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Ashley Carey

@ashleyjcarey.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Sacred Heart University College of Education & Human Development

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Elizabeth-Marie Helms @kleidouxos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Listening to this, I can hear that phone ring five minutes before homeroom just to learn that my plan period would be lost to subbing again. And the anxiety over calling out sick because it would mean six of my peers would be doing the same for me!
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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
American teachers already spend more time working than do their peers in other nations. A new framework calls for education policies to address this reality. @jackschneider.bsky.social @shankerinst.bsky.social bit.ly/4xD2QhJ
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Time: The Understudied X Factor That Stalls Ed Policy Reforms
American teachers already spend more time working than do their peers in other nations. A new framework calls for education policies to address this reality.
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I had so much fun talking to @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social about our teacher time project (led by @jackschneider.bsky.social and @natejones.bsky.social)and reflecting back on my time in the classroom.
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New article in Educational Policy. We looked at how school culture and climate measures changed before, during, and after the pandemic. Findings underscore the importance of "soft" data for student engagement and school improvement. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @jackschneider.bsky.social
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This new law passed unanimously because it was hard to argue against what it includes. The problem? What it leaves out…
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State’s new reading law ignores a crucial ingredient: time | Ashley Carey & Jack Schneider
In our research, we’ve talked with hundreds of teachers just like her — teachers who are just barely making it through each day. For them, time is a zero-sum game. Any new demands on their time come a...
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Like so many education policies, Massachusetts new reading law fails to account for a critical ingredient: teacher time. Instead, it leaves teachers to figure it out. Because we've seen this movie before, we can tell you what will happen: www.masslive.com/opinion/2026... @jackschneider.bsky.social
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State’s new reading law ignores a crucial ingredient: time | Ashley Carey & Jack Schneider
In our research, we’ve talked with hundreds of teachers just like her — teachers who are just barely making it through each day. For them, time is a zero-sum game. Any new demands on their time come a...
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“This paper should remind policy leaders that any program that hopes to succeed has to factor in not just the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of teacher implementation, but the ‘when.’” @palan57.bsky.social writing about our team’s latest.
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Want Education Change? Give Teachers The Time To Implement
A new paper from the Albert Shanker Institute should remind policy leaders that any program that hopes to succeed has to factor in not just the “what” and “how” of teacher implementation, but the “whe...
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In our new @shankerinst.bsky.social paper, we show how TIME is the crucial mediating variable when seeking to change classroom practice via policy. (1 of 3)
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"Without sufficient time to learn new practices, implement them with fidelity, and collaborate with colleagues, even well-intentioned policies can lead to superficial compliance, temporary transformation, or complete failure."
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On the Clock: The Centrality of Time in Teacher Work
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Time: The Missing Ingredient in Literacy Reform
The time constraints of teachers must be honored.
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Really excited to get this into the world. A great team worked on it.
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On the Clock: The Centrality of Time in Teacher Work
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Just Education Policy Institute @justedpolicy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Due tonight at midnight - it’s not lengthy. We hope you’ll apply!
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My department at Sacred Heart University is searching for TWO tenure-track Assistant Professors of Educational Leadership! First review of applications begins on 4/27 More info here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/shu/CA... #educationalleadership #facultyjobs #cped
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Teachers reminded us that reforms often sound simpler than they turn out to be in practice."
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New work led by one former student of mine and one current one!
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Time well spent? Teacher perspectives on time-saving reforms - Kappan Online
Teacher are too often overwhelmed with things to do. What reforms do they believe will be most effective in helping them manage their time?
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We asked teachers what they think about reforms meant to save them time. Their verdict? Most of the "fixes" might actually create more work. Here's what they told us: kappanonline.org/time-well-sp... @jackschneider.bsky.social
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Time well spent? Teacher perspectives on time-saving reforms - Kappan Online
Teacher are too often overwhelmed with things to do. What reforms do they believe will be most effective in helping them manage their time?
