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Taryn Morrissey

@twmorrissey.bsky.social

Professor @AU_SPA | Child and family policy researcher | Co-author of Cradle to Kindergarten: A new plan to combat inequality | she/her https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/morrisse.cfm

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Recent SNAP Changes will Cost the Feds Less by Putting the Burden on Families and States The One Big Beautiful Bill will cost states more while SNAP participants will receive less

Excited to contribute to the Briefing Book on SNAP. The OBBBA makes many, sweeping SNAP changes that will add costs to families and states:

open.substack.com/pub/briefing...

02.03.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come work with me at American University! We have an open Administrative Coordinator position in the Department of Public Administration and Policy:

www.myworkday.com/american/d/i...

22.01.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I completely agree with the authors - now is not the time to stop measuring food insecurity.

thehill.com/opinion/fina...

10.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

🚨 Come join us in Ed Policy at @uwmadison.bsky.social! We're hiring an Asst/Assoc Prof studying the intersection of education and the environment. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

22.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Learn more about the early childhood education landscape. In their chapter, Taryn Morrissey (@twmorrissey.bsky.social) and Jessica H. Rendon explore the fragmented nature of early care and education. Learn more: livehandbook.org/early-educat...

12.09.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.

#econsky

01.08.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1048    πŸ” 319    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 39

Many thanks to @scholars.org for the opportunity to discuss how the policy changes in the One Beautiful Bill Act will affect young children and their families. (Spoiler alert: it's not good.)

29.07.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17.07.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest on the Reconciliation bill and its work requirements:

"Trump’s legislation may truly be enormous, but it is far from pretty β€” it stigmatizes the wrong people, slashes the wrong programs and will hurt far more Americans than it helps."

thehill.com/opinion/heal...

12.06.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent news - congratulations!

04.06.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many thanks to @scholars.org for their help in editing and pitching this!

03.06.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GOP Tax Bill Will Hurt Children and Families Congressional Republicans are offering a small, temporary child tax creditβ€”and also putting child-serving programs on the chopping block.

My latest, at the Progressive:

"The bottom line: Republicans are trying to rip massive holes in the safety net programs children rely on, and plug them with a tiny tax credit."

progressive.org/op-eds/gop-t...

02.06.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about a joint lawsuit by a group of universities?

Stand together, folks

22.05.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

@donmoyn.bsky.social is right. Want to hear more from actual researchers who have are experts on this evidence? Check out @irpwisc.bsky.social virtual seminar coming up later this month: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/wor...
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15.05.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wage Enhancements Benefit Child Care Staffing in DC In this summary, we provide sustained evidence of the benefits of the District of Columbia’s wage enhancement program for early childhood educators, the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, to ch...

🌟What if early educators were paid like K-12 teachers? New evidence from Washington, DC shows what would happen: more stability in the child care workforce, higher-quality caregiving, and greater mental health and financial well-being for early educators.🌟

#EduSkyECEC

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Education Data Explorer Explore education data

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟

#EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC
educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

10.02.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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All About Indirect Costs When I started Rock Talk, one of my goals was to lift the curtain on NIH decision-making and to demystify NIH policies and processes. One topic that I have talked endlessly about throughout my tenure ...

This handy NIH explainer about why indirects are so important--that is why they are critical for the research enterprise-- is worth a listen. It directly contradicts the statement, and justification for the cut, it issued last night. nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2015/09/...

08.02.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
IPUMS Data Remain Available

via @ipums.bsky.social @minnpop.bsky.social IPUMS Data Remain Available: IPUMS remains committed to preserving and democratizing access to the world’s population data. ͏ mailchi.mp/umn/ipums-02...

03.02.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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05.02.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0