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SPARC Center @sparccenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💡This week, we are excited to spotlight @mrosie.bsky.social as one of our SPARC scholars! Rosie’s research examines teacher working conditions, special education practices, and state policies in K-12 schools through a sociocultural lens.

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am elated to share this collaboration between EPIC and the Frank Porter Graham Institute! Our project examines how contexts inform the experiences of special education teachers and shape outcomes for students with disabilities. Teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions!

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Working Conditions for Special Education Teachers in North Carolina: Exploring Predictive Factors and Related Outcomes | IES

The purpose of this project is to identify malleable systems-level factors that are related to special educator working conditions and can be leveraged to meaningfully enhance outcomes for special edu...

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's conference season, so I wanted to share the AI refusal statement I put at the end of my presentations and book talks. Feel free to use it!

AI Refusal Statement
I did not use generative AI at any point in the production of this book or presentation, including the literature review, writing, editing, translation, organization, or any other task (e.g. brainstorming). To the extent that it is possible to know, I did not cite any studies that used generative AI.
Justification: GenAI technology is based on stolen labor, anti-solidarity between workers, class exploitation, structural racism, misogyny, environmental injustice, and climate destabilization.

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There is one week left to submit comments on a proposed regulation that would significantly reshape how federal agencies award, manage, and oversee research grants. AERA encourages members to submit comments by the deadline on July 13. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

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AERA Urges Members to Weigh In on Proposed Federal Grantmaking Rule That Could Reshape Research Funding

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The AAUP-UNC Chapel Hill chapter calls on the Board of Trustees to reverse their vote and respect shared governance and academic freedom, key principles that will allow UNC to continue as one of the best public universities in the world. Read the full AAUP statement: unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/state...

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Excited to share this work on NC's Parents' Bill of Rights in Practice! Practitioners across four districts shared how SB49 has (or hasn't) shaped their work in schools and how they see SB49 as impacting their school communities. #NCPOL epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Violating academic freedom and intensifying risk for faculty, lecturers, and TAs is NOT the way.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

URGENT ACTION: the UNC System is planning to force instructors to publish their syllabi, claiming these are public records and not our intellectual property. We have a small window of time to redirect this decision. Please sign actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

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Protect Academic Freedom, Our Faculty, Our Communities

Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members: The UNC System is preparing to cave to political pressure from the Heritage Foundation, the Oversight Project, and the James Martin Center by ...

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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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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

On it's 50th birthday, special ed law is fighting for its life. On Oct 10, the Department of Ed cut hundreds of positions from OSEP, which oversees implementation of the law & investigates complaints from students who’ve been denied needed services. www.bu.edu/articles/202...

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50 Years After Mandated by US Law, Special Education’s Future in Question, BU Scholar Says

Wheelock’s Elizabeth Bettini on the potential impact of Department of Education cuts to students and the special ed workforce

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

What on earth can UNC schools expect from an accreditation agency whose principal proponent espouses these kinds of destructive know-nothing policies? Don't get on a train that's heading for a fatal crash! @aaup.org www.chronicle.com/article/flor...

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Florida’s Public Universities Should No Longer Hire Foreign Employees, DeSantis Says

The Republican governor’s directive on H-1B visas comes as President Trump has initiated his policy of charging employers a new $100,000 fee to hire people from outside the United States.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The real news in this is the first sentence. “It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for…” I would argue that it is very clear. I have, in fact, argued that it is very clear.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/10/2025

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

UNC-Chapel Hill administrators have removed a student- and community-created mural depicting Palestinian resilience from Hanes Art Center. NC AAUP & UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP call on the Chancellor & Provost to restore the mural and publicly explain how the decision to remove it was made and by whom. 1/3

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this. What a signal that would send to the country and to the world. If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social and faculty could fight tenure delays because we are organized (yes, even in a state that explicitly outlaws collective bargaining for public workers). University folks, the time to join your local AAUP chapter/ labor union is now! #AcademicSky #NCPol

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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Approve Delayed Tenure Cases

The UNC-Chapel Hill Board approved 33 tenure cases following a delay that caused widespread concern among faculty.

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

NC teachers deserve better.

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Proud to be part of a union that stands up for international students.

