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Daphna Bassok
AEFP
18 days ago
Looking for a way to support AEFP and bring high-level visibility to your organization? Consider one of our sponsorship opportunities for #AEFP2026. Learn more here:
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www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...
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Long waitlists for subsidized child care taking economic toll on families
Some parents face “a catch-22 of wanting to work, but needing child care ... to get that job.”
https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-10-24/child-care-waitlists-economic-toll-families-uva-study-bassok-conway
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Cara Jackson
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Starting soon!
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Super excited to host Arne Duncan and Diane Schanzenbach at
#AEFP2026
! Remember: you now have til Monday to submit your conference proposals!
@aefpweb.bsky.social
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Education policy, pals: the AEFP submission deadline is now Monday Oct 6! Papers, posters, policy dialogues and conversation groups are all very welcome. Reach out if you have any questions!
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Daphna Bassok
AEFP
2 months ago
We're excited to announce the next webinar in the BRIDGE Webinar Series: Applying to Dissertation Fellowships. This session will offer valuable guidance to strengthen your chances of success. Register today:
aefpweb.org/ev_calen...
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Erica Greenberg
3 months ago
How can we build more -- and better -- child care in America?
@justinbdoromal.bsky.social
and I have been studying one answer: raise wages for the early childhood workforce. Here are three key lessons from state and local wage boost initiatives from coast to coast:
www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...
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Three Considerations for Improving the Supply and Quality of Child Care by Raising Early Educators’ Wages
To improve child care access and quality, pay raises for the early childhood workforce must be implemented with careful consideration for which staff members are eligible, what the potential drawbacks...
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/three-considerations-improving-supply-and-quality-child-care-raising-early-educators
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Kara Finnigan
3 months ago
Such a great resource w/ info related to early childhood, K-12, & higher ed....along w/ misc. cross-cutting topics like mine on research use.
#education
#edresearch
#edpolicy
#researchevidence
@aefpweb.bsky.social
@dbassok.bsky.social
@carajackson.bsky.social
. Check it out and share with others👇
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Daphna Bassok
AEFP
3 months ago
Interested applicants for the EFP Editorial team are encouraged to register for a Q&A session tomorrow at 1 PM, hosted by current editors Dr. Li Feng and Dr. Cassandra Hart 📚
aefp.zoom.us/meeting...
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Cara Jackson
4 months ago
If you love
#EdResearch
&
#EdPolicy
, you should check out the Live Handbook!
livehandbook.org
This research did not grow on trees! Much of it was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, either directly or through investments in education research infrastructure (training, standards, etc.)
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Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
https://livehandbook.org/
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Jill Barshay
5 months ago
More details on stats, assessments and research activities that
@usedgov.bsky.social
has restarted. (click within the story to see the full table)
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Jill Barshay
5 months ago
A fed judge in DC today denied a preliminary injunction that 4 ed research organizations had wanted. That means the Education Department doesn't have to rehire all the employees it axed and reinstate contracts while the courts decide whether the Trump admin exceeded its exec authority. (1/7)
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Cara Jackson
5 months ago
Live footage of Michal,
@dbassok.bsky.social
, Grace and I all trying to process the great ideas from the
@aefpweb.bsky.social
board meeting.
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Cara Jackson
6 months ago
Highlight of my week: spending part of today with people who view education research as a public good. ❤️
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Cara Jackson
6 months ago
Education Researchers Sue Trump Administration, Testing Executive Power by
@jillbarshay.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
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Education Researchers Sue Trump Administration, Testing Executive Power | KQED
Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department.
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65469/education-researchers-sue-trump-administration-testing-executive-power
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Daphna Bassok
Cara Jackson
7 months ago
Today in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is good, actually: the Broader Benefits of ECE by
@chloergibbs.bsky.social
livehandbook.org/early-educat...
