Free college/promise programs have been around for two+ decades. Admin who work with and implement the promise have learned a lot. Amy Li, Denisa Gandara, and I asked them about their recs for policy and practice. Here’s what they said with commentary from us: www.brookings.edu/articles/adm...

Any recommendations for software programs that will create a publishable-quality figure for a journal article? (Think creating a figure to describe a process or a figure to describe your conceptual framework.) Ideally free or inexpensive - but will take other recommendations too! #academia #pubs

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Me, @robertkelchen.com, Diane Cheng of IHEP, and Kyle Southern of TICAS bout to have a real depressing chat on Monday. You can register if you want to join us: www.ashe.ws/events/cpphe...

#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan. A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New pub with @itspgr.bsky.social & Denisa Gandara examining how state policymakers in New Mexico frame their support or opposition to the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship, a statewide promise program that has a flexible and generous design. #edusky #highered epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...

Folks at #AEFP25 I know you all worked incredibly hard on the research you are sharing this week, but if you can spare an hour, come and join the rally at ED on Friday 8am. I’ll be there with other folks, happy to meet people who don’t want to go alone. DMs open, darfin.81 on signal #EduSky.

Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful: A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research. #EdResearch #EdPolicy livehandbook.org

🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption. #EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social

Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work. Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

Go Blue! But seriously though an important resource during these times where national datasets are disappearing.

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟 #EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

Happy to share a working paper version of @florianederer.bsky.social, Kyle and my forthcoming AEA P&P, Anonymous Attention and Abuse. We use our existing database of EJMR posts to study EJMR’s relationship with other information sources. florianederer.github.io/anonymous_P&... 1/🧵

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

Today is the last day to submit for Mentor Match! If you’re a student and want to have an informal conversation with the senior scholar of your dreams, please be sure to submit your response! tinyurl.com/aefpmentorma...

Do you want more cats in your feed but hate image scrapers? Here is my starter pack that is all cat accounts run by real people, posting content that is non-stolen, non-AI images of their own cats or cat artwork with ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN

Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡

Looking forward to reading some fiction books over the semester break. Recommendations? #books #readingisfun

I started a new project in the Center for Theory. Providing open access to university knowledge through videos. Going to be working not only on classes, but also short accessible videos explaining research. Check it out, let me know if you want to contribute youtube.com/playlist?lis...

One of the things I was nervous about for #ASHE2024 was whether I could handle the cold after living in the South for seven and half(ish) years. Proud to say that my Northern blood has risen again and I am loving it 🥰🙌🏼

In honor of #ASHE2024, I’m happy to share an ASHE starter pack! Please feel free to share broadly and please tag or comment on users I should add to the list! bsky.app/profile/did:...

What Percentage of a State's Primary and Secondary Education Revenue Comes from the US Department of Education? Great data viz from James Murphy www.datawrapper.de/_/skaST/

Do you know someone who is interested in a doctoral program? The AEFP Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship Program is a great opportunity to learn more about doctoral programs in the fields of education finance & policy. Learn more about the program aefpweb.org/pre-doc_...

Thank you to Minneapolis and the weather gods who have heard my plea and it is snowing for #ASHE2024. Flurries - but I will take it! 🥰

First #ASHE and #CPPHE pre-conference on Bluesky! My co-author has already asked “What’s Bluesky?!” So I am already spreading the good word here in Minneapolis 😊

📢 Call for participants! 📢 I am seeking interviews with DC-based policy professionals about how they navigate their careers, particularly in times of political uncertainty. For more information, please visit tinyurl.com/policycareer or contact me at [email protected]. Please share with your contacts!

PSA: The federal Department of Education is referred to by short as ED, like the name Ed. This is because at the federal level, DOE=Department of Energy. Also, ED’s predominant role is in higher education (grants and loans), so stories discussing eliminating the Department should make that clear.

We are searching for a chair of the Dept of Higher Ed, Adult Learning, and Org Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. Come lead this great group of faculty who are doing innovative research and educating the next educational leaders and researchers. uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/29800

New(ish) pub with @itspgr.bsky.social Denisa Gandara and Lindsey Hammond that was just made open access this week. We watched 131 hrs of budget hearings in two states - TX and CA - to examine how higher ed leaders frame their budget requests to state legislators link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Maybe a long shot - but does anyone has the latest release of the College Scorecard data in a Stata datafile? #highered #Stata

Maybe a long shot but seeking folks who work in Houston ISD as a teacher or admin who want to be a guest speaker for my ed policy course to discuss state takeover policies and what is specifically happening in Houston ISD. Please DM or email ([email protected]) me for specifics. #edusky

I would love to see some community engaged sociologists come join me at UT-Arlington uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/26916

I am teaching an K-20 education law class in the spring for PhD students. For those who have taught or taken such a class - what topics or assignments made it meaningful to your students/yourself? #edusky

We have three faculty jobs available in my dept at UT Arlington if you or anyone you know is looking: Assoc/Full for quant methods (uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/26651), Asst/Assoc for Ed Leadership (uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/26644), and Dept Chair & Professor (uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/26619)