Todd E. Johnson

Do you need to suffer in order to build character? No: in a sample of 682 youth, about 80% of the youth who increased in effortful control or emotional stability (>/= 1/5th of a SD) were not exposed to high levels of (observer-rated) adversity.

Unsurprising, but nevertheless tragic. Makes it very hard for integrators and multidisciplinarians to exist in academia. #academicsky

Children learning to read later catch up to children reading earlier Two studies from English-speaking samples investigated the methodologically difficult question of whether the later reading achievement of children le…

A 2013 study found that a delay in learning to read has no effect on reading fluency at age 11; indeed, later learners had slightly superior comprehension. Also, as other research has shown, explicit instruction usually wasn't required to achieve phonemic awareness: tinyurl.com/4r2btdek

Harsh parenting linked to poorer emotional and social outcomes in children A recent study found that harsh parenting, both moderate and severe, is linked to worse emotion regulation, lower self-esteem, fewer prosocial behaviors, and more peer relationship problems in childre...

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A new study tracked kids from birth to age 18: Even a moderate version of the sort of old-school parenting that involves yelling at, spanking, and shaming children leads to problems with emotion regulation, peer relationships, and self-esteem as well as less prosocial behavior: is.gd/8bEN2R

America’s Best College Degrees If You Want To Avoid Being Underemployed Discover the college degrees with the lowest underemployment rates and how to choose a career-focused education that pays off in today’s economy.

Four of the 20 college degrees with the lowest underemployment are in Pk-12 education. And yet a lot of colleges don't even offer an undergraduate path to teacher certification!

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TikTok is back online in the U.S., following Trump's promise to pause the ban The president-elect said he will issue an executive order Monday to delay the ban while he brokers a sale. The app has returned on web and mobile, but is not available in Apple and Google's stores.

The president-elect said he will issue an executive order Monday to delay the ban while he brokers a sale. The app has returned on web and mobile, but is not available in Apple and Google's stores.

This Virginia program helps former foster youth get degrees, at any age Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.

Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.

The topography of thought Abstract. Whether speaking, writing, or thinking, almost everything humans do involves language. But can the semantic structure behind how people express t

An analysis of more than 40K essays ✍️ showed that students whose writing covers more topics, but whose authors move slowly enough from one idea to another, have better academic results later on: doi.org/10.1093/pnas... #Language #Success #AcademicSky #SciComm #ScholComm

A.J. Brown’s mid-game reading makes ‘Inner Excellence’ a No. 1 bestseller Philadelphia Eagles players say the self-help book is “the recipe” for the A.J. Brown’s success.

A.J. Brown’s mid-game reading makes ‘Inner Excellence’ a No. 1 bestseller www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Comparing children eligible for Federal Early Intervention (EI) with those evaluated but found to be ineligible finds that EI receipt early in life reduces future child maltreatment, from Anna Aizer and Emilia Brito Rebolledo https://www.nber.org/papers/w33341

The STEM microcredential book project that I am co-editing with @crippenresearch.bsky.social had such a high response rate that we have expanded to 2 volumes! Just emailed acceptances and looking forward to collaborating with the authors to create a comprehensive resource for the field! Stay tuned!

Head of Facebook Research Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.

JOB OPENING: Head of Facebook Research - Meta is looking for an experienced research leader with research, communication, and people management skills. A successful candidate has a proven track record of translating research into design and product decisions. www.metacareers.com/jobs/3353695...

Still need a New Year’s resolution? Study school boards! About 100k (and growing) school board meetings over the last decade + text transcripts, with access to raw audio and video data. From us (@mirya.bsky.social + Rebecca Johnson) to you — coming your way soon. 🫡

The maker of the electric USPS truck is also building garbage robots and EV firefighters The robots want to pick up your trash.

The maker of the electric USPS truck is also building garbage robots and EV firefighters

More than one-third (36 percent) of U.S. home fires involving Christmas trees occur in January. www.nfpa.org/about-nfpa/p...

Did you know that the NIH makes available the Success Rates for K Awards by Activity Code and Institute for the last 10 years (2014-2023)? I made interactive plots if you want to check out the data for yourself!

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#MedSky #AcademicSky

A press release describing the scope of the journal JEXED - Journal of exo-technology and education, which highlights the fact that the journal will welcome submissions of videos, podcasts, apps, animations, coding, posters etc

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I am the assistant editor of the Journal of exo-technology and education (jeXed) under the leadership of Irene (JC) Lubbe (EiC)
We look forward to receiving your submissions and launching the 1st edition in 2025!
More info here: lnkd.in/drp5BPNC
#AcademicSky #EduSky #EducationalResearch

The UK CMA is testing an AI tool to help catch companies that collude when bidding for public contracts, amid a "significant risk of bid-rigging" by contractors (Suzi Ring/Financial Times)

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"...requiring them to identify and pursue some of their own goals, helping them build strategies to reach those goals, assessing their progress and guiding them to course-correct when they fall short."
These ideas align well with a recent meta-analysis on the topic: https://buff.ly/4gEx9fU

Microsoft says it expects to spend $80B in FY 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle AI workloads, with 50%+ of the spending in the US (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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APA Science Training Sessions: Collection and Analysis of Intensive Longitudinal Data - CenterStat The Analysis of Intensive Longitudinal Data: APA Science Training Sessions from CenterStat September-October, 2022 With the evolution and ever greater penetration of smartphones, other personal…

I ran across this interesting FREE resource on intensive longitudinal methods today. centerstat.org/apa-ild/

#stats #statschat #statistics

Same and similar approach also addresses graduation rates to the positive side of things when student sense of belonging is enhanced through by helping develop the culture of connections - Nice read

Danish registry data provides evidence that the birth of a sibling with a disability increases the probability of mental health treatment in unaffected siblings, from Janet Currie, N. Meltem Daysal, Mette Gørtz, and Jonas Cuzulan Hirani https://www.nber.org/papers/w33303

Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and peace activist, dies at 100 Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after he left office. He was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and human rights.

BREAKING: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. The 39th president of the United States, who served from 1977 to 1981, was perhaps more famous for the life he led after leaving office — as an advocate for peace and human rights.

Read about his lasting legacy.

I tell every kid that asks, that you paid money to learn. Now it’s time to get paid to learn. You don’t need a perfect job. You need to be the best as you can at your job. People like jobs they are good at

But.

You are always a free agent. You can always be looking and learn more in a new job

Understanding the Full Cost of Short-Term Credentials Interest in short-term credentials is surging but their value is mixed. More research is needed to assess their effectiveness.

Understanding the Full Cost of Short-Term Credentials - Credentials need to be aligned with the needs of students, employers, and state workforces. edtrust.org/rti/understa...

#ShortTermCredentials #HigherEd #WorkforceDevelopment #EquityInEducation #FinancialAid #CareerPathways

A novel measure of economic resilience and how this measure allows evaluation of the efficacy of resilience-promoting programs and policies, from Mo Alloush and Michael Carter https://www.nber.org/papers/w33290

Exploring how socio-economic background shapes academia by collecting and analyzing the largest dataset of US academics' backgrounds and research output, from Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Pérez, Joseph Price, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger https://www.nber.org/papers/w33289

THE best presentation of study figures ever! 😆

"We presented scaled versions of this puzzle to both people and ants (Fig. 1 A and B)."

per Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org

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