdResearch as a public good 🩷 hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

The boomers in my neighborhood turned out in force. We even saw a silent generation protester with a sign proclaiming this the worst administration of her 90+ years.

Large crowds protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump's actions in “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. and Europe, with Minnesota taking center stage. https://to.pbs.org/4bEjRzT

Protesting has become a fun form of mother-daughter bonding. #NoKings

I don’t love being in a society where you can sell enough pillows to do meaningful damage to democracy or sell enough children’s books to do a genocide or sell enough chicken sandwiches to abolish gay marriage That all seems like a ridiculous way to do society to me

First day of spring break! Happy #Caturday from the one living creature making use of all the AP Stats resources I acquired.

There it is, there's one of the things that @robertkelchen.com, @bakerdphd.bsky.social, and I spoke about in the policy panel at #AEFP in DC a year ago that we had concerns over. They just waited a year to start the process - I figured they'd do it right away. www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...

NEWS— The Trump administration has made more progress than previously known chipping away at Plyler v. Doe, the decision guaranteeing public education access to undocumented students. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/03/27/t...

I am endlessly fascinated by the power dynamics between researchers and folks in education agencies.

The Department of Energy is taking over the Department of Education building after mass layoffs and resignations emptied out much of the building. People are going to get really confused about "which" DOE is on Maryland Avenue.

"nearly a dozen leading models were highly sycophantic, taking the users’ side in interpersonal conflicts 49 percent more often than humans did — even when the user described situations in which they broke the law, hurt someone or lied." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...

Just signed up for this @aefpweb.bsky.social session with @brhkim.bsky.social! Register here 👉 aefpweb.org/ev_calendar_...

Test-based grade retention policies are used in many states to determine whether students advance based on academic performance. In a new chapter, Umut Özek examines what the evidence shows about their effects on student outcomes over time. Learn more: livehandbook.org/k-12-educati...

Interesting and depressing finding from @danielmangrum.com and colleague, but not surprising at all.

Look, if I was married to that guy, I too would prefer to be escorted by a robot.

Someone just asked what I've been up to for the last year and uh it's a lot 😂

Paging researchers who focus on #schoolfinance, #englishlearners, low-income students, and career pathways: @edfund.bsky.social has a new RFP you should check out! Get grant funding for your policy-relevant work--LOIs due in a month! ed-fund.org/wp-content/u... #edresearch #edusky

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Interested in Arnold Ventures’ new K–12 school cell phone policies RFP? Join our webinar next week (3/31 at 2pm ET) to learn more and ask questions. We’ll cover funding priorities, eligibility, and tips for submitting a strong LOI. Register here: bit.ly/4ufoh7H

Let's gooo! Great team filling big shoes @efpjournal.bsky.social.

Cheapskin Effects? The Heterogeneous Value of Industry-Recognized Certificates Earned by High School Student Looks like @joshua-goodman.com has competition for best titles! edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1412

Higher ed folks: the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education posted three notices today. Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (some typo in the title) - comment period ends in 63 days: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Back to work after a great @aefpweb.bsky.social conference with this dope mug

Related to a question @gzamarro.bsky.social had at #AEFP2026 about pre-registering qualitative studies - I know some are skeptical given the need for flexibility, but I see the value in being transparent about the analysis plan. And there's an OSF template! osf.io/zab38/wiki?w...

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

A valuable new addition to the lit on test optional policies. At Ivy Plus schools (~97K undergrads), scores predict FYGPA better than HS GPA, likely due to the fact that Iyy+ students mostly have (nearly) perfect grades. In the CUNY system (~125K undergrads), grades are a stronger predictor.

So, I built a little BETA "Tinder meets ESA" application in which you can swipe left and right on Arizona ESA purchases that were part of the state's recent sample, and see if they were allowed or unallowed. Enjoy! You can play two rounds right now. Comments welcome.

Terrific Kevin Mahnken piece on our new paper on which teacher applicants are making it through the hiring pipeline. We were surprised by the demographic differences, especially for Asian applicants. Here's the paper: caldercenter.org/publications... www.the74million.org/article/scho...

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Had been waiting for evidence from a network of public universities on the High School GPA versus SAT scores debate. Credit to the authors Joyce, Khosroshahi, Truelsch, Gentsch, and Du. www.nber.org/system/files...

"while almost all schools engaged in private fundraising, the magnitude was $500 to $700 more per pupil at low-poverty schools compared to high-poverty schools. Private fundraising thus offset the difference in public funds by an estimated 23% to 35%." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

IncreasED: How Court Rulings Impact Special Education Identification journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Trump’s voter crackdown reaches college campuses www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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Congratulations @dbassok.bsky.social on an amazing program! 🎉 I learned so much from the sessions at #AEFP2026 and I'm thrilled to see the Policymakers & Practitioners community thriving. Truly a blessing of Golden Unicorns 😉

M asked me to send pictures from Chicago so I sent a picture of regression coefficients and now he doesn't want me to text him anymore 😂 #AEFP2026

I chaired an awesome session on understanding + responding to student absenteeism this morning. The panel highlighted findings from qual + quant studies from 5 states, underscoring the role of policy + practice, sense making + discretion, and the need for resources in promoting attendance #AEFP2026

Tomorrow, at the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference in Chicago! #AEFP2026 #econsky #edusky

So excited to get #AEFP2026 started! Session tip: introduce yourself when you ask questions during the Q&A. This is a friendly conference! We're always happy to meet new folks here to learn about the latest in #EdResearch.

I'm presenting at @aefpweb.bsky.social this week in Chicago! Looking forward to seeing all of this week's great sessions - hope to see you in one of the sessions I'm presenting or a co-author on Thursday or Friday!

There's a hearing in the House today—bitterly ironic that it's being hosted by the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution—entitled #Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe. I'm gonna use this thread to share some thoughts. judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...

I just discovered the Education Finance and Policy (EFP) journal has a bluesky account. Join me in following them as they transition to new editorial leadership!

@aefpweb.bsky.social is already in full swing! Lot's of good stuff, but if you want to see an interesting session on Saturday morning, I know that 10.02 is a blockbuster having read all the papers.

At 1:30pm, Acosta will be sharing our work looking at the effects of immigration enforcement on student attendance. Through our partnership with a New England school district and some community orgs, we have some terrific data that allows us to contribute some novel findings. (St. Gallen 2)

Cool data viz! 🎉 SPARC Data Explorer: An Analysis of Special Education Teacher Composition, Stability, and Distribution in Seven States sparccenter.org/data-explore...