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Peter Piazza @piazza4malden6.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
New paper w/ @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social looks at how non-binary students are erased in state data sets. Basic arg is: When we have better data, we are better able to see students who are otherwise erased in the binary. We can also work to make things better for them. epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...
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Erased from the permanent record: Data collection practices and non-binary student experiences in school | Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I'm so glad this article is out in the world! We examine how accurately non-binary students are represented in state data and how their school experiences compare with those of their peers. Even in "blue" states, there is much work to do: epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep... @peterpiazza1000.bsky.social
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Erased from the permanent record: Data collection practices and non-binary student experiences in school | Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I replicated and extended @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social and @schoolfinance101.bsky.social's study on funding adequacy and school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their original study did not incorporate measures of local partisanship. I found... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I spoke with the CT Post about what’s at stake as Bridgeport increases its school bus radius to as much as 2.5 miles. Making it harder to get to school means more students will miss school. www.ctpost.com/news/educati...
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Some Bridgeport students may have the longest walks to school in the U.S. after bus route cuts
Nearly 2,400 Bridgeport K-12 students across the city, including hundreds of charter school students, will be affected.
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PACE @edpolicyinca.org · 15/07/2025
In a new PACE commentary, @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social of WSU COE conclude that schools cannot be expected to solve chronic absenteeism alone but need community & state support to address systemic barriers for students and families. edpolicyinca.org/newsroom/ret... (1/3)
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PACE - Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism in California
Abstract: Chronic absenteeism—defined as missing 10 percent or more school days—has surged in California since the pandemic, with 20 percent of students chronically absent in 2023–24. This is not mere...
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Data systems are not neutral. When states fail to recognize non-binary students, they contribute to their invisibility. @peterpiazza1000.bsky.social and I outline steps states can take to ensure all students are seen, supported, and safe. districtadministration.com/opinion/non-...
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Non-binary students are lost in the data. States can help
Each June, schools celebrate Pride Month. But without inclusive data systems, many non-binary students remain invisible.
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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)
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Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Still pondering this bit of wisdom from a student's final essay: "The problem with American education is that American parents don't just want GOOD schools for their kids; they want BETTER schools than other kids get."
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Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
People often fail to appreciate that autocracies do civics education too.
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James Noonan @jmnoonan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Very proud of this work, led by @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
New publication in Equity & Excellence in Education: Red Light! Green Light! An Analytic Frame & Learning Device for Race Talk w/ @yrboohilary.bsky.social @jmnoonan.bsky.social @peterpiazza1000.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UEENI...
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Red Light! Green Light! An Analytic Frame & Learning Device for Race Talk
Predominantly White educator groups often struggle to talk about race, even when that is their explicit aim. This study examines conversational patterns in one district’s antiracist book study to e...
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This. Power to the states (but only the ones adhering to our specific vision for social policy. If you are not, we will use every tool in our arsenal to punish you into compliance. We will also use tools that aren't in our arsenal).
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📢 Join Our Department! 📢 Sacred Heart is looking for an Associate Professor and Department Chair to lead the Department of Educational and Literacy Leadership. FWIW, I didn't come here *only* bc there are five beaches in town, but there are five beaches. us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
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Job opportunity at Sacred Heart University - Educational & Literacy Leadership - Associate Professor
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Dr. Rachel S. White @drrachelswhite.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Great read on what U.S. Dept of Ed actually does “For every $1 ED gets from Congressional approps, it spends ~ 3.4 cents to make money flow, enforce the law, & ensure someone picks up phone when one of the tens of millions of student loan borrowers needs help” www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-d...
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What the Department of Education actually does
America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
As fat cats who have never set foot inside of a public school work to convince us that public schools are a failure, we need to question who is shaping our ideas about the state of our schools. @lutzfernandez.bsky.social @michaelcralph.bsky.social
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
These two pieces pair nicely together:
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Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?
Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Is Facebook making us hate our schools? Here, I share some key findings from my recently published work: sites.psu.edu/ajeforum/202...
