“Let us not forget that the great seal of the US says E Pluribus Unum. That means Out of many, one Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free” DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn

Monument to the immigrants

AI tells you what you want to hear, statisticians usually tell you what you don't want to hear

Finally left the conference hotel and had two scoops of ice cream for dinner.

I'm fine with my tax dollars being used to give kids early learning opportunities in Head Start.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

they could indict a ham sandwich, but they couldn't convict one.

I see you, jurors of DC!

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered. “Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her. His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.”

Making the Case for Integrating Youth-Participatory Action Research into Research-Practice Partnerships: nnerppextra.rice.edu/resources/ma...

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

Proud to be a Jersey Girl 💙

How did I become a person who goes to New Orleans for work all the time?

Ed. Dept. Cuts Grants That Were Helping College Students Become Teachers: Ten universities collectively lost more than $20 million for efforts to diversify the teacher workforce.

To prep for the higher ed policy class on censorship next week, I'm rereading Schrecker's No Ivory Tower. Buddy this intro has it all! SCOTUS jumping on the bandwagon, disregard of first amendment rights, why congressional hearings played such a key role, how private companies aided the government.

🔔 STARTING SOON

My gate has changed three times already 🫠

College is still worth it, even with student debt www.brookings.edu/articles/col...

What will AI actually mean for schools over the next several years? Here are my theories: –The student cheating problem won't go away. –AI will increasingly become a ubiquitous teaching assistant. –AI will *not* be a super-tutor. cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/3-ways-ai-...

Interesting review documenting the rise in scholarship on visual misinformation, how it is more persuasive than text misinformation, and how #GenAI is both increasing visual misinformation content and being used to combat it. (!) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1080/1520...

My research on "education preserves" is featured in UConn Today: today.uconn.edu/2025/11/exis...

Find the people responsible for the threats and put them under surveillance during every election for the rest of their lives.

good morning beautiful people in my phone. i am reminding you that today is election day and that means my favorite thing of the year: voting thirst traps. let's see your "I voted" thirst traps. go forth and be sexy for democracy.

Average detached single family home price in Montgomery County officially over a million dollars now, more than double the average of all other types of housing lumped together, in case you’re wondering why people like me are pushing for other housing options in more places. Link in next post

Well that explains a lot

“Standard Empirical Policy Analysis Does Not Support Universal Vouchers/ESAs” - killer title that is also 100% true. Check out this debate btw Doug Harris & Pat Wolf.

At the link below is a list of food pantries and other places offering free food and meals to students and families in NYC and Newark. Each location also has a phone number listed if you would like to contact them about donations or volunteering.

Okay, so: once you’ve nicked £90m in assorted crown jewels from a national museum, I think it’s safe to say you no longer fall into the “petty crime” category even if you haven’t previously been noteworthy in your field. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The federal shutdown — one month long and counting — has an obvious economic impact for government workers who aren’t receiving paychecks and food aid recipients who didn’t get their benefits Nov. 1. But what about the broader economy? (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4qTLURA

listen we may have lost our family business, made our kids miserable, had to live in a barn with goats and lost $50,000 to a local Russian slumlord, but at least we dont have to see gay people in public

This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

happy "the car clock is finally correct" day to all who celebrate

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Beautiful day for a hike!

In honor of Halloween + early action deadline day, I give you this horror show of a scatterplot from Naviance. Red X: denied Green check ✅: accepted Blue diamond: waitlisted / unknown Red diamond: waitlisted / denied Boxes indicate early action (this is a state flagship with no early decision)

Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more. www.findhelp.org

It's Friday night, Halloween! Who's with me for a thread about the economics of pronatalism?! Some people say we need more babies because we don't have enough workers. But more births means less women workers, by ~15-40%. You trade workers today for workers tomorrow. This is from CPS data: /1

cc @gscollins.bsky.social

The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.

Candy bar charts!

"Without federal funding, Sheridan says, some programs will have to close immediately." www.gpb.org/news/2025/10...

"it reframes the teacher shortage not only as a question of supply, but also as an issue of status and opportunity, raising important questions about how to recruit, support, and elevate teaching to make it both accessible and appealing to the next generation." edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

📣New Work Wednesday!📣 Is teaching a calling, a profession, or labor? This study maps how 3 institutional logics—an accountability logic, a democratic logic, and a moral calling logic—shape teachers’ identities. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #NWW

I am the Ghost of Education Research, here to remind you that Standards for Excellence in Education Research exist. ies.ed.gov/use-work/sta...

I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.

Parents be sure to check your kids’ candy before they eat any!! There might be good stuff in there.

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.