Access, Detracking, and Tracking Special Interest Group

In their new volume the editors "offer “existence proofs” (p. 193) that schools can successfully pursue equity despite formidable obstacles." Read Dr. @shannapeeples.bsky.social's review here: buff.ly/WMnLQLw @nepc.bsky.social @tcpress.bsky.social

Positive Conditions for Mathematics Learning: An Overview of the Research Students have more positive and productive math learning experiences in classrooms that provide them with supportive relationships, a strong sense of belonging within the classroom and broader math…

📊 LPI research highlights how classrooms can enhance equity in math. It emphasizes belonging, growth mindset, and quality instruction, linking developmental needs with systemic barriers like tracking and access to adv courses, crucial for reforming math ed so all students succeed. 🔗

📣 Proposals for #AERA2026 are due TODAY! Please consider submitting to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG. We welcome your research, including work core to this year’s theme, engaging with the histories and structures that shape access, opportunity, and equity in education.
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🚨 One day left! Proposals for #AERA2026 are due tomorrow. Consider submitting to @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social. This year's theme provides an opportunity to showcase our community's research on how educational systems impact access and opportunity. 🔗 buff.ly/a7OHJNy

#AERA2026 Submission Deadline extended to Friday, August 1st!

🔍 What are you reading this summer that’s shaping how you think about access, tracking, or educational equity? Tag us or share your recommendations. We’d love to highlight what’s resonating with our community.

One week to go! #AERA2026 proposals are due next Friday. Please consider submitting to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG. This year’s theme provides an opportunity to highlight work on access and equity. Deadline: July 25 buff.ly/LqmB8Qb

📣 Are you presenting at a conference? Publishing something new? Launching a project or resource related to tracking, access, or educational equity? We’d love to feature your work! Tag @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social or message us so we can help amplify your research and announcements.

🏙️ "Structuring Inequality" (book review) examines how schooling, housing, and tax policies shaped racial and economic disparities in metro Chicago. Ideal for those interested in how state-level public policy reinforces unequal education and access systems. buff.ly/3n544nD

2026 Annual Meeting Call for Paper and Session Submissions

This year’s #AERA2026 theme invites us to imagine just futures, which is especially relevant to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG as our work engages themes around access, exclusion, and opportunity in education. Proposals due July 25

🚸 How are tracking and placement policies communicated to families? What have you found in your research, or in your school or district? Tag us or reply to this thread to share your work or join the conversation, especially if you’re thinking about transparency, family engagement, or equity.

SFFA and the Memory Wars The Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) effectively ended race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions as we know it. While much of the existing…

📘A new article in UPenn Journal of Constitutional Law examines the impact of the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling on the collective memory of race and racism in the US. It calls for scholars to explore how legal decisions reshape histories & suggests methods to reclaim them.

How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months An assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination.

ICYMI: A @nytimes.com piece by @nhannahjones.bsky.social examines how the Trump administration's recent efforts could weaken Civil Rights Act protections, especially disparate impact defenses in education and other areas, potentially reshaping accountability for equity.

Katie Kroeper (@katiekroe.bsky.social) Although this isn’t exactly new news, I wanted to share more about a paper that came out while I was on maternity leave: “Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can…

📚 “Who Gets to Belong in College?” by @katiekroe.bsky.social and colleagues examines how institutions can assess and expand belonging for historically marginalized student groups.A powerful contribution to research on equity and inclusion in higher ed.
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🗣️ Working on a project about tracking, access, or educational equity?
We’d love to help amplify your work. Tag @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social or send us a message to be featured in an upcoming post!

📘 "A systematic review of the impact of ability grouping on achieving SDG4 in mathematics education" synthesizes findings on academic outcomes and equity implications linked to ability grouping buff.ly/cMJzCua

Are you planning a submission for #AERA2026? Please consider submitting to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG. Our community welcomes work on access, tracking, and detracking across many contexts. 🗓️ Proposals due July 25 buff.ly/IICmKZU

📚 New research: A meta-analysis explores how "socially aware" gentrifier parents in NYC and D.C. handle school choices, community involvement, and conflicting principles. It highlights how noble aims can perpetuate disparities and the implications for equity-focused policies. buff.ly/SRVjDs0

Another Education Department delay: release of NAEP science scores But administration relents on yanking data from researchers

NAEP science scores planned for release in June are now delayed, in the wake of Education Department cuts, via @hechingerreport.org @jillbarshay.bsky.social: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

📌 ICYMI: Valerie Dunham’s systematic review examines how ELA ability tracking impacts equity & school desegregation. Dunham finds tracking in literacy is not neutral & often reinforces racial, economic, and linguistic segregation, with lasting consequences for marginalized students. buff.ly/O7gm2qt

📣 Calling all Access, Detracking, and Tracking SIG members! Have a new publication, event, or resource to share? We’d love to highlight your work. Tag @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social or send us a chat. Let’s keep our SIG community connected and strong.

🎆 Happy Fourth of July! Wishing all our members a joyful and restorative holiday. May you find time to celebrate with family and friends! Here’s to community, celebration, and the ongoing pursuit of a more just and inclusive future in education.

Keeping Track Selected by the American School Board Journal as a “Must Read” book when it was first published and named one of 60 “Books of the Century” by the Uni...

📚 Throwback Thursday: Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality by Jeannie Oakes (1985). This landmark book has reshaped our understanding of tracking and educational stratification, and it continues to influence our field today.

Thinking about submitting a proposal for #AERA2026? Please consider submitting to the @accessdetracktrack.bsky.social SIG. This year’s theme provides an opportunity to highlight research on systems of opportunity, access, & exclusion in education, past and present. Deadline: July 25 buff.ly/ISRlc5y

📚 New article alert: Valerie Dunham's review explores how ELA ability tracking impacts desegregation and equity in U.S. schools. It reveals that literacy tracking perpetuates racial, socioeconomic, and linguistic segregation, with lasting effects on marginalized students. Read more: buff.ly/O7gm2qt

How to Do Research and Get Published Webinar Series How to do research and get published webinar series

📚 Want to learn more about how to publish your research? Check out resources from SAGE, including the “How to Do Research and Get Published” webinar series. More information here:
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👧🏽🧒🏾 How do children experience belonging in early childhood? This study uses Nira Yuval-Davis’s framework to explore inclusion, exclusion, and peer dynamics in a Swedish preschool, highlighting the early start of social positioning and its importance. www.mdpi.com/3371732

AERA is thrilled to announce that James A. Banks has been selected to present the 2025 #AERABrownLecture. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

Leveraging Crisis for Equitable School Improvement Leveraging Crisis for Equitable School Improvement: Leadership Strategies from the Field is a must-read for school leaders seeking to navigate crises effectively while prioritizing equity. The book dr...

SIG members @maggiethornton.bsky.social & Shannon Holder explore how principals advanced equity & detracking efforts during COVID-19 in their chapter, "Detracking in Response to Crisis" in "Leveraging Crisis for Equitable School Improvement" (ed. Patricia Virella)! books.google.com/books?id=giZ...

Correlation? Causation? Effect Sizes? What Should a Teacher Trust? (Opinion) Understanding research implications for the classroom is key to determining student outcomes.

Correlation? Causation? Effect Sizes? What Should a Teacher Trust? Is new @edweek.bsky.social post by @carajackson.bsky.social www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...