I’ll be at SREE in Chicago this week if anyone wants to connect!!

I made some cookies for my colleagues…the theme was “mildly triggering”

You might be wondering “how exactly has Leigh been dissociating from reality lately?”. Whelp…

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I’m thrilled to share a new paper where we find that instructional quality mediates associations between teachers’ and students math emotions!

Oh yep - good catch!

I’m very excited to be part of two great symposia at #SREE in Chicago this September!!

I guess chat gpt is good for some things

New paper coming out soon! Do you think instructional quality mediates the associations between teacher math anxiety and student outcomes? I bet you’ll never guess the answer!!

If it’s crunchy, it’s a cockroach. You’re welcome!

“She won’t even know I’m here”

So very happy to learn my recent paper on teachers’ content area enjoyment was selected as an Editor’s Choice paper at School Psychology!

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“But mom…why are these guys so worried about who let their dogs out?? And if they’re so worried why are they spending so much time singing about it instead of looking for the dogs?”

Love morning car tunes and conversations with my 4yo

When times get tough just remember, you can do hard things. Like wrangling snapping turtles. Turns out that’s pretty hard.

Oh this is SOOOO WONDERFUL!!!! Congratulations!!!!

Just got off a call with an NPR radio host and our final words to each other were “ok thanks so much, hope you still have your job next week!”

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“It found 90% of respondents think federal investment in STEM education is important for future economic prosperity, and the majority of respondents from both parties are concerned about policy changes that might make it harder for the U.S. to attract and retain top scientists.”

David I SO APPRECIATE your updates about this!!!

Grateful for people who take time to leave book reviews. ❤️
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When Do "Nudges" Increase Welfare? www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The NSF building, photo courtesy of Duke University

📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵

Research to Advance Racial and Indigenous Health Equity We seek to build an actionable body of evidence to construct fair systems that determine resource distribution and support health equity. Deadlines: Rapid Response brief proposal 5/28/25; New Research...

My dear health equity peers, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is doubling down on their DEI efforts. 💪🏽 Here’s a grant opportunity tinyurl.com/3pnxhy2d with a rapid response option those whose “health equity research projects have lost federal funding.”

⭐️ Please share ⭐️

Oh Allison I’m so so sorry

On repeat for infinity

Working on this slide for my NSF funded PD project for elementary math teachers as this all hits the fan. Kind of poetic I guess.

I DID accomplish this at AEFP!!

I saw yours on the schedule and had the same feeling!!

If you’re at #aera2025 come check out “exploring well-being in teachers from an international perspective” at 3:35pm today in the Bluebird Ballroom! I’ll be talking about U.S. teacher burnout and instructional decisions!

Switched from Google Drive to OneDrive in the fall and gave it an honest 6 months. I can now very confidently say “f@$! that”. Switching back.

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

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Findings from the Spring 2024 American Pre-K Teacher Survey Researchers share insights from the first American Pre-K Teacher Survey, exploring the experiences of pre-kindergarten teachers in public schools. It highlights differences in curriculum use, planning...

Really excited to see this new research on Pre-K teachers from RAND's new American Pre-K Teacher Survey: www.rand.org/pubs/researc.... This is such an understudied area of the teacher labor market, and the existence of this survey panel could lead to more exciting work in the future!