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Katherine Szocik

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PhD in special education. Postdoctoral scholar. I study teacher preparation and professional identity development. Former ECSE teacher. She/her

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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#EdResearch community, Where do you plan to register studies and post data once OSF winds down??
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Looking forward to it!
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Got to introduce my class to the science of reading today--NONE of them had ever heard about it. @estherlindstrom.bsky.social
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Alli Gilmour @afgilmour.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This is an excellent paper and a must read for those concerned about turnover in schools!
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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"Fifty years ago, Ed Martin helped write the law that made clear to all states and all public schools: Children with disabilities deserve better. The law, he says, was "an affirmation of the values of the country." He hopes that's still true." www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It's been so great to work with this team-- check out our new paper on defining special educators' working conditions!
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Policy Committee of Teacher Education Division @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
November 29th, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act being signed into law. Celebrate with us by sharing your favorite pic from this post! Got more to say? Share with us what IDEA means to you at bit.ly/TED_IDEA50 #specialeducation #disability #IDEA
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
From New Jersey to Virginia and beyond, today voters put students first and elected pro-public education champions 🎉 🗳️ 🍎 bsky.app/profile/neapresident.bsky.…
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CEC Division for Research (CEC-DR) @cec-dr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
ACTION ALERT: Department of Education has nearly wiped out OSERS—offices essential to ensuring students with disabilities receive the services they’re guaranteed under IDEA. Congress must act NOW. Tell lawmakers: Restore OSEP. Protect IDEA. #4SpecialEducation exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
A new large-scale analysis of existing research in Review of Educational Research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional development. Read about it here: www.aera.net/Newsroom/Soc...
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Policy Committee of Teacher Education Division @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Share your stories (written or recorded) here: bit.ly/TED_IDEA50 #IDEA50 #IDEA #specialed #specialeducation #edadvocacy #disability
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
A fascinating tool to examine the impacts of potential changes to federal K-12 funding. www.urban.org/research/pub...
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How Would Proposed Changes to Federal K–12 Title Spending Affect Your School District?
As district leaders face the uncertainty posed by these vastly different proposals and other downstream changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill, this data to…
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Education Week @edweek.org · 10/09/2025
The U.S. Department of Education canceled twenty-five ongoing projects related to special education last week. This breakdown provides a detailed look at the programs that were affected, as well as the actions that may follow.
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Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?
More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 20/08/2025
The Department of Labor (DOL) is thinking about making a rule. The rule would stop many domestic workers from getting paid at least minimum wage. The rule would also stop many domestic workers from getting overtime pay. Take action with our plain language guide: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/08/figh...
Textured orange background with a banner that says, Action Alert! Text reads: Fight for fair pay for home care workers! The Department of Labor (DOL) is thinking about making a rule. The rule would stop many domestic workers from getting paid at least minimum wage. The rule would also stop many domestic workers from getting overtime pay. Read our plain language guide to learn how you can take action to stop this proposed rule! The ASAN logo is at the bottom.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 19/08/2025
Raids by masked ICE agents on the first day of school heighten the climate of fear in our community and further erode trust in law enforcement. I thank Alexandria leaders including our Mayor and City Council for opposing these draconian tactics. I stand with them.
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
“We applaud the actions that the Department of Education has taken to ensure that this important data collection continues in a timely manner. We encourage stakeholders to take the time to respond during this important 30-day period.” –AERA Exec Dir. Felice J. Levine www.aera.net/Newsroom/Edu...
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Education Research Groups Applaud Action on Advancing Civil Rights Data Collection
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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
NEW: The Trump administration confirmed today that Title IV-B funding for before/afterschool programs will soon flow, after Republican senators ramped up pushback this week. That still leaves frozen at least $5.6 billion in education funding states expected July 1. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Trump Releases $1.4 Billion He Withheld From After-School Programs
More than $5 billion for education remains frozen.
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
New: SCOTUS clears the way for Trump's deep staffing cuts at the Education Department www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump to Shrink Education Department
The decision lifts a lower-court order that blocked mass layoffs at the agency.
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Lea Woods @lea9223.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education. Why does that matter? Well... www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
Screenshot of policy brief that reads: This delay (or outright refusal) to compile a robust COE weakens our nation’s ability to accurately assess the current condition of education and the progress we have made. Policy actors such as the Congressional Research Service use Digest tables. Scholars leverage the COE to explain in policy briefs the effects of K-12 class-size reduction policies or whether an “enrollment cliff” actually looms for higher education. The press also uses this data to help the public understand issues like the rise in total cost of attendance at colleges and universities or challenges in the teacher labor market in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SPARC Center @sparccenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
2️⃣ weeks out! #SpecialEducation teacher shortages can only be solved if we can define who is in the workforce. We’ll explore this during our upcoming webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET: sparccenter.org/events/regis...
Two Weeks Away: Using State Longitudinal Data Systems to Study Special Education Teachers Webinar
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Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats @democrats-edworkforce.house.gov · 22/05/2025
This win belongs to our students, our educators, our communities and to everyone who believes a free quality, public education is worth fighting for.
