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Tony Perry

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UND College of Education and Human Development. STEM Education, Career and Technical Education, (re)designing equitable education systems. Tweets are mine and mine alone. www.anthonymperry.com

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Walt Ecton @waltecton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New 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?🧵
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I 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
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 27/09/2026
This is quite an anecdote about how our current Secretary of Education got the job. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Linda McMahon was in her living room late one night, shortly after Trump won his second election, when her phone rang. Trump wanted to know if the woman who had led the Small Business Administration in his first term — and had been CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment before that — wanted to be his secretary of Education.

“Mr. President,” McMahon recalled telling him, “you know that I have not been in the world of education.”

“Well, you did graduate from college, didn’t you?” he responded, according to McMahon’s recollection.

Trump wasn’t looking for someone with education credentials. What he wanted instead was another business leader that would deliver a “return on investment” in the Department of Education. He also said her goal would be to put herself “out of a job” with the eventual downsizing of the department, she recalled.

“That’s not necessarily how I would expect to be courted,” she chuckled before accepting his request. McMahon would be the only one of two members from Trump’s first Cabinet — along with budget director Russ Vought — to be invited back for the second.
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You don’t gut the country's capacity to measure what's happening in its schools because you care about improving them. Guardian article below.
graph of number of employees at NCES
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 17/09/2026
Neat 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 Research
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Here’s the Real Story: Transparent Discussion about Struggles that Underlie Successful Research
YouTube video by AERA Division C: Learning and Instruction
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Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative @iwerc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW 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...
Cover page of the landscape report
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Quantitude the Podcast @quantitude.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 10/09/2026
Seeking doctoral students for Fall 27 admissions at UND CEHD!🎓 education.und.edu 1/n
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UND College of Education & Human Development
We prepare today's teachers for tomorrow's schools. At UND, you'll learn at the the largest and most comprehensive education college North Dakota.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 10/09/2026
What 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...
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Imagine if you just gave mathematicians 22 million dollars
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JVET @jvetjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Did 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
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 03/09/2026
It is quite a time to be teaching ed tech to preservice teachers.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 08/09/2026
ummm....
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 03/09/2026
It is quite a time to be teaching ed tech to preservice teachers.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 27/08/2026
AERA reviews completed on time!
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 23/08/2026
I suspect other states would look similar on the issues.
Bar graphs showing the biggest issues facing ND K-12 education. Insufficient funding, student behavior, and teacher retention/recruitment are at the top. Differences between households with K-12 students and without at home.
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Both 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.
Graph of student exam scores correlated to homework completion time for to groups, students using AI and those that did not. There is a slight spike for studens using AI who also maintained extensive homework completion time. As described in post, the number of students falling into this bucket was 20 out of 26,000.
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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I keep seeing higher ed commentators saying that students and employers are demanding short-term certificates and other credentials but where's the evidence?
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 17/08/2026
Why 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?
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 12/08/2026
Revising 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
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/08/2026
I 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
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/08/2026
I 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
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/07/2026
Two NoAs, one day!
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/07/2026
Seems to me there is a coalition forming with fever dreams of 2008-2012 K-12 education reform. Same players, mostly.
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MIT 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 Weizenbaum
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Can 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.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 15/06/2026
Since 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.
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Some Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 09/06/2026
old alma mater keeps stepping in it
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Walt Ecton @waltecton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New 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
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 01/06/2026
Every district interested in screen use ought to conduct similar studies!
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
it 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!)
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Screen Time Usage Report_ School Committee, 5.19.26 v2 Presentation 2.pdf
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
danah 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.
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Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media - danah boyd, 2026
When 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...
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 27/05/2026
Read 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...
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 22/05/2026
When the self-paced course on digital "Protecting Student Privacy" gets retired but lots of AI courses show up at the same org...
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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My 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
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Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Her model paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Developing maker activities to enhance adolescents’ self-directed learning: A systematic review
With a greater emphasis on technology and innovation, developing self-directed learners has become a predominant goal in 21st century education. Maker…
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/05/2026
THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL PHONE BANS: NATIONAL EVIDENCE FROM LOCKABLE POUCHES www.nber.org/system/files... Evidence! Not so simple, huh?
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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...
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High school makerspace experience and college STEM affinity: building STEM identity across genders but advancing STEM career interest only for men - International Journal of STEM Education
Background 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...
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/04/2026
Planning 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.
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A 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...
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Ill-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why?
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 20/04/2026
Diving 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
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Emily Penner @emilykpenner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Ethnic 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.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 07/04/2026
A one-page summary of the findings here: canva.link/d221dfksj9cm...
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 06/04/2026
Looking 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
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Excited 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...
Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped
the Civil Rights Movement

Omar Wasow∗ Jacob M. Grumbach∗

April 1, 2026

Abstract
What precipitates the collapse of seemingly durable social orders like Jim Crow? During the 1920s, approximately 5,000 “Rosenwald Schools” were built across the rural South through a partnership between philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Black communities who raised matching funds, donated land, and petitioned local governments. Local elites saw vocational training that would preserve the racial order. We argue Black educators used this accommodationist cover to build veiled capacity: organizational infrastructure for collective action behind a veil
of compliance. Counties with more Rosenwald Schools show greater civil rights protest in the 1960s. Mediation analysis reveals that pre-existing social capital predicted protest through Rosenwald teacher placements, not enrollment. Instrumental variable models suggest the effect is not driven by community selection. Moving from no Rosenwald teachers to the 75th percentile predicts 45% more protest. The political effects of education may depend less on what elites intend than on what educators build where elites cannot see.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 29/03/2026
STEM Education is about so, so much more than high school math and science class.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 11/03/2026
Is this grammarly expert thing derived from the "what will my professor grade me" feature? Because I tried that. And it worked terribly.
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 08/03/2026
Are Work-Based Professional Skills Associated with Postsecondary Entrance and Persistence? Novel Evidence from the Cristo Rey Network edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1419
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Are Work-Based Professional Skills Associated with Postsecondary Entrance and Persistence? Novel Evidence from the Cristo Rey Network
Professional 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 ...
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Tony Perry @anthonymperry.com · 05/03/2026
I 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
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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 11/02/2026
I 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.
It must be very hard to publish null results
Publication practices in the social sciences act as a filter that favors statistically significant results over null findings. While the problem of selection on significance (SoS) is well-known in theory, it has been difficult to measure its scope empirically, and it has been challenging to determine how selection varies across contexts. In this article, we use large language models to extract granular and validated data on about 100,000 articles published in over 150 political science journals from 2010 to 2024. We show that fewer than 2% of articles that rely on statistical methods report null-only findings in their abstracts, while over 90% of papers highlight significant results. To put these findings in perspective, we develop and calibrate a simple model of publication bias. Across a range of plausible assumptions, we find that statistically significant results are estimated to be one to two orders of magnitude more likely to enter the published record than null results. Leveraging metadata extracted from individual articles, we show that the pattern of strong SoS holds across subfields, journals, methods, and time periods. However, a few factors such as pre-registration and randomized experiments correlate with greater acceptance of null results. We conclude by discussing implications for the field and the potential of our new dataset for investigating other questions about political science.
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Peter 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....
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Marketing computing: how school branding reinforces or challenges gender stereotypes
This 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...
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