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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma

@kslungaardmumma.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University

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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Teachers unions/teachers' unions... Education/al policy ... Postsecondary/post-secondary.... How do we get anything done?
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Minnesotans ❤️😢.
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Jesse Bruhn @jessebruhn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Tagging some folks for visibility: @joshua-goodman.com @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social @gzamarro.bsky.social @mikekofoed.bsky.social @mikedinerstein.bsky.social @linzpage.bsky.social @matthewakraft.com @imopper.bsky.social @andrewmcamp.com
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Umut Özek @uozek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Nice summary of our paper and related work by @tomdee.bsky.social and @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social here. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
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ICE arrests could hurt student test scores, study says — and not just for immigrants
A study of a large Florida school district found that the effects of immigration enforcement on students’ academic performance was concentrated in high-poverty schools. The test score declines also oc...
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Prospective PhD Students: I am planning to accept a PhD student for AY 2026-27 in the economics and education program at Teachers College. Apply if you want to use the economics of education to study immigration or politics/political engagement and public schools. :-)
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Sign up and vote for the Annenberg EdWorkingPapers Webinar topic! My recent working paper, "New Places, New Players, a New Politics of Education," is in the Democracy and Its Discontents category.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Ed Peeps - deep cut: I am looking for the 2017-18 non-fiscal school membership files from the CCD. The files online are corrupted. :-(
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Blake Heller and I wrote an editorial about Trump’s proposals to end federal funding for adult education- whatever comes for FY 2026, it’s worth keeping an eye on this often overlooked part of our education sector @blakeheller.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/now-...
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Now Is Not the Time to Zero Out Adult Education
Mumma and Heller: Adult education works, especially for English learners. Congress should reject Trump’s proposed cuts.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
⚠️ New working paper alert! ⚠️ How has anxiety over immigration enforcement affected the attendance of kids in immigrant families in the second Trump presidency? (1/n) edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1265
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The Effect of the Second Trump Administration and the Attendance of Immigrant-Origin Students
Intensified immigration enforcement activity under the second Trump administration has increased anxiety for immigrants in the United States, including many families with school-age children. This stu...
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We are hiring in sociology of education at Teachers College! Come join us in EPSA - we're a great crew :-) employment.tc.columbia.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Sociology and Education, Tenure-Track Position
The Sociology and Education Program in the Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University (EPSA) is seeking a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor w...
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
3 in 1.1 million… Have a great first day, NYC! 🍎🏢📚✏️
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Does where you go to high school affect whether you vote as an adult? My working paper estimating high school effects on civic engagement is now posted on Annenberg: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1260.
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High School Effects on Civic Engagement
Preparing young people for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship is cited as a fundamental purpose of public education, yet little is known about whether or how K-12 schools impact civic enga...
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Does where you go to high school affect whether you vote as an adult? My working paper estimating high school effects on civic engagement is now posted on Annenberg: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1260.
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High School Effects on Civic Engagement
Preparing young people for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship is cited as a fundamental purpose of public education, yet little is known about whether or how K-12 schools impact civic enga...
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#latergram Really enjoyed my visit to South Bend for the Notre Dame Civic Education Working Group! Great opportunity to meet with folks from across disciplines thinking about the role of schools in preparing children to become citizens. Thanks to David Campbell and Joseph Kahne for hosting!
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Jim Ryan was dean when I was a PhD student at HGSE. I hold him in very high esteem. As a small anecdote, when I faced some serious medical issues as a first year student, he kindly wrote me a personal note expressing support and well wishes. I am really saddened by this.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Thread in the am but if you want the main takeaway: The 2024 Digest of Education Statistics (under the current administration) includes just 27 tables by the (Congressionally mandated) deadline—far fewer than the nearly 270, on average, published in prior years www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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The U.S. Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics | Brookings
Federal education data releases have slowed dramatically, with major gaps in the 2024 Digest and Condition of Education report.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Friendly reminder NYC: it’s time to do your civic duty! This might be someone’s first election - show them local votes matter too!
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Friendly reminder NYC: it’s time to do your civic duty!
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Congrats to all Spencer postdocs and dissertation fellows! A list full of some great folks I know!
