Moving beyond “does Head Start work?” What 60 years of research have to say

Does Head Start work? Is that even the right question to ask?

A new paper from our own @chloergibbs.bsky.social examines 60 years of data to find the answers. Along the way, she also finds better questions to ask about the program.

Read more at: zurl.co/V758M

#education, #econsky, #headstart,

RAND Is Sunsetting Its Gun Violence Research Initiatives Amid Trump’s Cuts Experts lamented the think tank's closures as a loss for policymakers, advocates, and researchers who have relied on the data to prevent shootings.

These projects have been immensely important to me, and I'm sorry to see them come to an end. But so long as gun violence remains a leading cause of death and grief in this country RAND will work to bring evidence and policy solutions to address it.
www.thetrace.org/2026/02/rand...

American Public School Pre-K Teacher Survey The RAND American Pre-K Teacher survey aims to better understand the experiences and perspectives of public-school pre-kindergarten teachers on a variety of timely topics.

Insights from Public School Pre-K Teachers Nationwide

Strong early learning means strong futures. RAND’s new reports show how we can empower teachers with tools and training to support every child.

See what teachers are telling us: www.rand.org/education-em...

Pips pushes all my math and object rotation buttons

It's the fun parts of the SAT

Here it is for free

www.pipsgame.io

Pre-K Teachers Are Stressed and Say They Want to Quit A recent survey shows that pre-K teachers are overworked, underpaid and contemplating leaving their jobs.

Survey: Pre-K teachers are stressed and say they want to quit

Public School Pre-K Teachers Are Professionals, But Aren’t Treated That Way From pay to professional development to coordination with colleagues in higher grades, schools have a long way to go, study finds.

There are over 70,000 pre-K teachers working in public schools but they often fall through the crack between ECE and K-12 policy.
Check out my piece with Elizabeth Steiner and @jscannon.bsky.social on including their voices in pre-K policy discussions www.the74million.org/article/publ...

I'm happy to be part of this RAND team gathering important perspectives from pre-K teachers. More data to come from this new teacher survey panel!

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

A scan of a linocut print, which has the text “Free people read freely” in block capitals above a person in a dress reaching to take a book from a large bookshelf

Harvard has the biggest endowment, so why are they stopping hiring? It helps to understand that endowments provide less of a cushion than you probably imagine.
And if Harvard is worried, lots of other universities are doing to be in worse shape.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/no-univers...

Bill Gormley: A word in favor of the bureaucrats Almost every American has suffered an annoying or even angering encounter with a bureaucrat. An obstructive response after a long wait at a DMV line. A...

A useful thing that academics and others can do is provide explainers to local media.

This is a nice example from my former @mccourtschool.bsky.social colleague Bill Gormley.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟

#EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC
educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

I wish people on the left would stop using “diversity hire” or “affirmative action” to describe folks like Hegseth. This reinforces the racist, sexist notion that diversity and affirmative action are promoting unqualified people, doing the right’s work for the.

Watch These Cute Videos of Babies (and Learn Something, Too) A social media account features smiley toddlers, while also offering positive lessons about child development.

Hi! I’m new around here and wanted to say hello.

My name is Dan Wuori and I have dedicated my social media channels to helping explore the wonderment of early childhood development.

The NY Times wrote about this project back in March. I’d love to connect! www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/u...

New research from the US Department of Labor finds a "national paid family and medical leave program would reduce poverty across all communities and diminish the poverty gap among workers." 13 states and DC currently have paid leave:

www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/...

New feed just dropped!

A place to find or discuss social science funding opportunities. Aggregates posts that include #FundSocSci.

If you see opportunities to share, post with #FundSocSci. Pin feed to browse.

Envisioned by & co-moderated @judychevalier.bsky.social.
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