Adam Gamoran

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.’

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

🚨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.

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

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.

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

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Key items for #polisky:

(1) due November 12, 2025

(2) ONLY undergrad seniors, bachelor's not in grad programs, OR 1st-year grad students eligible (whether in a master's or PhD program)

(3) fund all projects but emphasis on "high-priority research areas in alignment with Admin priorities" like AI

I’m excited to see this report released, and proud that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is supporting outreach to encourage engagement with the report.

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.

📢 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

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

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

Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit
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Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.

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

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!

JOB ALERT. Looking for an Assoc Dir for Comms, Fin, and Ops at Tulane to help lead all of my major initiatives: ERA-NOLA, REACH Center, AEFP Live Handbook, and State of the Nation Project. Exciting possibilities. Leadership exp a must. Remote work possible. Apply: lnkd.in/gzyUk3fz

Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education, Study Finds

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...

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.”

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...

How Efforts to Fund Schools More Equitably Actually Worsened Racial Inequality Researchers examined three decades of school finance reforms in 40 states.

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

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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."

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.

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

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

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...

Informative update on science funding: not all bad news, but very challenging.

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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On Sept. 2 from 3-4:30pm ET, @agamoran.bsky.social will join the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's webinar "Beyond Decoding NAEP: The Federal Role in Promoting Efficacy, Equity and Accountability" as a commentator.

Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/479qQPz

Building Institutional Capacity for Societal Impact: Lessons from Victoria Join us for a hybrid lunchtime seminar learning from Professor Melinda Craike about how to build universities' capacity to enable impact.

Please join us on Tuesday 9th Sep at LSHTM for a seminar with Professor Mel Craike on what universities can do as organisations to maximise social impact. Should be a good discussion! Bring your lunch in person or see you online!

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A message for JD Vance and anyone else in this Administration that is pretending they care about the safety of our kids.

They don’t. All they care about is the political approval and profits of the gun industry. And they show it every day.

CBO analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how it impacts different parts of the income spectrum:

—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.

—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.

Field trip! @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is at @yankees.com today!

I am begging, absolutely BEGGING, the nation's media to do just ONE. SIMPLE. THING.

One. Just one. Just take this one simple step.

When you report on "yes, sure, whatever, crime is down I guess too," GIVE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DECLINE. Like, the actually number.

It give the vital context.

My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!

Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680

Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632