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 29/03/2025

Many of us won’t use AI because of the ethical costs of environmental harms, exploited laborers & stolen art that feeds it. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social touches on something else about AI many have discovered but few have talked about: it’s also a mid technology. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

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Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Of course I will stay in the US and fight. And yet...

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Teacher Education Division of CEC @ted-cec.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Hey BlueSky! Looking to get more involved with policy and advocacy? The TED Policy Committee invites members to apply for a $1,000 sponsorship to attend the Special Education Legislative Summit in Washington DC, July 13-16, 2025. Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25

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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

FANTASTIC tool.

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My opportunities as a former elite rugby player were degraded by inadequate access to facilities, sexist coaches, and unequal funding--NOT by my trans teammates and opponents. I remain appalled.

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Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports: Live Updates

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

What also strikes me (aside from the segregation and the funneling of public dollars to religious institutions) is that this dataset includes numerous 'micro schools' and schools serving fewer than ten children. I'm presuming these are homeschool collectives?

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Well-deserved recognition for phenomenal scholar and wonderful human, @lizbettini.bsky.social!

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My research on Special Education Teachers' provision of FAPE through COVID-19 keeps getting pushed back on my 'adapt for article' list, so I'm hyping this chapter in the interim. (Spoiler alert: working conditions matter!) #specialeducation #teachers #edusky #educationpolicy

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Special Education Policy and Practice Across Scales | 7 | Providing a

This chapter examines how actors across federal, state, district, and school levels approached the legal mandate to provide a free, appropriate public education

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welcometoclass.bsky.social @welcometoclass.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Our website of resources for schools that serve immigrant students is now live! Is your school ready for major immigration changes on the way? www.welcometoclass.org #EduSky

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Welcome To Class

Resource Guide for Schools Serving Immigrant Populations

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

NC is a test case for the incoming administration's educational priorities. Pay attention.

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

MUST-READ new @propublica.org deep-dive on the former segregation academies getting school voucher cash. And the stunning lack of transparency —even in states like NC that know how to collect the data. (Plus a few comments from me 🤷‍♂️) www.propublica.org/article/segr...

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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...

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Esther Lindström @estherlindstrom.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

🌟New paper alert🌟 Thanks to Lehigh PhD candidate Alyssa Blasko for leading this project on teacher preparedness to write IEPs. Congrats to Grace Murphy and Michelle Squitieri on their first pubs! doi.org/10.1177/0888... #AcademicSky #EduSky #Disability

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Special Educators’ Training and Preparedness to Write Individualized Education Programs
Alyssa Blasko, Kristi Morin, Esther R. Lindström, Grace Murphy, and Michelle D. Squitieri
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Over the last decade, there has been ample evidence reporting the lack of high-quality and compliant Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in the United States. This problem has many consequences, including poor student outcomes and failure to follow legal due process. Despite these consequences, research has not thoroughly examined the perspectives and needs of special educators on IEP development or the role of pre-service training on special educators’ ability to write high-quality, compliant IEPs. To address this gap, this study surveys 218 Pennsylvania special educators to examine their perspectives on the sufficiency of their pre-service training to write high-quality IEPs. Data on the types of training and support special educators need to successfully

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Hot take: High Dosage Tutoring is just Response to Intervention with staff who are paid less. #Edusky

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Hot take: High Dosage Tutoring is just Response to Intervention with staff who are paid less. #Edusky

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Developing a course statement on use of ChatGPT for an undergrad Disability & Education Policy class (11-15 students). My urge is to just prohibit, but there's an argument to be made about leveraging AI for accessibility. How are other academics grappling with this? #edusky #academicsky

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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Disabled students, If you experienced disability-based discrimination last semester, you have the option of reporting to the US Office of Civil Rights. The caveat is you have to report within 90 days of the incident. More info here: theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--ad...

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Rosie Miesner @mrosie.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

NCSB 49, and other so-called 'Parents' Bills of Rights', harm students and families and waste school resources. Cool to talk policy as/in practice with EdWeek, but wish it wasn't needed #EduSky #AcademicSky

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How a Parents' Rights Law Halted a Child Abuse Prevention Program

State laws that have passed as part of the parents' rights movement have caused confusion and uncertainty over what schools can teach.

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