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F. Chris Curran

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Ed Policy Associate Professor and Director of the Education Policy Research Center at U. of Florida. Applying mixed methods to study education, crime, and public policy.

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Great seeing UF student and my GA, Morgan Killingsworth, presenting at the Mayo Clinic. Her research is applying AI to better understand fellowship applications in medicine.

02.08.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 K-12 Legislative Summary The 2025 UF Education Policy Research Center legislative brief summarizes key legislation that will impact education this coming school year.

Looking for a summary of Florida legislation that impacts K-12 schools? The UF Education Policy Research Center's 2025 Legislative Overview has been released. Concise summaries of key new laws that will influence schools in the coming year.

education.ufl.edu/eprc/2025/07...

11.07.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ten years ago this summer, I was preparing to defend my dissertation at Vandy. Today, I received word that I've been promoted to full professor at my undergrad alma mater. Thanks to all of the mentors, collaborators, students, and friends who have supported me in this journey!

25.06.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We find states varied in whether they said they full adopted the NGSS standards or adopted standards based on NGSS - with political party predicting this difference.

16.06.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Though the standards may not differ much in content, adopting standards "based on" NGSS, rather than full adoption, may give states cover to avoid political push back to common standards.

16.06.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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National standards like the Common Core are controversial. Interestingly, the Next Generation Science Standards have avoided much of this controversy. Katharine Harris-Walls and I examine the correlates of states adopting NGSS to explore why.
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16.06.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Putting police back into Seattle schools will take time, trust Garfield High is at the center of a district administration proposal to lift a 2020 moratorium barring police officers from Seattle Public Schools.

Thanks to The Seattle Times for sharing my research on school policing in their latest reporting. I discuss how SROs can be a resource to schools but how educators may bring them into disciplinary situations that are better left to school personnel.

www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

13.06.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to all those in attendance at the Florida School Safety Specialist conference. We shared work on our statewide school safety data dashboard, heard from those impacted by school violence, and discussed paths to improving school safety.

12.06.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to all the new NAEd/Spencer Post-Doctoral Scholars! Excited to see my @UF_COE colleague, Dr. Christopher Thomas, among them with his project "The Nurseries of Democracy: Education for Citizenship and the First Amendment Rights of Young Students".

05.06.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a great couple days hosting Dr. Julie Gerlinger from the University of Oklahoma's Department of Sociology. Collaborative work underway examining how to increase parental voice in school discipline and understanding impacts of discipline on students and families.

05.06.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Dr. Keira Simmonds on a successful dissertation defense today! Her work helps us understand career and technical education's implementation and impacts on students.

27.05.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Impactful discussions and learning at the @UF_COE AI in Education Fair over the past several days. Leaders and educators from across the state and world learning from each other and looking to the future of education.

22.05.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to welcoming participants to the @UF_COE AI in Education Fair this week. I have been part of a great team planning the event. We look forward to superintendents, principals, teachers, representatives from Google, Khan Academy, Code.org and many others joining us!

19.05.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the Supreme Court Case on LGBTQ+ Books Reminds Us About Parents’ Rights (Opinion) Regardless of which side wins Mahmoud v. Taylor, we have a big problem.

New op-ed by my @UF_COE colleague Chris Thomas breaks down what is at stake in Supreme Court case around parental rights and classroom content.

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

16.05.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HDOSE Graduate Student Excellence Awardees HDOSE Celebrates Inaugural Graduate Student Excellence Award Recipients The University of Florida’s School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education (HDOSE) proudly announces the…

Congratulations to our @UF_COE 2025 HDOSE Graduate Student Excellence Awardees! Our graduate students are leading the way in research, policy and practice.
education.ufl.edu/hdose/2025/0...

14.05.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Executive Order on School Discipline Clashes With What Research Says Works - EdSurge News While the Trump administration has been adamant that power over education decisions needs to rest with states, one of the president’s latest executive ...

With a great set of scholars, I discuss the research on school discipline.

Trump's Executive Order on School Discipline Clashes With What Research Says Works | EdSurge www.edsurge.com/news/2025-04...

04.05.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump seeks to reshape how schools discipline students A new executive order would create new guidelines on school discipline, suggesting the current ones are β€˜discriminatory.’

Trump seeks to reshape how schools discipline students.

New article out this week in which I discuss the executive order on school discipline - why it happened and what it means for schools. theconversation.com/trump-seeks-...

03.05.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great day celebrating with Dr. Green and Dr. Dolce. Honored to get to hood these two new Gator grads.

01.05.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to our @UF_COE doctoral graduates in Educational Leadership and Policy!

01.05.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lines out the door for one of my favorite Gainesville events - annual library book sale. Some great finds on educational leadership and some leisure reads.

30.04.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Honored to be recognized by AERA with a 2025 peer reviewer award for Educational Researcher. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the scientific process and takes part in peer review.

28.04.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The new Handbook of Education Policy Research weighs in at 8 pounds. It's a heavy hitter for comprehensive reviews and cutting edge analysis in ed policy. Amazing work by the editors to bring a project of this scale to press.

28.04.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three @UF_COE Ed Leadership and Policy graduate students presenting in the same #AERA25 roundtable sessions. Sharing work to address teacher shortages and improve science learning.

27.04.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great time at our #AERA25 Handbook of Education Policy Research launch and book signing. Honored to contribute a chapter wΓ­th @UF_COE colleagues on early childhood education's impact on alleviating poverty.

26.04.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@UF_COE doctoral candidate Kate Harrris-Walls presenting work on science capital at #AERA2025.

25.04.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Florida institutions are doing impactful work across the state and nation. Great to connect with alumni, students, and faculty from across FL institutions who are working to improve education.

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Our @UF_COE students joined in Children's Week events including a tour of the FL capitol and the annual awards ceremony during our FL ECP Institute. Great to see children's work on display and to meet with policy leaders supporting the development of young children.

23.04.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I had a great time co-leading @UF_COE graduate students on our inaugural Florida Early Childhood Policy Institute. We met with elected officials, government and non-profit leaders, and came away with new insights on how to support children's education.

22.04.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An honor to end my week helping induct a new class of UF undergraduates into our nation's oldest and most prestigious honor society, @PhiBetaKappa. What an impressive group of students.

12.04.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fantastic show of research by @UF_COE graduate students at the OGAP Graduate Student Research Day. I enjoyed meeting with students from across the university and seeing the impactful work being done from STEM to the social sciences.

09.04.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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