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Is Facebook Making Us Hate Our Schools? by Ashley Carey – AJE Forum
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"Even in the midst of a raging culture war, Americans are still pragmatic people who maintain practical interests in their communities and the institutions that anchor them ... The trick, then, is to sound an alarm now that can be heard across the partisan divide."
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Janelle Scott @janellescott.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you have extra funds and want to support an org doing essential work to fight the actions against public education and ed research of this administration, @edlawcenter.bsky.social is doing hard, critical work and could use anything you can contribute.
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"The chaos in Washington isn't just in Washington," Leeper said "The dollars they are cutting are dollars that come to us, the taxpayers. This is our money that they are stealing from us, and they are crippling our future by making these radical and short sighted choices."
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"Federal law prohibits federal officials from telling schools what they can and cannot teach." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/t...
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Trump looks to withhold school aid over lessons on equity and gender. Can he?
The federal government is barred by law from mandating what curriculum schools use. But Trump’s order about “discriminatory equity ideology” and “gender ideology” indicates he wants to use his adminis...
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
As we prepare (/brace ourselves) for the new presidential administration, what do we know about how presidential engagement in K-12 education policy shapes the politics of education? Alyssa Barone and I are thrilled to announce our new article (online early) in Education Finance and Policy 🧵
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Dr Christina Cipriano @drchriscip.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“Data from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights show that, nationally, public schools employ more security guards and school resource officers (SRO) than counselors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers combined.” www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
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The Cumulative Costs of Gun Violence on Students and Schools | CEA | The White House
Children and adolescents are dying from gun violence at alarmingly high rates in the United States, with firearms now the leading cause of death among youth ages 1 to 19 (figure 1). The threat of gun ...
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Not only (1) a great contribution to the lit on the info environments that influence school choice but also (2) a great example of crisp, clear, and accessible academic writing Flag this article for your ed policy syllabi’s week on school choice
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Exactly! There are not enough hours in the day to add context to all the misleading posts about local schools. And community members don't contribute their own positive experiences with schools because they fear backlash from Comment Cathy. All this makes FB such an effective tool for disruptors.
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Christina Samuels @casamuels.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
This is fascinating and certainly seems to match my anecdotal experience.
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Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Absolutely fascinating article about how few (white) actors with hidden agendas use social media to trash public schools and prop up private and charter options. Also, this type of behavior is pervasive across political contexts (here's looking at you, DC Urban Moms and Dads).
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My former student @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social has a fabulous new article out, which everyone should read. (If you don't have access to AJE, I'm sure she's willing to share a pre-pub version.)
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“That Middle School Is Trash!!!” Public Knowledge about Local Schools on Social Media | American Journal of Education
Purpose: Americans frequently turn to online social networking sites (OSNs) as a source of news and information. Yet the role of OSNs in knowledge formation about local public schools remains underexa...
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James Noonan @jmnoonan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New article alert from the wise @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social examining how social media shapes (and distorts) public perceptions of school quality. A truly original contribution familiar to anyone who has ever thrown up their hands at an online discussion www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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“That Middle School Is Trash!!!” Public Knowledge about Local Schools on Social Media | American Journal of Education
Purpose: Americans frequently turn to online social networking sites (OSNs) as a source of news and information. Yet the role of OSNs in knowledge formation about local public schools remains underexa...
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
So excited to share my first solo-authored article! I find that FB presents an accessible tool for special interest actors to disrupt public education. Viral algorithms give Comment Cathy more power than ever to shape knowledge about local public schools: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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“That Middle School Is Trash!!!” Public Knowledge about Local Schools on Social Media | American Journal of Education
Purpose: Americans frequently turn to online social networking sites (OSNs) as a source of news and information. Yet the role of OSNs in knowledge formation about local public schools remains underexa...
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Ashley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I'm revising the qualitative methods course for our EdD students. I'm curious how others, whose programs use an improvement science approach for dissertation, structure their qual. courses. If anyone has thoughts or would be willing to share syllabi, I'd appreciate it! #academicsky
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