Reposted by Tony PerryWalt Ecton @waltecton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New research from Christine Mokher, CM Metcalfe & me in Teachers College Record! Dual enrollment reaches ~2.8 million students/year but is mostly already college-bound students. CTE-focused DE may reach a broader group, but what barriers remain even when there's no cost to students?🧵 151
Reposted by Tony PerryJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't disagree. But, as I wrote back to these reporters, I am most optimistic about projects that respond to the expressed concerns of students and teachers. These are the people who spend 180 days inside schools each year, and they're the key actors in the process of teaching and learning. 1/n 16424
Reposted by Tony PerryRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 27/09/2026This is quite an anecdote about how our current Secretary of Education got the job. www.politico.com/news/magazin... 26231
Reposted by Tony PerryJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You don’t gut the country's capacity to measure what's happening in its schools because you care about improving them. Guardian article below. 213362
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 17/09/2026Neat new video launching series coming out of AERA Div C: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bhX... Here’s the Real Story: Transparent Discussion about Struggles that Underlie Successful Researchyoutube.comHere’s the Real Story: Transparent Discussion about Struggles that Underlie Successful ResearchYouTube video by AERA Division C: Learning and Instruction 000
Reposted by Tony PerryIllinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative @iwerc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW REPORT! In partnership with the UChicago Consortium on School Research and Chicago Public Schools, we released our newest report, focused on Career-Connected Learning. Read the report here: iwerc.education.illinois.edu/career-conne... 011
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 10/09/2026Seeking doctoral students for Fall 27 admissions at UND CEHD!🎓 education.und.edu 1/neducation.und.eduUND College of Education & Human DevelopmentWe prepare today's teachers for tomorrow's schools. At UND, you'll learn at the the largest and most comprehensive education college North Dakota. 110
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 10/09/2026What am I missing in the "agreement" between Microsoft and AFT? Where things like "customer data ownership? and "meaningful consent and transparency for families" not happening already? cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/m...cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com 000
Reposted by Tony PerryPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Imagine if you just gave mathematicians 22 million dollars 141597359
Reposted by Tony PerryJVET @jvetjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Did you know that JVET Conference 2027 offers bursaries for graduate students? Each bursary includes: Full conference fee Accommodation and scheduled meals Up to £500 towards travel costs Find out more here: www.jvet.uk/conference2027 #JVET2027 #JVETConference 011
Reposted by Tony PerryTony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 03/09/2026It is quite a time to be teaching ed tech to preservice teachers. 001
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 03/09/2026It is quite a time to be teaching ed tech to preservice teachers. 001
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 23/08/2026I suspect other states would look similar on the issues. 100
Reposted by Tony PerryBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Both the Economist and others suggest this study demonstrates that AI can help students. So I contacted the lead researcher to figure out how many. Answer: Out of ~26,000 kids, a total of 20. And five months after starting to use AI, only four continued to spend 65 minutes on homework. Four. 16676269
Reposted by Tony PerryBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I keep seeing higher ed commentators saying that students and employers are demanding short-term certificates and other credentials but where's the evidence? 10335
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 17/08/2026Why is it that Ed Tech integration has traditionally been a school- or district-level issue, but genAI issues have (largely) fallen on K-12 teachers? 000
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 12/08/2026Revising a paper and checking cites that include federal documents and finding several links gone. Is there a way to find permalinks to documents that existed, say, during the Biden administration? I have several I can find at the bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov domain but not under Dept of Education 110
Reposted by Tony PerryTony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/08/2026I am the type of education scholar that tries to stay connected and do work that impacts policy and practice. A nice little run of good news at the end of summer boosting these efforts. 1/n 102
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/08/2026I am the type of education scholar that tries to stay connected and do work that impacts policy and practice. A nice little run of good news at the end of summer boosting these efforts. 1/n 102
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/07/2026Seems to me there is a coalition forming with fever dreams of 2008-2012 K-12 education reform. Same players, mostly. 110
Reposted by Tony PerryMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"The myth of technological and political and social inevitability is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience. Its service is to remove responsibility from the shoulders of everyone who truly believes in it." —Joseph Weizenbaumthereader.mitpress.mit.eduCan the Classroom Ever Be Automated?Long before AI, teaching machines promised to make education more efficient. Their forgotten history reveals why that dream keeps falling short. 23821
Reposted by Tony PerryPaul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 15/06/2026Since we're heading into academic job market season, a reminder: I've collected some advice (esp. for new grads): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips... And reach out if you'd like to set up a time to chat about the job market and how to navigate it. I'm not an expert by any means, but happy to talk.paul-bruno.comSome Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno 01110
Reposted by Tony PerryWalt Ecton @waltecton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026New paper out in the Journal of Education Resources! We use nationally representative data to profile the U.S. Career and Technical education (CTE) teacher workforce from 2004–2018- one of the 1st studies to do so at this scale.🧵 w/ @edutuan.bsky.social, Andrew Diemer, & @cameronanglum.bsky.social 121
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 01/06/2026Every district interested in screen use ought to conduct similar studies! 000
Reposted by Tony PerryTracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/06/2026it took a little poking around, but the Cambridge Public Schools' study on screen use written up in the Globe is online here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Cj7Z... (And for pete's sakes, LINK TO SUCH SOURCES, please!)drive.google.comScreen Time Usage Report_ School Committee, 5.19.26 v2 Presentation 2.pdf 021
