New study reminds us to stretch struggling readers. iReady (like most Ed Tech) does the opposite. In fact, this study is germane to basically every conversation in literacy and education right now.

Freddy Hiebert, @kconradi.bsky.social, Jake Downs, and Katie Martz just published an important study showing that struggling readers grow more when they work with texts above their reading level.

curriculuminsightproject.substack.com/p/new-study-...

The Why and How of Research and the Science of Reading
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/the-why...

📢 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
📩 Submissions open now
📅 Deadline: January 5, 2026.

See here for more info: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8epy0...

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#literacy #research

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AERA SIG #11 - Research in Reading and Literacy is now on @bsky.app!

We look forward to sharing updates from our dynamic special interest group, including updates on #AERA2026.

Follow to stay informed about #research and #inquiry in #reading and #literacy.

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Some words go together like jelly and peanut butter… wait, that sounds super weird.

A pair of words that is used in a fixed order in an idiomatic expression is called an ‘irreversible binomial.’

‘Peanut butter and jelly’ is an example of an irreversible binomial.
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🚨 Introducing your 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Captains 🚨

Representing the EAST: Caitlin Clark | Indiana Fever

Representing the WEST: Napheesa Collier | Minnesota Lynx

Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

Education research is a public good. It can benefit all students; the positive externalities benefit all of us.

It's been three months since DOGE tore into IES and I'm still hearing about new layoffs and grant terminations.

www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...

Came across this really nice #rstats data wrangling cheat sheet from Earl Duncan.
rpubs.com/Earlien/Wran...

Emergent writing development and later reading abilities for monolingual and bilingual children identified as at risk for reading difficulties - Reading and Writing We examined associations between preschoolers’ levels and growth rates of emergent writing skills and their later reading abilities, including whether being bilingual altered such associations. This s...

"regardless of children’s language status, children’s initial emergent writing skills and growth in these skills during early childhood are important in their later acquisition of reading"

#research #bilingual #literacy

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A3: English-only approaches to teaching contradict so much research on language acquisition. Bilingual students should be allowed to draw on their full linguistic repertoire to learn. For barriers, many monolingual teachers haven’t had effective training for teaching bilingual students. #literacies

Let's talk about joins | Crystal Lewis An review of horizontal and vertical joins with examples from education research.

Have several datasets you need to combine but are unsure how to combine them? This post might help.
cghlewis.com/blog/joins/

Ed researchers! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social asks that we take a 5 min survey on "how specific [IES] datasets, surveys, research, and evaluations are used and relied upon by members" by May 28th to respond to questions from the judge. I'm not including the link on purpose but please check your email!

Lifecycle of a research grant – behind the scenes of the system that funds science A scholar reveals the ins and outs of how research gets funded, including the checks and balances that ensure high scientific standards and financial integrity at every stage of a grant’s lifecycle.

Lifecycle of a research grant – behind the scenes of the system that funds science
theconversation.com/lifecycle-of...

AERA 2025 Virtual Research Learning Series

The 2025 AERA Virtual Research Learning Series will include three professional development and training courses designed to increase research knowledge and expand research capacity. The courses will be held between June 3 and June 17. Learn more and register: www.aera.net/2025VRLS

My two cents about variable naming (which echos a lot of what Ben says): datamgmtinedresearch.com/style#style-...

AmeriCorps members are the heartbeat of our nation’s commitment to service. My message to Donald Trump and Elon Musk is simple: Don’t take America out of @americorps.bsky.social.

Untangling Fact from Fiction in Trump’s Call to Defund English Learner Education Trump’s attempt to defund Title III is fraught with baseless and inaccurate claims about the federal EL program, here are the facts.

💸 The Trump Administration is trying to defund English learner education. Here are the facts that the president's budget intentionally got wrong about the purpose of Title III, who receives Title III funding, and how Title III funding is used. www.newamerica.org/education-po...

📝 "The case for variable labels in R"

👤 Shannon Pileggi (@pipinghotdata.com)

📖 Boost R workflow efficiency with variable labels!

🔗 www.pipinghotdata.com/posts/2022-09-13-the-cas...

#rladies #rstats #oldiebutgoodie

Federal research funding cut? Don’t stop now.
Two quick-response grants can help:
Spencer Foundation – bridge funding for education researchers: bit.ly/4jvA7oi
RWJF – racial & Indigenous health equity research support: bit.ly/44VUJ4D
#SRCD #ChildDevelopment

"These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research."

Early- to mid-career health equity researchers: Rapid Response Research awards are specifically intended to support racial or Indigenous health equity research interrupted by federal funding shifts. www.evidenceforaction.org/funding/rapi...

Stand Up for Service: Support AmeriCorps - National Peace Corps Association The recent cuts to AmeriCorps have particularly impacted the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)—a vital branch of the program that focuses on disaster relief. Although AmeriCorps offi...

Peace Corps is our big sibling! John F. Kennedy said: we'll do it abroad and then we'll do it at home. We're in this fight together as family

www.peacecorpsconnect.org/stand-up-for...

Want to Make America Great? Bring Back AmeriCorps Volunteers. Senator: Shutting down a cheap and cost-efficient program will hurt America.

In Senator Chris Coons' @coons.senate.gov impassioned plea to save AmeriCorps from DOGE, he cites that 'studies show that for every dollar we spend on AmeriCorps, the program returns $17 in benefits to society, our economy and the federal government.'
New in Opinion:
buff.ly/o7ShVn7

Only acts of Congress have the legal authority to change an agency's budget but Republicans are letting Trump & Musk get away with Constitution violations daily. Today AmeriCorps grants and funding are looking at 41% cuts ordered by DOGE

We can reverse this! 5calls.org

www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

At #AERA2025? Come check out the Math Methods and Motivation Lab's ongoing projects! I will be presenting some of my dissertation research at the MotSIG In-Progress Research Roundtable on Saturday 4/26 at 11:40, and would love to see you there! @aera-motsig.bsky.social.

My blog examines why learning styles theory persists, revealing how complex concepts in education naturally become contested ground. When ideas touch core beliefs about how people learn differently, the dialogue goes deeper than just evidence. rodjnaquin.substack.com/p/learning-s...

AmeriCorps and Peace Corps workers were building careers — then the DOGE cuts came Young members of AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps told BI they're struggling to readjust their early career plans as they brace for DOGE-related cuts.

“DOGE Office visited both AmeriCorps and Peace Corps headquarters…throwing the agencies' futures into question…AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps…enroll hundreds of thousands…to do a range of service work, from environmental conservation to education.” www.businessinsider.com/americorps-p...