umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🏅 Congratulations to Robin Hojnoski ‘02PhD, school psychology! She was officially sworn in as dean of Lehigh University’s College of Education on Sep. 17, after serving two years as interim dean and as tenure-track faculty since 2006. 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Teachers don't feel like their working conditions are conducive to success,” @jackschneider.bsky.social said. “They're highly motivated ... [and] they are telling us that we need to do better in terms of investing in schools.” Read more: www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...wbur.orgNew survey of Mass. teachers show a dislike of statewide exams as a replacement for MCASThe survey of nearly 1,200 Massachusetts educators by UMass Amherst’s Center for Education Policy also found that teachers consider their biggest challenges in the classroom to be student disinterest ... 011
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialUMass Amherst @umassamherst.bsky.social · 08/09/202677% of Massachusetts’ K-12 teachers say public education in the United States is on the wrong track, a new Annual Massachusetts Educator Survey suggests. @umasspoll.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social bit.ly/46KXchV 021
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Distinguished Professor Stephen Sireci @sireci.bsky.social is featured on Tried and Tested, a podcast published by PSI Services, in a conversation about AI and current challenges facing educational testing. Listen to the podcast: www.psiexams.com/knowledge-hu...psiexams.comAI and the new challenges facing educational testing with UMass Amherst’s Stephen Sireci | PSI ExamsIn this episode of Tried and Tested, host Isabelle Gonthier, PhD, ICE-CCP speaks with Stephen G. Sireci, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Educational Assessment… 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Congratulations to the 281 College of Education undergrads who made the Spring 2026 Dean's List! The list recognizes the outstanding achievement of earning a 3.5 GPA or higher while completing a minimum of 12 graded credits. See the full list here: www.umass.edu/registrar/de...umass.eduDean's List Honors : University Registrar : UMass AmherstDean's List Honors 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Writing in the Boston Globe, Distinguished Professor @jackschneider.bsky.social argues that Governor Healey and Massachusetts should turn down federal money offered through Trump's privatizing education tax credit program.buff.lyThe real cost of Trump’s ‘free money’ for Massachusetts schools - The Boston GlobeGovernor Healey should reject the Education Freedom Tax Credit. 0119
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Trump administration wants its hands on your state’s schools. @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and I weigh in.bostonglobe.comThe real cost of Trump’s ‘free money’ for Massachusetts schools - The Boston GlobeGovernor Healey should reject the Education Freedom Tax Credit. 065
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 02/07/2026“Enacting Democratic Processes at the District Level” — my piece with @derekgottliebphd.com — is one of School Administrator magazine’s “Best of 2025-26.” Free access below.pageturnpro.comJuly 2026 - Powered by PageTurnPro.comSchool Administrator is AASA 032
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialAshley Carey @ashleyjcarey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Like 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.socialmasslive.comState’s new reading law ignores a crucial ingredient: time | Ashley Carey & Jack SchneiderIn 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... 182
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026PhD candidates Jana Pickart and Niyanthini Kadirgamar (pictured), and PhD student Rachel Bond, have authored a new paper in Equity & Excellence in Education reflecting on the impacts of authoritarianism and imperialism on education communities and the field. Read the paper: buff.ly/ozege5N 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026@jackschneider.bsky.social, @katieumass.bsky.social, and Rebecca Woodland of the Center for Education Policy have published an opinion piece in @masslive.bsky.social, “Here’s what the public actually wants from AI in schools.” Read the article: buff.ly/RaKwvUT 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Professor @sallypirie.bsky.social has been awarded a 2026 Strong Research Fellowship to do archival research this summer at the 264,000 volume Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, located at the National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. www.museumofplay.org/collections/...museumofplay.orgResearch Fellowships - The Strong National Museum of PlayResearchers from around the world have used The Strong's collections & archival materials to inform dissertations, books, & other scholarly works. 140
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Assistant Professor Katrina Calhoun has co-authored a new paper in Journal of College and University Student Housing, “Pieces of Us: A Collaborative Critical Autoethnography of Black Women’s Experiences and Professional Work Cycle Within Residence Life.” Read the article: buff.ly/RBwPQcO 001
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Joel Arce ’26PhD was selected to receive the 2026 Antonia Pantoja Award by the Latino Scholarship Fund of Western Massachusetts, recognizing the contributions of his community-building scholarship. Read more: buff.ly/0ENI1qM 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Congrats to Assoc. Prof. Marialuisa Di Stefano, who has received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award. ✈️ She will travel to Colombia, Spain, and Italy for a comparative ethnographic case study on how STEM teachers engage with dual language bilingual teacher preparation. www.umass.edu/education/ne... 010