Reposted by Tony PerryKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 31/05/2026danah boyd recently argued that social media (as we knew it) is mostly dead; what we have now is parasocial media: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I agree. Networked social media is disappearing, replaced by a new logic/structure of content creator, creator-centered community, & algorithm.journals.sagepub.comSocial Media Is Now Parasocial Media - danah boyd, 2026When practitioners used the term “social media” to describe the internet tools that emerged in the mid-aughts, they were giving a name to the kinds of platforms... 241229381
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 27/05/2026Read the Weingarten transcript from this morning. She is very clearly not speaking to teachers. So, who is she talking to? Any why now? www.aft.org/sites/defaul...aft.org 100
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 22/05/2026When the self-paced course on digital "Protecting Student Privacy" gets retired but lots of AI courses show up at the same org... 000
Reposted by Tony PerryIlana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026My hot take on this thread: The modal years experience for US teachers is 1. When i was in school, it was 15. This means that teaching is a profession of novices who don't get to hone their craft, get better at reaching kids, etc. Turnover is worse in lower income communities. #EduSky 44513
Reposted by Tony PerryAdam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Her model paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDeveloping maker activities to enhance adolescents’ self-directed learning: A systematic reviewWith a greater emphasis on technology and innovation, developing self-directed learners has become a predominant goal in 21st century education. Maker… 101
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/05/2026THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL PHONE BANS: NATIONAL EVIDENCE FROM LOCKABLE POUCHES www.nber.org/system/files... Evidence! Not so simple, huh?nber.org 000
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/05/2026"frequent makerspace participation showed a significant positive relationship with STEM career interest only among men (Frequent × Men: β = 0.89, OR = 2.44, p = 0.002), while women’s predicted career interest remained essentially flat across participation levels." link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comHigh school makerspace experience and college STEM affinity: building STEM identity across genders but advancing STEM career interest only for men - International Journal of STEM EducationBackground The number of makerspaces in the world has been doubling approximately every 18 months, yet research has focused primarily on STEM skill development rather than on the potential of makerspa... 073
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/04/2026Planning out a new study that (likely) is suited to Diff-in-Diff. I know enough to be dangerous and don't want to screw it up. My stats training is measurement-oriented rather than causal inference. Any recommend resources to get going? I use both Stata and R. 000
Reposted by Tony PerryMorgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 23/04/2026A lot of folks were approvingly sharing Kelsey Piper's post about the problems of educational research. Here's my take. // Ill-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why? edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/ill-inform...edpolicyhub.substack.comIll-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why?Morgan Polikoff 65719
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 20/04/2026Diving into the quant ed research conversation. I do policy-engaged research, was not trained by economists, but has spent a lot of time with economists (including as post doc). I have a null results paper under review, 2x desk rejected due to sample size at field-wide journals. 1/n 100
Reposted by Tony PerryEmily Penner @emilykpenner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Ethnic Studies gives students opportunities to affirm their identities, learn about other cultures, and build relationships with peers and teachers. When students are connected to their learning and their school environment, they’re more likely to show up and engage in their school work. 131
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 07/04/2026A one-page summary of the findings here: canva.link/d221dfksj9cm... 000
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/04/2026Looking forward to being back at #AERA2026. On Thursday afternoon we'll present preliminary findings of our study on the Career Readiness Practice Rubric adopted by ND. Measuring skills like communication, teamwork, and problem solving is hard! 1/2 100
Reposted by Tony PerryOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Excited to share new paper w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social: "Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped the Civil Rights Movement" The puzzle: did ~5,000 segregated schools built in rural South emphasizing “manual labor” strengthen or weaken Jim Crow? 🧵 omarwasow.com/wasow_grumba... 7375132
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/03/2026STEM Education is about so, so much more than high school math and science class. 000
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 11/03/2026Is this grammarly expert thing derived from the "what will my professor grade me" feature? Because I tried that. And it worked terribly. 010
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 08/03/2026Are Work-Based Professional Skills Associated with Postsecondary Entrance and Persistence? Novel Evidence from the Cristo Rey Network edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1419edworkingpapers.comAre Work-Based Professional Skills Associated with Postsecondary Entrance and Persistence? Novel Evidence from the Cristo Rey NetworkProfessional skills such as initiative, communication, and adaptability are thought to shape postsecondary success, but most evidence comes from self- or teacher-reported measures collected in school ... 121
Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 05/03/2026I need some wisdom from the Education Research crowd: What is the status of getting disclosure for restricted-use NCES projects? Is there any movement on projects approved or submitted in the last year or so? Trying to prioritize my next steps on a project 000
Reposted by Tony PerryRyan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 11/02/2026I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through. 29643220
Reposted by Tony PerryPeter EJ Kemp @peterejkemp.bsky.social · 06/02/2026🎯 New open access paper: What do school websites signal about computing and who it is for? Using document data (n = 960), we examine how schools frame computer science in public-facing materials, and what that might mean for gendered participation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comMarketing computing: how school branding reinforces or challenges gender stereotypesThis paper examines how school branding and policy may shape gender disparities in computing education. Wong et al. explore how schools portray computing in brochures, websites and related material... 125