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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Roddy Theobald @roddy-theobald.bsky.social · 3d

Our @caldercenter.bsky.social research brief with @cedr.bsky.social and @ahkatz5.bsky.social on special education identification during the pandemic is now published in EEPA! We show that, after an initial dip, identification rates have now "caught up" with pre-pandemic norms: tinyurl.com/y4bea5y5

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Policy Committee of Teacher Education Division @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social · 3d

Curious about what the reduction-in-force means for #specialeducation and what to do now? Swipe through for info!

#RIF #sped #ed #education #disability #teach #teacher #osep #osers #departmentofeducation

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you.

Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.

Help ProPublica Report on Education

ProPublica needs your help to track how the upheaval of public education is affecting schools and colleges in your community. Take a few minutes to join our source network and help guide our coverage.

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 4d

Impact of long working hours on teachers’ well-being www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Impact of long working hours on teachers’ well-being

Appropriately managing working hours is at the core of the policy on teachers’ working conditions. We analyzed the impact of long working hours on teachers’ well-being using data on Japanese teache...

www.tandfonline.com

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Esther Lindström @estherlindstrom.bsky.social · 5d

@afgilmour.bsky.social addresses a major barrier in this line of research: figuring out who special education teachers are from the data.

Dr. Alli Gilmour presents at a conference, standing behind a podium. The projected slide is titled “identifying special educators”

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 4d

one of them is in revision at EC, and I have permission to share :-) I'll email it to you right now!

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 5d

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for coming Esther! It was so nice to see you - looking forward to CEC!!

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 5d

@tashnuvashaheen.bsky.social - emergency licensed special ed teachers more likely to work in self contained settings, less likely to work in inclusive settings; more likely to work with students with IDD and ASD. Such important findings regarding inequitable sorting of special ed teachers!

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 5d

you too Gema! Really looking forward to seeing more of the working conditions work you all are doing!

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 6d

More #warravagedchicago!

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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 6d

New @gallup.com poll: 1 in 4 teachers don't have necessary resources, support staff. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports

New Gallup Poll: 1 in 4 Teachers Don’t Have Necessary Resources, Support Staff

Over 60% of educators reported a shortage of teaching assistants, mental health resources and special educators, seriously impacting job satisfaction.

www.the74million.org

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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 6d

New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302

With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon

Contemporary Child Labor and Declining School Attendance in the U.S.

The United States has experienced a 400% increase in reported child labor violations over the past decade, coinciding with declines in K-12 school attendance and enrollment. We examine the causal rela...

edworkingpapers.com

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 7d

So much #danger everywhere!

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 7d

So well deserved!!

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 7d

We just got the TED @ted-cec.bsky.social Publication Award 2025. Thank you!

"This recognition honors the most outstanding publication of the year in Teacher Education and Special Education and celebrates scholarship that deepens our understanding of teacher preparation and inclusive practice."

“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025

Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 7d

Hoping I survive walking at night in #warzonechicago . 🙄

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 8d

Come hang out with us on Saturday! We're super excited to share findings from SPARC Center, Project RESPECT, & Project SUSTAIN!

SPARC Center @sparccenter.bsky.social · 8d

💡Attending #SREE2025 this week? Join SPARC Center experts @lizbettini.bsky.social and @afgilmour.bsky.social for their session on Measuring and Strengthening the Special Education Teacher Workforce on Saturday, Oct 11 from 12-1:30 CT at Palmer House Hilton – Crystal.

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 9d

🚨Important paper alert🚨

"Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?"

"Lower interest among men, students of color, and high-achieving students... Recommenders rate students interested in teaching as having lower intellectual promise... but greater concern for others."

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1285

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 9d

Join us next week online @buwheelock.bsky.social for this conversation on changing school enrollment patterns 5 years after the pandemic's onset.

We'll discuss our recent research on which families have shifted from public to private/home schooling.

bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 10d

Such a cool paper!! Love their approach to looking at how student-teacher relationships relate to instructional practice!

TESE: The journal of CEC’s Teacher Education Division @ted-cec-tese.bsky.social · 10d

New in TESE! Broda et al. (2025) identify three distinct teacher-student relationship profiles and share the importance of both effective practice delivery and relationship quality for students with or at risk for EBD in early childhood settings.

🔗 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1177/0888...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 13d

30 years without a real raise: New York's early intervention pay crisis

30 Years Without a Real Raise: New York’s Early Intervention Pay Crisis

New York’s early intervention providers haven’t seen a substantive raise in three decades — and vulnerable young children are losing out.

www.the74million.org

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SPARC Center @sparccenter.bsky.social · 13d

The US Commission on Civil Rights (@usccrgov.bsky.social) released a new report on The Federal Response to Teacher Shortage Impacts on Students with Disabilities, offering eight suggestions to help overcome longstanding shortages: www.usccr.gov/reports/2025...

The Federal Response to Teacher Shortage Impacts on Students with Disabilities

The Commission began this investigation to better understand how the national teacher shortage is affecting students with disabilities and to examine how the federal government, especially the U.S. De...

www.usccr.gov

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 21d

Hot off the presses a new @caldercenter.bsky.social paper on which college students are opting into a path toward becoming a teacher (by applying to a teacher ed program): caldercenter.org/publications...

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