#LiveHandbook
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Broader Benefits of ECE
Discover the far-reaching impact of early childhood education programs on families, communities, and society. Explore benefits beyond participants.
https://livehandbook.org/early-education/effectiveness-quality/early-education/effectiveness/quality/costs-and-benefits-of-ece/
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Adam Pulver
7 months ago
Just filed: DOGE and the Department of ED have decided to eliminate the Institute of Education Sciences. They can't do that. On behalf of education researchers, we've sued.
www.citizen.org/news/lawsuit...
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Admin’s Dismantling of Institute of Education Sciences - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)…
https://www.citizen.org/news/lawsuit-challenges-trump-admins-dismantling-of-institute-of-education-sciences/
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Christina Samuels
7 months ago
Hours after we published this story on our site we received news that staffers in five of Head Start's 10 regional offices were put on leave. We're trying to track the on-the-ground implications -- please email me at
[email protected]
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hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...
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Head Start is turning 60. Will the federal child care program make it to 61?
Providers operating on ‘razor-thin margins’ worry about the possibility of deep cuts
https://hechingerreport.org/head-start-is-turning-60-will-the-federal-child-care-program-make-it-to-61/
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Beth Schueler
8 months ago
The new
@aefpweb.bsky.social
Live Handbook is an awesome source for quick comprehensive looks at key education policy topics. No better time for resources showing the value of research to policymakers & the public. I'm grateful to have contributed a chapter on state takeovers of districts.
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Takeovers of School Districts
Explore K-12 school district takeovers in the U.S., including state & mayoral control. Discover impacts on student outcomes, finances & politics.
https://livehandbook.org/k-12-education/standards-and-accountability/takeovers-of-school-districts/
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Daphna Bassok
Cara Jackson
8 months ago
Thanks to everyone who attended
#AEFP2025
and safe travels home! We're thinking about how to support members in the year ahead. Feel free to reach out with suggestions, or you can provide ideas on the post-conference survey.
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Cara Jackson
8 months ago
#AEFP2025
heads up to folks with restricted-use licenses
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Great flash talks this morning from
@chloergibbs.bsky.social
and
@anawhit.bsky.social
about the impacts of early childhood education policies, part of the new AEFP Live Handbook!
#AEFP2025
8 months ago
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Andrew Ho
8 months ago
Crystal clear lede from
@jillbarshay.bsky.social
: “President Donald Trump promises he’ll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds.”
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Andrew Avitabile
8 months ago
Still at
#AEFP2025
? Come see me talk about using large language models to assess the quality of feedback given to preservice teachers! Session 11.05 at 11:45 AM
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So much EdPolicyWorks goodness at
#AEFP2025
!
@uvaehd.bsky.social
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Daphna Bassok
AEFP
8 months ago
#AEFP2025
is coming to an end but don't forget to turn in your completed passports to redeem some AEFP 50th swag. The table will also be open tomorrow starting at 8:15 AM 😎🏆
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Dana Goldstein
8 months ago
I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
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Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/education-department-cuts.html
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Daphna Bassok
AEFP
8 months ago
Congratulations to the recipients of AEFP’s Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship Program!
#AEFP2025
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Daphna Bassok
Cara Jackson
8 months ago
Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful: A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research.
#EdResearch
#EdPolicy
livehandbook.org
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Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
https://livehandbook.org/
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Nate Jones
8 months ago
As a faculty member, I think I knew from afar what good people IES had. But over the past two years, I have gotten to work alongside so many of those who were just let go. I have learned so much from these friends and colleagues, and I am just dumbstruck at the scale of this loss for our country.
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Cara Jackson
8 months ago
I was handling my own layoff just fine but the news of the Department of Education is incredibly disheartening. There is so much to rebuild, and I hope we start that conversation soon. Safe travels to
#AEFP2025
to everyone attending.
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Carrie Conaway
8 months ago
What a surreal experience to be leading a workshop for education researchers on how to write about their research, in a building directly across from the US Capitol, and wake up to discover that the entire national education statistical staff has been fired.
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AEFP
8 months ago
Our #AEFP2025 conference is just a few days away! Make sure you are ready - download the app or online program to access the schedule, important details, and more!