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 17/06/2026If you're within driving distance of @umassamherst.bsky.social, mark your calendars. The inimitable @johannneem.bsky.social will be speaking on Sept. 16 in a public event at @umasseduc.bsky.socialumass.eduJohann Neem: The Daily Life of Democracy : College of Education : UMass AmherstIn this talk, Prof. Neem will discuss who contributed to the public good during the founding of our country: men and women, free and enslaved, rich and poor. 032
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Justin Coles has been elected to the @ncte.org ELATE (English Language Arts Teacher Educators) Executive Committee. Read more: ncte.org/get-involved...ncte.orgElectionsNCTE is guided by elected leaders at all levels of the organization. Leaders are chosen by current members with voting privileges. 020
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Elizabeth Broderick '26, early childhood education, is one of eleven seniors to receive a UMass Amherst Alumni Senior Leadership Award, honoring contributions by students to student organizations, campus jobs, academic excellence, and community service. Read more: buff.ly/4owBLj4 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026In April, with the assistance of @umassamherst.bsky.social Chancellor Javier Reyes and UMass Cheerleaders, we hosted 4th graders from Springfield International Charter School, with EDUC 508 students conducting demonstration lessons. See all photos: buff.ly/2mYMVbc 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026In its third annual Civic Summit, the Center for Education Policy invited MA residents to discuss AI in the classroom. Panelists included PhD student April Camuso, Professor Torrey Trust, Rebecca Mazur ‘17PhD, and former DESE commissioner Jeffrey Riley. See all photos: buff.ly/21oxVI9 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Professor Carey Dimmitt has received a 2026 UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentoring Award. Nominators praised her proactive mentoring, particularly for Women of Color, and her lasting gift of collaborative, relational, and justice-oriented mentorship. See the list of winners: buff.ly/lAYRLIP 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Congrats to Associate Professor Ysaaca Axelrod for receiving the College Outstanding Teaching Award, and to Information Technology Manager Jim Smith for receiving the College Outstanding Staff Award! Read more: buff.ly/LEVjQ4l 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Associate Professor and Associate Dean for DEI Justin Coles won two awards at the @AERA annual convention—an Early Career Award and an Outstanding Book Award for his first book, Resisting Antiblackness in Education: A Pedagogy of Black Youth Aesthetics. Read more: www.umass.edu/education/ne... 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The first-ever bilingual Hub Dialogues 2026 Inaugural Workshop was hosted by the UMass Amherst Bilingual Hub in partnership with Southbridge Public Schools at Southbridge High School on March 28, 2026. Read about the event: buff.ly/y5XWjwb #EDUC #UMassAmherst #BilingualEducation 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We are celebrating UMassGives today and tomorrow (April 29–30) and hope you will join us with a gift of any size to support our programs and students in need. Your gift today could be doubled or even tripled—see gift matching details and more on how to give: buff.ly/E6hMAVU 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Celebrating excellence in higher education 🎉 Festus Cobena Ainoo, a second-year M.Ed. student in Higher Education, earned TWO awards at the 2026 ACPA Conference for his leadership, research and commitment to global student success. 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The UMass Amherst Bilingual Hub and Southbridge Public Schools hosted the first-ever Bilingual Hub Dialogues 2026 workshop, bringing educators and community partners together for reflection, collaboration, and shared learning in bilingual and dual language education. Learn more:umass.eduThe Bilingual Hub Dialogues 2026 Inaugural Workshop : College of Education : UMass AmherstThe UMass Amherst Bilingual Hub, in partnership with Southbridge Public Schools, hosted the first-ever Bilingual Hub Dialogues 2026 Inaugural Workshop. 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Congratulations to faculty members Torrey Trust and Robert W. Maloy, and doctoral student Chenyang Xu, who received an outstanding paper award at the 2026 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) National Conference! >> Read more about their work! buff.ly/NlSb3II 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Distinguished Professor Jack Schneider and second-year doctoral student Breanne Lucy have published a feature article in KAPPAN titled “Time Well Spent? Teachers’ Perspectives on Time-Saving Reforms” with co-author Ashley J. Carey. 👉 Check it out! buff.ly/AywmDSi 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Dr. Jia Zhang has been selected as a 2026-2027 ISSR Scholar, recognizing her contributions to research and interdisciplinary collaboration at UMass. 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026We’re proud to share that LLC PhD candidate Gretchen Hohmeyer has co-authored a practitioner article highlighting the important role of backmatter in historical fiction and how it can enhance students’ engagement with history and social studies. Check it out: buff.ly/0Pbkasn 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Big congratulations to PhD candidate Jana Pickart, PhD! She’s been selected for the 2026 Institute on Trans Linguistic Research and Publishing at Penn State, where she’ll develop her manuscript on adult emergent multilingual learners and identity-making. 