Adam Gamoran

Important context for understanding Mississippi’s impressive progress in early reading.

In Texas @scottbraddock.bsky.social is reporting that 76% of school voucher applicants are already in private school.

A year ago this upcoming Wednesday I warned the Texas legislature about this👇

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Standing up for science in NYC! #StandUpforScience

Great to attend the NYC launch of The Science of Second Chances, a new book by @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social, my colleague in philanthropy at @arnoldventures.bsky.social. I’m looking forward to reading it!

”This is a world of compensations; and he who would *be* no slave, must consent to *have* no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”

Opinion | ICE in America: Dread and Danger

Enforcement-related trauma has long-term effects on the outcomes and opportunities of children in immigrant families. "For the sake of our kids, this must stop."

We're proud of grantee @sorophd.bsky.social for speaking out today: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

ICE and ed reform In private conversations, and at policy conferences, education reformers are increasingly asking whether we should join the resistance against ICE. Some of you will surely think that this question is ...

I don’t represent an education reform organization, but I would sign this letter penned by @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...

For more on Sophia Rodriguez’s scholarship, see: wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/welco...

In today’s @nytimes.com, @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social Scholar Sophia Rodriguez draws on her research to call out the harm done to children by ICE and CPB aggressive actions.

Chancellor King giving his remarks

Chancellor King (right) with OGS Commissioner Jeanette Moy (center) and headliner Melvin Crispell III (left)

Chancellor with art display by Erin L. Kuhn, in collaboration with SUNY Jefferson

Thank you to the Office of General Services for hosting an incredible celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy yesterday. As I shared in my remarks, Dr. King’s idea of building a Beloved Community reminds us that belonging and mutuality don’t happen by accident,

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Value-Added and Growth Models in Education Explore value-added models (VAMs) in education: unbiased estimates, teacher effectiveness, and policy limitations. Learn about teacher & school VAMs.

Value-Added and Growth Models in Education by
Cory Koedel
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The ASA IPM section is excited to launch our new participatory budgeting initiative where section members can propose new initiatives or projects that the full membership will then vote on. The IPM Section has dedicated $1,500 to be allocated across the proposed projects that receive the most votes by section members. You can read through the IPM Participatory Budgeting Rulebook linked here for more information about what kinds of projects qualify for funding, how the voting process will work, and the overall timeline for this funding cycle. To submit a proposal, please use the following link: IPM PB: Proposal Submission Site. The last day to submit a proposal is January 30, 2026. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Fabian Pfeffer at fabian.pfeffer@Imu.de.

Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers?

Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section.

@asa-ipm.bsky.social

Are you interested in inequality of opportunity / inter-generational mobility? Take a look at this impressive new resource: a public-access database containing cross-nationally comparable estimates of inequality of opportunity for 72 countries, covering 2/3 of the world’s population. 👇👇👇

What does resistance look like? Is it worthwhile? The book answers these questions. (Spoiler alert: the answer to the second question is yes!)

🔊 Listen Now: In Our Future We are Free: The Dismantling of Youth Prison WGVU News on NPR One | 10:25

Here’s a recent @npr.org interview with Nell

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In Our Future We Are Free - The New Press A master class in social change—how a coalition of parents, activists, and prison officials brought a racist and destructive institution to its knees   “Nell Bernstein’s book could be for juvenile j...

I’m also pleased that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social helped support this book. thenewpress.org/books/in-our...

Pleased attend the book launch with Nell Bernstein, author of In Our Future We Are Free. Nell’s previous book, helped spark the closing of horrific youth prisons; this book tells what came next.

The NYT has numbers on the cuts at the Dept of Education.
Almost 800 people have been cut at Federal Student Aid. That's a lot larger than I expected. And IES has been gutted.

AEFP is expanding our conference subsidies program to offer financial assistance to a broader membership base so that more researchers, policymakers & practitioners have the opportunity to connect at the conference. The deadline to apply is January 5, 2026 aefpweb.org/conferen...

Local reporters are doing some outstanding work on the "Education Freedom Scholarship" in TN. @rachelannwegner.bsky.social at @thetennesean.bsky.social reports that more than 1 in 5 vouchers were used at the most expensive private schools in the state. (1/3) www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...

What have we learned about child poverty in America? Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights

New, at Can We Still Govern?
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...

I have been loathe to suggest any impacts of political pressure on federal statistical agencies, but this is worrying to me.

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

Let's be clear: the US National Science Foundation's decision to reduce the role of expert panelists and outside reviewers does not limit the burden on NSF workers; it empowers them to make funding decisions without scientific oversight.

www.science.org/content/arti...

I spent two summers here doing research on inequalities in government responses to disasters, focused on what had taken place in Puerto Rico following hurricane Maria. NCAR has led on so many scientific advances. This admin’s harm to the scientific workforce in the US is beyond measure.

Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview

Is the “college enrollment crisis” a myth? Episode 998 of The Education Gadfly Show

I enjoyed joining @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social to discuss the new mythologies of higher education. Net tuition is not soaring, the value of a degree is not plummeting and neither is four-year college enrollment.

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BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.

Without a higher education program, the University of Nebraska is going to have a hard time recruiting and keeping the next generation of higher education leaders when competing institutions offer the chance for staff members to further their education. This decision will backfire.

The irony of Indiana’s magical football season while politicians and university leaders are destroying its academic greatness (see www.indystar.com/story/opinio...)

The idea of restricting online education to older students is worth testing