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Beth Schueler
8 months ago
It's that time of year to circulate this list of orgs for those seeking ed policy jobs/internships. Please let me know if there are opportunities/orgs I should add. Good luck out there!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The Unofficial List of Ed Policy Orgs for Job/Internship Seekers
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KHaR3tw_ww355nrmKqQeiUHse5euIDubyXNlw6RrVNg/edit?gid=1843766488#gid=1843766488
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Cara Jackson
9 months ago
Heading to
#AEFP2025
? We've been thinking a lot about what's happening at the Institute of Education Sciences and what it means for the field. More news coming soon on programming updates. For now, some thoughts with our SREE colleagues
www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cutting-research-funding-would-make-education-less-effective-and-efficient/
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Beth Tipton
9 months ago
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful.
www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cutting-research-funding-would-make-education-less-effective-and-efficient/
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Jackie Mader
9 months ago
Do you work in
#earlychildhood
? I have a bi-weekly early ed newsletter with news and research from the field. Sign up here:
hechingerreport.org/earlychildho...
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Sign up for my Early Childhood newsletter
Every two weeks I dive into research and news in the early childhood world to bring you more insight into how young children learn, what’s working in early ed classrooms and how national and local pol...
https://hechingerreport.org/earlychildhood/
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The Hechinger Report
9 months ago
DOGE’s death blow to education studies A virtual wrecking ball took aim last Monday at the relatively small, wonky corner of the Department of Education that I write about every week: evaluation studies and data collection. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X that it had…
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DOGE’s death blow to education studies
A virtual wrecking ball took aim last Monday at the relatively small, wonky corner of the Department of Education that I write about every week: evaluation studies and data collection. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X that it had terminated 89 of these contracts worth $881 million. These particular cuts stunned people involved in education research because they didn’t go after “woke” studies about equity, diversity or “culturally relevant pedagogy” — all more obvious targets of the new administration. Instead, researchers described the canceled projects at the department’s Institute of Education Sciences as rigorous evaluations of how the federal government spends education dollars, efforts to improve the reading and math skills of U.S.
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-doge-death-blow-education-studies/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Laura Bornfreund
9 months ago
We need IES! Inefficiency Multiplied: What Happens When Research and Data are Halted at U.S. Dept. of Ed
newamerica.org/education-po...
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Why We Need Research and Data at the U.S. Department of Ed
The Institute of Education Sciences funds research and data collection on how students are faring and what helps them succeed. Canceling research already underway will waste public dollars and set Ame...
https://newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/inefficiency-multiplied-what-happens-when-research-and-data-is-halted-at-us-dept-of-ed/
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Daphna Bassok
AEFP
9 months ago
Our keynote speaker for
#AEFP2025
is Dr. Cecilia E. Rouse, President of the Brookings Institution 🎉
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Excited to (finally!) have some large-scale evidence on the returns to experience among early educators. Work from Laura Bellows,
@annakshapiro.bsky.social
& Anna Markowitz: How Much Do New Early Educators Improve Over Time?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New
@brookings.edu
piece on the power of workforce data for improving ECE access/quality, highlighting Virginia's unique LinkB5 early childhood data system.
@uvaehd.bsky.social
@uvabatten.bsky.social
www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
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How Virginia’s LinkB5 system advances early education policy
Virginia’s LinkB5 system improves early education workforce data to address teacher shortages and guide better policymaking.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/workforce-data-can-help-states-improve-access-to-quality-early-childhood-lessons-from-virginias-linkb5/
9 months ago
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Jackie Mader
10 months ago
I reached out to ACF to ask about the freeze's impact on CCDBG funds and they responded to tell me they can't communicate/tell me anything right now: "HHS has issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances that are not directly related to emergencies or critical to preserving health."
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Hi! ECE & policy folks: I'm looking for a postdoc to join our (really terrific) SEE-Partnerships team, doing research on ECE access & workforce issues! Please spread the word!
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
The School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia seeks applicants for a Postdoctoral Research Associate with strong interests in early childhood education policy to join the...
https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate_R0066676
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