Student: Teacher, why do we learn? Socrates: For life! Freire: For liberation! Dewey: For democracy! Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!

I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.

Receiving more confirmation that NCES has been demolished. But no info on where ed data collection or NAEP assessment will be transfererd to.

Whelp.

This was great! I channeled so much rage into preserving data.

This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Let's be VERY clear here. Trump does *not* have the authority to withhold federal funding from public schools for what they teach. The 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act is very explicitly clear on this. #EduSky www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/t...

Morning !!!

www.brookings.edu/articles/wha... @brookings.edu

What's next for education journalism in 2025? Join EWA for a Reporters' and Editors' Roundtable on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. Eastern. ewa.org/events/upcom...

Tough few weeks to be a NY Rangers, Yankees, Giants fan. Though I expect zero sympathy 🤣🤣

This is terrible NCAN devotes itself to making college accessible It is a big, big deal for them to recommend that filing the FAFSA is too dangerous for some families

Come work with me and my fantastic colleagues in the Dept of Education @ UCSB. Quant methods position w/application details below. Reach out with q’s recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02883

No more white flight? Study by @bryanmann.bsky.social found suburban school districts diversified from 2000-2020, but urban districts saw more racial isolation. news.ku.edu/news/article...

lol who did this

The new website launched today: cgep.ku.edu

Fixing what's so broken about our national politics requires seeing each other as human beings again. And that starts at the most local level with schools and school boards. New @haveyouheard.bsky.social with @drrachelswhite.bsky.social and Rebecca Jacobsen on.soundcloud.com/dJ1FWoNb69bA...

I mean, yeah that's what Margaret Spellings would say. You get 'mixed reactions' if you sample like that. Of course, teaching experience is not a requirement to run the Dept. of Ed. but it surely helps to have meaningful experience in the educational system before running the educational system...

a little transcript blip from this great, but really heavy, conversation with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social & @jackschneider.bsky.social on the impacts of culturally divisive conflict on superintendents — physically, emotionally, financially, psychologically, socially

My life: Dear professor, I hope you are doing well. Please read the following email so thoughtfully composed by ChatGPT. 🤣🤣

Important work from ProPublica: www.propublica.org/article/segr... Also quoted in the article is @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social

Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991. edopportunity.org/segregation

Important data(!) to help understand the actual trends. 🙏

👀 we knew but data is good

Here is a fuller write-up of this crazy story, by AP👇

Teacher satisfaction drops steadily as absenteeism increases, according to Educational Researcher, via Education Week. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other! Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars go.bsky.app/BaXvoap

Bluesky is giving me hope for social media again!

Starter pack for those interested in the politics of education, loosely defined. Please let me know if you'd like to be added (and forgive omissions!). Thanks! go.bsky.app/4LxftVF

I have been concerned for years that states will block faculty from attending certain conferences or accepting some grants. It looks like that is now happening at North Texas. www.chronicle.com/article/a-te...

Donald Trump has said he plans to use the Department of Education to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. But is either possible? Even with his electoral victory, both options would face difficulties. nyti.ms/3UPvMlG

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

This is next level.

Now in AERJ: “How Do Socioeconomic Differences Among Low-Income and Racially Minoritized Students Shape Their Engagement and Access in School Choice Systems?” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

New article! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Findings show most elementary districts changed, but changes are uneven. The # of districts w/ white student intense isolation declined, esp. in suburbs. Districts w/ student of color intense isolation increased, esp in urban.

The best part about teaching ed law is hearing all the stories about what happens in schools. For some of the scenarios the only response is "yeah, so who the hell knows what test the court will use (or make up) for that one!"

The rock that rolls down my mountain is my email inbox hitting 0. Today it happened, but how long will it last?

Just got an email from my university "how to plan for the potential government shutdown." We can't have nice things

Sounds like folks are worried about losing data access during a possible government shutdown, so I quickly whipped up this Education Data Portal with all the major datasets on schools, districts, and colleges: educationdata.urban.org/documentation/

Hi everyone! I am an associate professor of education policy. I study the intersection of geography, space, place and educational policy. I grew up in the Northeast, learned how to be a professor in the South, and am now in the Midwest. I care a lot about schools and communities.

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