Schools confront a new reality: They can’t count on federal money ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — In the time it took to read an email, the federal money vanished before Superintendent Eisa Cox’s eyes: dollars that supported the Ashe County school district’s after-school program, training for its teachers,…

This piece (by a lawyer at ED during the first Trump administration) notes that ED has more tools to go after colleges' federal financial aid now than eight years ago...and they are likely to use them. It's well worth your time to read this.

"achievement may have improved by 0.017–0.025 SDs if absence rates had returned to pre-pandemic norms in 2023–2024, which would account for 13%–19% of the total needed to achieve a full academic recovery."

A special Sunday timeline cleanser in tribute to one of the many victims of gun violence in this country who deserved so much more. If you are going to remember any name remember hers: Christina Grimmie.💚 #TeamGrimmie #TeamGrimmieForever #zeldaxlove64

I'm thinking of all the victims who faded into obscurity after a single 24-hour news cycle (if they even got that), and all that we could be doing to reduce the loss of life to gun violence in this country.

“A study of fatal mass shootings, incidents in which 5 or more ppl were killed, from 2014 to 2019 found 59% were domestic violence [DV]. In 68% of cases, the shooter was committing or had a history of DV. Fewer victims survive mass shootings tied to DV than ones where that dynamic isn’t present.”🧪🛟

73%: The increased risk of serious injury for women car passengers in a frontal crash compared with men. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/business/car-safety-women.html

At least *somebody* is taking this AP Euro homework seriously

Can't believe the only thing in my Cava bag is chicken shawarma smh

Religious liberty is probably most under siege if you're Black Protestant, Jewish, or unaffiliated prri.org/spotlight/re... Religious freedom should extend beyond the faith in which I was raised. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

Few things are as persistent and widespread in U.S. education as shortages of special educators. As a former Pre-K and K teacher, I wish I'd had more training related to learning differences.

The Educational Policy Studies Department at UW-Madison is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor with a focus on climate, sustainability, and education. Please share with folks you think would be interested! #climatepolicy #edpolicy #EduSky jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

Happy #Caturday!

The Trump administration says that H-1B holders do not have to get back in the country today to avoid their employers paying a $100,000 fee (or just firing them), but I don't know if people will believe it given the Friday night news dump and nobody being willing to go on the record.

Weekend plans: reading testimony from this week's hearing on The State of K-12 Education | Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions share.google/HxC9tX3T1Gwj...

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

There are bigger problems in the world right now, but I'm still deeply disappointed in the lack of ice cream at the Orlando airport.

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

“What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College. “Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say.” https://to.pbs.org/46AYg7U

Two mothers and Trump’s Head Start rule: Child care shortages meet anti-immigrant politics www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/15/t...

Glad to see Senate discussing K-12 education live on the hill. My colleague Marty West is testifying. www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the... @harvardeducation.bsky.social

Which Congressional Districts Would Lose the Most K–12 Funding Under the Trump and House Education Budgets? via @newamerica.org www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Title 1 funding is at risk:

I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!

My research team has a new EFP article diving into the ways that localities fund community colleges. It's fascinating to look at variation within and across states. Journal version: direct.mit.edu/edfp/article... Working version: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d9f9...

Live your life in such a way that, when you die, people directly quoting you does’t sound like a personal attack on your character.

Geographic sorting based on vaccination exemption rules, our public health dystopia: “Anna Hulkow moved her 5 children to AZ in part for its looser school vaccine requirements because she could no longer send her kids to public school in CA since they were not vaccinated.”

Thrilled to announce our CEO, Erin Mote, is the keynote speaker at the 2025 #OBCConvening on Sept 18! She'll be talking about reimagining systems to get better outcomes. Don't miss it! Details & registration: obc.southerneducation.org/outcomes-bas...

The National Center for Education Statistics is seeking talented assessment professionals for a variety of roles providing technical direction and oversight for NAEP assessment content development, test administration, test design, and reporting and analysis. www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

The Phyllis Schaflys of the world have profitable career paths and yet wield their influence to urge other women to forsake careers for the sake of their families. It's hypocritical, disingenuous, and frankly dangerous to people at risk of domestic abuse.

Ideological violence in America mostly comes from the right. You can check multiple sources, but I am going to use the libertarian Cato Institute here to avoid being accused of cherrypicking, So, how can universities, a supposed hotbed of leftist indoctrination, driving political violence?

I need one more volunteer. Any takers? Thank you!

Learn more about the early childhood education landscape. In their chapter, Taryn Morrissey (@twmorrissey.bsky.social) and Jessica H. Rendon explore the fragmented nature of early care and education. Learn more: livehandbook.org/early-educat...

Zoo visitors came from as close as D.C. to as far as Japan to see Qing Bao — a big black-and-white ball of fuzzy cuteness — celebrate her fourth birthday.

A colleague on campus today asked me why I’d forgo office w/a window & I reminded her I get active & credible death threats. When I ended up on the Turning Point professor list I got them for a month. We have got to raise better humans & change our gun laws. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Apologies for posting about current events. It's Saturday and we could all use a day off. Here's Fiona demanding to know why she got kibble while everyone else had takeout. #Caturday

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

I wrote about the groypers and the Fuentes-Kirk fight years ago, in Hate in the Homeland. Cautioning here that there is still a lot to know about the shooter’s motivation, I’m sharing these two paragraphs here to set the history of this fight in context:

Good Girls Revolt

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

In Washington, D.C., where close to 40% of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. “What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.” 19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...

This story has (unsurprisingly) been drowned out but it seems to sum up the moment. Someone posts a false report about an active shooter on campus. As misinfo swirls, a student suspects a LEO and hits him with a rifle; the LEO then shoots the student. Luckily everyone is still alive.

"There is a separation of white people and colored people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it." - Albert Einstein, 1946