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Constance Clark, PhD

@constanceclarkphd.bsky.social

Education Policy | Qualitative Researcher | Passionately working on behalf of historically marginalized children | Chair of AERA’s @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social | Yogi

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If you hate the idea that public schools' book selections will now be guided by the religious beliefs of the most conservative parent in your district, it is a *great* time to donate to and use the heck out of your local public library.

27.06.2025 15:38 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
2026 AERA ANNUAL MEETING CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Los Angeles, California
April 8–12

2026 AERA ANNUAL MEETING CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Los Angeles, California April 8–12

The #AERA2026 Call for Submissions is now open! The deadline for submissions is July 25. www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...

27.05.2025 18:07 — 👍 14    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2
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Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

01.04.2025 23:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Brownstone buildings at Teachers College looking west toward Riverside Church. 
Creative Commons photo by Bohao Zhao

Brownstone buildings at Teachers College looking west toward Riverside Church. Creative Commons photo by Bohao Zhao

#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan.

A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

19.03.2025 21:53 — 👍 263    🔁 131    💬 7    📌 19
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Columbia’s Real Radical Threat Is From the Government American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

“The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research,” writes Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber. “Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully”:

19.03.2025 11:14 — 👍 433    🔁 130    💬 14    📌 14
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Civil Rights, Research, and More: What’s Hit Hardest by Massive Ed. Dept. Cuts An analysis of the Trump administration's cuts to the agency shows its civil rights enforcement and research arms are hit particularly hard.

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

19.03.2025 09:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

14.03.2025 19:09 — 👍 124    🔁 184    💬 3    📌 34
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Opinion | The Department of Education Threatens to Pull the Plug on Colleges The government offers an implausible interpretation of the law.

Check out legal expert Sonja Starr’s reaction to the Dept of Ed’s Dear Colleague letter. The, register to hear her on @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social magnet schools panel tomorrow (Tuesday, March 4th) at 12pm ET. Register here: forms.gle/Y3XA8QhdhSNw...

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...

03.03.2025 12:42 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

More educators at every level should follow suit.

28.02.2025 21:16 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ditto!

27.02.2025 03:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why we have and need a US Department of Education This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.

Why we have and need a US Department of Education

🚨 New from @brookings.edu scholars, an initiative to walk through the federal role in education, particularly the ongoing need for a Department of Education and all it does

www.brookings.edu/collection/w...

21.02.2025 14:36 — 👍 165    🔁 98    💬 5    📌 7
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NEPC Review: Think Again: Are Education Programs for High Achievers Inherently Inequitable? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2024) The Fordham Institute published a report analyzing several perceived threats to educational opportunities for high-achieving students, contending that these threats come from those who are overly…

Our own @maggiethornton.bsky.social recently partnered with @nepc.bsky.social to critique recent claims about the possibilities and pitfalls of equity within accelerated programs. Read it here!

26.02.2025 16:45 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Join our @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social community and expert panel for our virtual discussion “Promises and Perils of Magnet Schools as Sites for Integration.” Looking forward to moderating the conversation. Let me know if you have questions for our panel. Tuesday, March 4th, 12pm ET. Details 👇👇👇

26.02.2025 14:33 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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