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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 2d

Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 5d

Very sad to hear that former Governor (of NC) Hunt has died. I got a chance to know Governor Hunt a bit and he was the real deal when it came to being an education governor!

hunt-institute.org/news/the-hun...

The Hunt Institute Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Founder Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.

The Hunt Institute honors and celebrates the extraordinary life and legacy of its founder, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., who passed away today at the age of 88.

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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 6d

New—

Emails I obtained show that a top charter school advocacy group is concerned about moving education programs to the Department of Labor.

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Why ending the Education Department might be bad news for charter schools

Leaked emails show the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools landed a meeting with the Labor Secretary, who assuaged short-term concerns. Long-run worries remain though.

cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

Yup, I suspect you are right. But, I was surprised by these findings so maybe we'd also be surprised by the parsing of wealth inequality between and within groups.

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

I'd bet that most people have a misunderstanding about this.

NBER @nber.org · 7d

96 percent of US income inequality is within ethnic groups and only 4 percent between them, a pattern that persists across time and regions, from Oded Galor and Daniel C. Wainstock www.nber.org/papers/w34558

NBER @nber.org · 7d

96 percent of US income inequality is within ethnic groups and only 4 percent between them, a pattern that persists across time and regions, from Oded Galor and Daniel C. Wainstock www.nber.org/papers/w34558

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

I'd also add that I wish we saw more federal leadership on education, at least bully pulpit work drawing attention to the fact that we need to do better for the nation's students.

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

I do feel like we've turned a corner based on the reaction to stories like those about the UCSD report, but I'll believe that things have really changed when we see policy changes. Also, I'm sure my views are colored by living in WA state, which is very anti testing.

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

My year-end list includes the UCSD report (game changer!), Who Wants to Be A Teacher In America, and the recent report about cell bans:

www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...

edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

www.nber.org/papers/w34388

When grades stop meaning anything

The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning

www.theargumentmag.com

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 999 altert!

I love the year end summaries, especially when it's about ed policy/research. And while I might change the emphases - a bit less optimistic - this one is great.
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fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

The good, the bad, and the best research of 2025 | Episode 999 of The Education Gadfly Show

This week, Mike Petrilli looks back at the highs and lows of education reform in 2025 as we wrap up our final episode of the year.

fordhaminstitute.org

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 7d

More thoughts soon.

CALDER Center @caldercenter.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to CALDER's @zeyuxu.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, and Rachel Dao for their work on this paper!

CALDER Center @caldercenter.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to CALDER's @zeyuxu.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, and Rachel Dao for their work on this paper!

American Institutes for Research @airinforms.bsky.social · 12d

Fifty years ago, IDEA transformed education by guaranteeing access for students with disabilities. AIR's Allison Gilmour reflects on the law’s impact and what’s next for special education. https://www.educationnext.org/idea-at-50-landmark-federal-law-ensured-access-students-disabilities/

IDEA at 50

The landmark federal law ensured access for students with disabilities. Now it’s time to focus on outcomes.

www.educationnext.org

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12d

#econ_ra great opportunity
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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 12d

I have done this a few times... In our profession we got so much rejection and even R&Rs may focus on the negatives. Telling someone you like their paper is refreshing for the person and you too!

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 13d

You can do this right now:

Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.

Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

Erica Meltzer @ericameltzer.bsky.social · 12d

Education groups are jockeying to shape the federal tax-credit scholarship through the rule-making process. But making this scheme, designed to create a voucher-like benefit, work for public school students could be tricky. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/12/09/f...

Could Trump-backed federal tax-credit scholarships benefit public school students too?

Some public education advocates say the rulesmaking process is the time to lean in and help shape the final form of a school choice program that was designed for private school students.

www.chalkbeat.org

Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 12d

Impressive new RCT on professional learning/teacher beliefs/instructional practices.

It uses a team-based, theory-driven, methodologically rigorous & large scale research design to uncover core insights about increasing student engagement & learning.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 12d

Excited to share a new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper, co-authored w/ Rebecca Jacobsen. We’ve been exploring what happens when national partisan politics reach one of the most local arenas of American democracy—school board elections?

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360

The Influence of Partisanship in Local School Board Elections: Evidence from Exit Polling in Michigan & Rhode Island

Education in the U.S. has long been shaped by local school boards elected in nonpartisan contests, a structure intended to shield schools from broader political forces. Today, many states are consider...

edworkingpapers.com

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 13d

You can do this right now:

Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.

Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

Alexandra de Gendre @adegendre.bsky.social · 13d

Myth busting in action ! @joshua-goodman.com & Joseph Winkelman wrote a great paper on trends in US college enrollments and debunk the narrative we’ve been seeing everywhere about students massively leaving higher education

— please journalists read this

🔗 docs.iza.org/dp18285.pdf

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