🎓📖 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026👏 Theresa Austin was elected Chair of the Language Ambassadors for the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) at the NABE 2026 Annual Conference in Chicago! 🔗 Learn more about the session: buff.ly/7MaW2fa #UMassEDUC #MultilingualEducation #LanguageAdvocacy #NABE 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026🎓 Our Language, Literacy & Culture scholars took the stage at the University of Pennsylvania Ethnography Forum this February! Faculty and doctoral students shared ethnographic research on language, culture, and classrooms around the world. 🌍 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Associate Professor Javier Suárez-Álvarez co-authored a new paper in Psicothema that offers practical guidance on using generative AI in test construction while maintaining reliability, validity, and fairness to support responsible, transparent assessment design. 🤖 📚 📖 Open access:buff.ly 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026We're pleased to announce that Associate Professor Jeanne Brunner has been appointed as the College of Education's Point Person for Academic Integrity! 📋 Instructors working through Academic Integrity policy and process questions now have a dedicated resource to turn to! #UMassAmherst 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Big news from the College of Education! 🎉 Associate Dean Justin Coles and Professor Kysa Nygreen have been named 2026 OFD Scholars, supporting mid-career faculty in writing their second books. Congratulations to both! Learn more: buff.ly/sWoLVpu 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Professors Denise Ives and Kysa Nygreen have released the latest issue of Equity & Excellence in Education, featuring a new section they have launched with the article, “On Academic Freedom and Autocratic Breakthrough.” Read here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JST7A... 011
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Justin Coles has been appointed co-editor for the 2027 and 2029 editions of Review of Research in Education, with topics on racism in educational research and advancing racial justice in education. Read more:aera.net2027, 2029 RRE Editors Appointed2027, 2029 RRE Editors Appointed 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Congratulations to Beth Llorca on receiving an Honorable Mention for the NABE Outstanding Dissertation Award for her work on inclusive special education in dual language communities! She’ll be attending and presenting at the NABE Conference in February. 🎉 #UMassEDUC #UMassProud 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025The first cohort of the Para-to-Teacher program run by the UMass Amherst College of Education and University Without Walls is now in classrooms for an immersive year of co-teaching as they work toward licensure Read more about this pathway for future educators and stronger schools: buff.ly/qT2fCoq 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Honoring Dr. Jamila Lyiscott, currently at Notre Dame as an invited Coyle Fellow Writing Resident, developing her next book with Beacon Press. Proud to have her shaping justice-centered scholarship at UMass and beyond. 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025EDUC Associate Professor Keisha Green was joined by Professor Megan Gross and PhD student Yokaira López-Tifa at Swan Elementary in the Springfield School District for their 4th and 5th-grade career fair. The event was part of their Dream Week, which aimed to promote college and career readiness. ✨ 📚 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Professor Emerita at the College of Education, Liane Brandon, was the Director of UMass Educational Television when she produced and co-directed the popular television series "Fine Print." The series has been restored and digitally archived online 30 years later! 📺 Read more: buff.ly/kZZ837P 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Join Distinguished University Professor Stephen Sireci, Chancellor Javier Reyes and other special guests in celebrating the legendary Edmund Gordon! 📅 November 14 🕓 4:00-6:00 p.m. 📍 Carney Auditorium, Furcolo Hall Read more and RSVP: buff.ly/i9iBfjN 000
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025James Francisco Bonilla '91EdD released his memoir, "An Eye for an I: Growing Up With Blindness, Bigotry and Family Mental Illness" TODAY! 📚 Read more and order: buff.ly/jhZNaVr 010
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Brittany Collins ‘19 was awarded the NCTE Leadership Award for People with Disabilities for 2025!! 🎉 📚 Learn more: buff.ly/XrO4TCu 000
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 18/09/2025If we want to stem the problematic use of A.I. in K-12 and higher education, we need to understand why students use it. The latest from me and @ehutt.bsky.social.wbur.orgAI isn't the end of the essayArtificial intelligence chat bots like ChatGPT will force educators to change how they motivate and grade students, write professors Ethan Hutt and Jack Schneider. We need to emphasize the process of ... 272
umasseduc.bsky.social @umasseduc.bsky.social · 15/09/20259/17 at 8 p.m. ET: Don’t miss @torreytrust.bsky.social and co-author Robert Maloy as they join @bookcreator.com to introduce their new book, AI and Civic Engagement: 75+ Cross-Curricular Activities to Empower Your Students. bookcreator.com/2025/08/ai-l...bookcreator.comAI Literacy Week 2025: Advancing Artificial Intelligence Literacy in K–12 Education - Book Creator appJoin AI Literacy Week 2025 (Sept 15–18) to explore how K–12 educators can teach artificial intelligence responsibly. Discover free webinars, author talks, and remixable classroom resources to support ... 031
Reposted by @umasseduc.bsky.socialJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out. And…I’m back.m.soundcloud.com#204 Collision CoursePlay #204 Collision Course by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. 073