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Terrible policy that will only work to our disadvantage and hurt bright minds. An expansion of the domestic war on higher ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
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U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The May 16th hearing is at 9:30 am, 333 Constitution Avenue N.W. No Zoom option, but open to the public.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“The Trump administration is investigating whether Harvard University discriminated against white, Asian, male or heterosexual workers in its hiring and promotion practices… the charge notes Harvard’s share of tenured white male faculty dropped from 64% to 56% from 2013 to 2023.”
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Pleased to see my work with @blakeheller.bsky.social showing strong returns to investment in adult English language training featured in a post by New America- I am DEEPLY concerned by the proposed cuts to adult ed funding, which would decimate this sector. www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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Adult Education Pays for Itself. Why Does Trump Want to Gut it?
Congress should reject the Trump Administration’s attack on adult education and increase funding for this important program.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Big day in school choice… I have always found it an unambiguous/fundamental part of the definition of charters that they are traditional public schools operated by private organizations. As someone who has worked for a traditional public school district and charter network, I’m watching closely…
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Beth Fertig @bethfertig.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This site is used by countless students, researchers and professors, but it's now scheduled to run out of money on Wednesday. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
In sincerity: based on her congressional hearing, I did not expect Linda McMahon would want her legacy to be stymieing research, waging wars on America’s most successful institutions, and harassing school districts about bathrooms and sports while kids are struggling to read. @usedgov.bsky.social
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
🧪 Incredible work from @noamross.net and @scott-delaney.bsky.social on community-based tracking of last Friday's terminations of NSF grants. Here's 114 out of 402 cases thus far (the 402 stat comes from DOGE): airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... Submit new entries here: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Screenshot of NSF termination data in tabular form
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Immigration people: Who is tracking student visa revocations? Is TRAC on this platform? #immigration #research
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“... [I]t does a real disservice to the students to suggest that they can’t handle difficult ideas or face ideas they disagree with..." (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I’m proud to see that @aefpweb.bsky.social is taking a stand to support education research.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Ray Budde's OG proposal for a system of charter schools was published by by the Northeast Region Educational Lab (REL), a part of ED that was effectively eliminated by contract cancellations in Feb. School choice owes a lot to education research.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“The science in this country is going to be destroyed if you can change what the priorities are going to be every four years. You can’t do science that way.” www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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These 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump’s agenda
Five words in an obscure regulation are being deployed by Trump’s appointees to kill grants unilaterally across the government.
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 27/03/2025
Reducing international student enrollment in US colleges will also lower enrollment of US students. Int'l students subsidize US students, so discouraging the former reduces college budgets available for the latter. The research evidence on this is clear. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rep. Jerry Nadler @nadler.house.gov · 25/03/2025
I am appalled by the Trump Administration's repeated pattern of targeting students for exercising their fundamental First Amendment rights-targeting them for deportation on that basis. My statement on Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment:
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I signed this letter from the faculty at Teachers College re: the Trump administration's moves against CU and education research. This statement is not a perfect statement of my beliefs and I worry (always) about being misconstrued. I signed b/c I think these points are critically important: (1/n)
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Women outvote men in the U.S.—and over half of the gap is explained by women's higher levels of educational attainment. 🔍 Authors: Cameron J. Arnzen, Sarah R. Cohodes 📄 bit.ly/4hgORFJ
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I’d like as many Republicans in congress as possible to go on the record re: eliminating ED.
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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Nirvi Shah @nirvishah.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
While other units inside @usedgov.bsky.social lost more employees in absolute numbers, the Institute of Education Sciences lost the highest %age of employees — roughly 90 percent of its workforce — this week hechingerreport.org/proof-points... via @jillbarshay.bsky.social for @hechingerreport.org
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Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3
Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear
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Paige Kowalski @paigekowalski.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This agency was established in 1867. This isn’t some some modern new idea that takes power from states. They literally support states.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“On social media, Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, described the government’s letter as essentially saying, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
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Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules
A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We had a KILLER 8:15 AM first-of-conference session today at #AEFP2025… I’m confident these bright minds won’t give up on education research without a fight!
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This is what is at stake in today's cuts re: education data: “This is bedrock, base-line information for how our society is functioning,” said Philip N. Cohen, a sociologist at the University of Maryland.... “It’s a common language — a shared reality we all have.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
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Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Seems like it might be a big day in education in DC… and not just because it’s the start of #AEFP2025 @aefpweb.bsky.social
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