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Caitlin Kearney

@caitlinkearney.bsky.social
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Current: North Carolina Community Schools Coalition Formerly: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University, Department of Sociology | Ed Policy PhD from UNC Chapel Hill I use sociological theories of organizations to study education policy!

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Wesley T. Morris @wesleytmorris.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
If your Friday brain is fried like mine, whatever you're looking for is probably in the AEFP live Handbook. Hopefully, this saves others from annoyingly texting their co-authors @caitlinkearney.bsky.social livehandbook.org
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Wesley T. Morris @wesleytmorris.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨 New working paper! I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees. Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278
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Financial Aid For Future Educators: Assessing A Federal Grant's Impact On Students' Postsecondary Decisions
Created in 2007, the federal TEACH grant program is a large federal financial aid program that seeks to attract postsecondary students to the teaching profession by providing financial assistance to h...
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Do profs respond to student evaluations? On average? Nope. Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do. But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers. "Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wesley T. Morris @wesleytmorris.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
If you missed this the first time—there's still time to sign up! I’ll start matching papers after Friday, May 16, so get yours in before then if you want to participate. The submissions so far are super exciting, and I can't wait to see more!
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Wesley T. Morris @wesleytmorris.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🚨Organizing a paper swap for early career edu policy researchers.🚨 Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers. Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer. Sign up & learn more here:
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Education Policy Early Career Paper Swap
The goal is to create an opportunity for early career scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates to connect with peers at similar stages and receive constructive feedback on article-length drafts they’re pre...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem... MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t... NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga... RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%... Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat... WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
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Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our friends at Brookings have been preparing for this moment. www.brookings.edu/collection/w...
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Why we have and need a US Department of Education
This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.
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Joshua J. Freundel @lawlawcoolj.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Can we go back to freedom fries, at least that was funny
No modern president has been more pivotal for our country than Donald J. Trump.

Today, I introduced legislation to designate Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day as a federal holiday, ensuring President Trump’s contributions to American greatness are forever enshrined into law.Today I will nominate @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize. No one deserves it more.I’m introducing the GOLDEN AGE ACT to put President Donald J. Trump on the $100 bill.

Let’s make history.I’ve officially introduced legislation to put President Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore.

His remarkable accomplishments for our country and the success he will continue to deliver deserve the highest recognition and honor on this iconic national monument. Let’s get carving!
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13/02/2025
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
Photo of FBI hq
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Caitlin Kearney @caitlinkearney.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Yes and...chronically absent is defined as teachers that miss 10 or more days, although half (or more) of these days are ones they are allotted as sick or personal days. 1/4 www.the74million.org/article/40-o...
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40% of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent. Those Gaps Carry Real Costs
Aldeman: Nationwide, educator attendance has dropped since COVID. It could be a symptom of employee dissatisfaction, or of larger problems in schools.
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School of Education and Social Policy @sesp-nu.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Register to hear @kirabojackson.bsky.social discuss his experiences as a member of President Biden's Council of Economic Advisers. He'll talk with Andrew Papachristos, director of @ipratnu.bsky.social. 🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 ⏳ 5 to 6 p.m. CT 📍 Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium ✏️ spr.ly/0575.
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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Look out 👀 Sociology of Education the ASA journal is on BlueSky! We will be up and running in the new year! @soceducation.bsky.social
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Caitlin Kearney @caitlinkearney.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A brilliant former student is in need of help. ❤️https://gofund.me/d56a3b96
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Donate to Help a Black Genderqueer Student Secure a Safe Future., organized by Charlene Stines
Hello all, my name is Kyle Gaff. Many of you may know me as Cha… Charlene Stines needs your support for Help a Black Genderqueer Student Secure a Safe Future.
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Meredith Kolodner @merkolodner.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Lovely story about how schools and their staffs became the center of community recovery efforts in McDowell County after Hurricane Helene by @arielgilreath.bsky.social hechingerreport.org/school-buses...
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School buses provided by McDowell County Schools helped a hurricane-battered medical plant come back to service - The Hechinger Report
McDowell County schools, in western North Carolina, helped to blunt the community impact from Hurricane Helene in late September. Following the storm, medical company Baxter International and official...
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Caitlin Kearney @caitlinkearney.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
New article alert! We investigate the factors associated with the uptake of school-sponsored research: doi.org/10.3102/0002...
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Offer It and They Will Come? An Investigation of the Factors Associated With the Uptake of School-Sp...
In response to economic distress, schools are increasingly serving as providers and distributors of social service resources. However, even when schools offer r...
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