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Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats @democrats-edworkforce.house.gov · 22/05/2025
Public charter schools, just like other public schools, must abide by the Constitution. In a victory for the separation of church and state, today’s decision means that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund religious charter schools. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
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Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma
The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I didn't even know it was at risk!!
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Anjali Forber-Pratt, Ph.D. @anjalifp.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The National Survey on Health and Disability is open! If you are in the US & a person w a disability or chronic condition, please share your experiences. This is one of the largest national disability & health surveys that exists! ~15 minutes! Take it at: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityResearch
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2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) - Make your voice heard on topics important to the health and quality of life of people with disabilities and/or chronic health conditions!
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I'll be thinking on this terminology going foward: "The constructs minimally verbal and nonverbal explicitly or tacitly conflate spoken language with all linguistic abilities"
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The senator just broke the record. Over 24 hours on the floor!
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Policy Committee of Teacher Education Division @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Wondering what the #EO to end the Department of Education means? Also wondering what you can do about it? Swipe to learn more & see how to take action! #sped #education #specialed #specialeducation #executiveorder #edadvocacy #teacher #student #IDEA #disability #swd #Congress #ED #school
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I stay pretty informed but had no idea this was happening. Sharing for others in the same boat! Public comments open.
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Council for Exceptional Children @cecmembership.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚨The White House just issued an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. Eliminating ED or moving IDEA to another agency will be a step backward in serving those with disabilities. Tell your representatives to protect ED: exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...
Dark blue background with a graphic of a red and white megaphone. The text reads, "Action Alert: Preserve the Department of Education"
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
If you are a Department of Education employee who handles disability and Trump’s executive order affects you, I want to speak. This is my Signal. I will protect your identity.
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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
News outlets are reporting that Trump will sign an Exec Order tmrw/Thurs pushing for the Dept of Ed to be closed. The draft order apparently argues that even though the department has spent $1 trillion in federal education dollars over 46 years, the U.S. has not improved in education. [thread]
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
March 21, 2-3 pm ET: What to do when your federal grant has been stopped or terminated
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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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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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thank you for creating and sharing this resource! #4specialeducation #edusky
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Eddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Update from @insidehighered.com This should be viewed as accomplishing the decimation of the department by firings, because they cannot legally destroy it by Exec Order. Although I expect an EO will be coming down the tracks on top of this. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Education Department to reduce staff by half
Ahead of the announcement, the department told staff that DC offices would be closed on Wednesday and reopen Thursday for “security reasons.”
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
💯 This op-ed by ed research leaders made that essential point quite forcefully: "Abruptly ending near-complete projects does not drive efficiency. Instead, it ensures that the public sees no benefit from the investments already made, converting what was productive spending into waste."
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Looking forward to this!
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 01/03/2025
Anxious about calling your Senators? Offices are closed for the weekend — now is a great time to call and urge your Senators to vote NO on McMahon for Secretary of Education before the confirmation on Monday, March 3!
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Action Alert: Stop McMahon’s confirmation! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The president’s pick for the new Secretary of Education is Linda McMahon. The President is trying to destroy the Department of Education, and nominating McMahon is part of his plan. Normally, we…
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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Policy Committee of Teacher Education Division @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The TED Policy Committee is starting the new webinar and workshop series, Advocacy in Action, to foster community, share and build resources, and support education advocacy efforts! If you are a TED member, register for the first session on 3/4/25 at 1:30pm EST here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Alt text: A promotional flyer for the “Advocacy in Action” Webinar & Workshop Series. The flyer has a light green background with bold black and green text. “Advocacy in Action” is prominently displayed at the top, followed by “Webinar & Workshop Series” in black text. Below, “Session 1: Getting Started” is written in green, and the date and time are listed as “Tuesday, March 4th at 1:30pm EST.” The flyer invites participants to a working session on Zoom to share and individualize advocacy resources. At the bottom, it credits the TED Policy Committee and includes social media handles: @cec_ted_policy and @cec-ted-policy.bksy.social. The right side of the flyer features an illustration of three people with a speech bubble containing a megaphone.
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
So glad to see all these folks in congress standing up for education
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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Thank you, to all of the special education organizations, journals, & scholars who have joined together to affirm our commitment to scientific integrity: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Statement of Support for Scientific Integrity
Statement of Support for Scientific Integrity As senior scholars in the field of special education, we are alarmed by recent federal actions that threaten the integrity of education research including...
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Majority of Students in the U.S. are Children of Color. Their Teachers Should Be Too. Read the full statement: edtru.st/41k5StH
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The Majority of Students in the U.S. are Children of Color. Their Teachers Should Be Too
Statement from EdTrust on the Department of Education’s $600 Million Cuts to Teacher Training Grants
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Katherine Szocik @kszocik.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Looking forward to connecting with everyone
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal: Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01; Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72; Heidi Ledford: hledford.01; Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11; Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01; General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
With vaccination under attack worth reading this, which I think is the most understated powerful thing Roald Dahl ever wrote.
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PBS News Classroom @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
ATTN: Pre-K — higher ed educators 📣 Share your thoughts on PBS @pbsnews.bsky.social Classroom's Educator Voice blog ✍️ Topic: Dismantling of the Dept. of Education and how it may affect you/your students. Share by Fri., 2/21 here: bit.ly/40Q0vRw #EduSky #DOE
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