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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 2d

For more on Monica Bhatt’s research funded by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social see wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/reduc...

Reducing inequality in academic outcomes through personalized learning - William T. Grant Foundation

Does high dosage tutoring at scale reduce academic inequalities by race, ethnicity, and economic standing?

wtgrantfoundation.org

Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 2d

Monica Bhatt, another @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social grantee, kicks off the panel on the power of research-practice partnerships in Chicago #SREE2025

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 2d

Inspiring @sreesociety.bsky.social plenary organized by Shanette Porter @uchiconsortium.bsky.social featuring @chipubschools.bsky.social chief of teaching & learning Nicole Milberg & former @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social Disting Fellow Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean of Crown Fam School of Soc Work #SREE2025

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 2d

Monica Bhatt, another @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social grantee, kicks off a panel discussion on the contributions of @uchiconsortium.bsky.social

Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 3d

I’m proud to say that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social supports the Hedges Lecture at #SREE2025

Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 3d

The Hedges lecture is named for the founder and first president of SREE, Northwestern’s Larry V. Hedges, who taught me introductory statistics when I was a grad student at the University of Chicago.

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 3d

SREE has done a great job of bringing researchers from outside of education research to give the Hedges Lecture — an important avenue for new knowledge entering our field #SREE2025

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 3d

Appreciate the opportunity to learn from economist and criminal justice scholar @meganstevenson.bsky.social as she delivers the Hedges Lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness #SREE2025

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 6d

I shared a few thoughts on the concerns I see with cuts to the Department of Education's data and research capacity, although there are also a few green shoots that are worth watching.

Months After Deep Cuts, Education Researchers See Reason for Cautious Optimism

New hiring and talk of modernization led one researcher to say, ‘I am more hopeful than I was three months ago.’

www.the74million.org

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Brookings Institution @brookings.edu · 7d

Universal school choice programs are expanding—but who benefits most?

Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.

Universal school choice programs mostly benefit the wealthy unless policymakers act to prevent it | Brookings

Authors analyze six states’ universal school choice programs, showing how income rules shape who benefits most.

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 7d

Peer review is the backbone of scientific progress. Discarding peer review threatens to undermine the quality of scientific innovation.

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

kffhealthnews.org

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Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social · 9d

🚨Do you know a school, system, or network doing amazing work in support of student success in high school, particularly through a continuous-improvement approach?

Let's recognize them! Encourage them to apply for the Carnegie Award for Impact (cfdn.at/4o4gp58).
Applications due on November 10.

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 11d

For a historical perspective on @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social see wtgrantfoundation.org/about/history

History - William T. Grant Foundation

About Us / History About Us Who We Are History Financials & Annual Reports Careers

wtgrantfoundation.org

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 11d

Sorry to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall, a grantee of @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social in the 1970s.

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

www.npr.org

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 11d

Join the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group on October 15 at 2 PM ET for an engaging forum on dual enrollment research. Register today: aefp.zoom.us/meeting...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 16d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Social & Behavioral Sciences at NASEM @sbs.nationalacademies.org · 17d

📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU

New Report: Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. To the right is a picture of two children holding hands as they walk on a sidewalk.

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Bruce Lesley @brucelesley.bsky.social · 18d

Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit
open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.

Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit

Don’t Be Fooled: The One Big Beautiful Bill Fails Our Children

open.substack.com

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 18d

ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf

public-inspection.federalregister.gov

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 23d

A great day to visit WCER, ITP, and @uwsoc.bsky.social!

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 24d

Yesterday @innovatingjustice.bsky.social, I had the chance to welcome former NIJ director Nancy LaVigne as the new dean of @runscj.bsky.social, along with another former NIJ director and great colleague, Jeremy Travis. Congrats on your new role, Nancy!

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Bruce Lesley @brucelesley.bsky.social · 28d

Last week, HHS released its Make Our Children Healthy Again strategy. We should be stunned by what it included, but more so, by what it ignored.
open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

What’s Missing from the MAHA Report? Real Health Care Solutions for Children

“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”

open.substack.com

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · Sep 12

Really valuable work by @douglasharris9.bsky.social and Gabriel Oliver on how #schoolvouchers are transforming the private school landscape (even as #publiced advocates are largely focused on how they affect public school systems). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...

Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · Sep 12

Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

"Results highlight limitations of class-based state reforms to address racial/ethnic disparities."

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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

journals.sagepub.com

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Emily Rauscher @emilyrauscher.bsky.social · Sep 12

Great coverage of my new paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social in @edweek.org
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

How Efforts to Fund Schools More Equitably Actually Worsened Racial Inequality

Researchers examined three decades of school finance reforms in 40 states.

www.edweek.org

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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · Sep 2

New National Academies report on school active shooter drills (free download) calls for:
-trauma-informed drills
-ban high-sensorial, hyper-realistic, deceptive drills
-national guidance
-staff & police training
-accessibility & equity
-research & funding nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/291...

Active Shooter Drills in Schools: Protecting Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health

nap.nationalacademies.org

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Education at NASEM @education.nationalacademies.org · Sep 2

While the internet has transformed our daily lives, its use involves a myriad of security challenges. Math plays an essential role in protecting users against evolving threats on the internet. Check out our resource for math educators and classrooms: buff.ly/a97W7vU

The Mathematics of Internet Security. The Internet is a transformative network that is an integral part of our daily lives—but, unfortunately, its use involves many security challenges. With roots in abstract mathematics, some new and some very old, a tree of technologies (cryptosystems and authentication schemes) has grown to meet evolving threats. As users of the Internet, we routinely enjoy this tree’s fruits and may not appreciate their origins. The right side shows a diagram of a tree illustrating how math forms the basis of modern internet security technologies.

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