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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] or Signal cas.37 hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

Head Start, which serves over 800K children and their families all over the country, was hit hard today by the HHS layoffs. <1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff. nhsa.org/press_releas...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

As universal prekindergarten (UPK) expands, understanding which community-based organizations (CBOs) apply—and why—matters for equity and access. With @weilanch.bsky.social, Meghan McCormick, Catherine Snow. Read more: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151 #ECE #UPK #EquitableECE #EduSky #WomaninQuant

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion 1/N Big picture: Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure) - load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review -These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

In a devastating week for Ed research, #AEFP2025 is a balm to the soul. That goes double for the fantastic presentations by junior scholars. Today's UMich contributions, spanning early childhood, K-12, and higher ed:

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Check out the livehandbook.org, an open-access resource that will be continuously updated to serve as a hub of policy relevant #educationresearch. @weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality. This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

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...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

The dismantling of NCES is insane and will critically hobble progress in improving education - this agency is so important it existed more than 100 years before the creation of Department of Education.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

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.

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

Despite the federal chaos, states+cities are still hard at work figuring out how to best to expand early opportunity. Case in point: WA's Transition to Kindergarten is under debate in the state legislature again this session. Our op-ed on getting WA TK right: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

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Yesterday ~68 people employed in HHS's Administration for Children & Families early childhood offices were terminated. I'm told Office of Head Start lost ~20% of staff; Office of Child Care lost ~25% These workers process grants for preschools/childcare centers, monitor health/safety issues, etc.

submitted 45 days ago • 154 comments

FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

submitted 47 days ago • 9 comments

Thread of my own work that has used data from Department of Education and columns that have focused on research funded by them 1/N Inequality in college graduation rates Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Find out how much federally funded education programs benefit students in each congressional district in the US In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Every Child Left Behind

submitted 50 days ago • 4 comments

Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts. WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders

submitted 50 days ago • 40 comments

🌟 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

submitted 51 days ago • 4 comments

Re: the cuts to overhead from NIH grants: The leading category of study at NIH is cancer research, an area that has produced breakthrough drugs to extend survival for people with blood cancers. As the parent of a child who not long ago finished treatment for blood cancer, this policy makes me weep.

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

Welcome! The Youth Policy Lab has joined BlueSky! Follow us to learn how we are informing public policy decisions that impact youth by analyzing data and evaluating programs to help society answer its most pressing questions. #youthpolicylab #youthpolicy

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Educators and journalists: Here is a link to 8 journal articles that document the harmful effects of immigration enforcement on kids' educational outcomes, school attendance, and well-being.

submitted 69 days ago • 4 comments

🌟 alert!

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High-quality curricula can move the needle on early learning, but implementation varies widely. We’re excited to start 2025 off with a new effort to systematically measure implementation readiness & target supports at baseline: fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/u-...

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Nobody’s definition of early education quality: 14-year-olds working unsupervised in child care centers.

submitted 119 days ago • 5 comments

Highly entertaining and interesting profile of Catherine Snow, in her last of 45 years of teaching at the Harvard Ed School. www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-mag...

submitted 127 days ago • 1 comment

At APPAM today? See @paolaguerreror.bsky.social in action! Count Me in? Identifying Factors That Predict Centers’ Application to Boston’s Mixed-Delivery Universal Pre-K Program 1:45-3:15pm, National Harbor 6, 2nd Floor Ballroom Level, Gaylord National Harbor

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

#APPAM2024 I am going to attend APPAM 24. Young scholars, if you want to talk about your research or discuss your next steps, do not hesitate to reach out if you think I can be of any help. No-so-young scholars, please talk to me!

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