Kara Finnigan

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

People power is real Take a moment to savor that

As I wrote two weeks ago, when the retreat from Minneapolis began, “it is proof that people power is not theoretical, it is real. It can force change. It can alter the course of history.” www.headsupnews.org/p/people-pow...

“If America’s university presidents believe that their foremost responsibility is simply to keep their institutions operational — collecting tuition and protecting endowments — they are mistaken… presidents and chancellors are stewards of intellectual freedom and democratic norms.”

🥲 Watch this....and call your senators and ask them to stop using our tax dollars to pay for this. That money (recently 75 billion in extra funding toward ICE) could go toward research, education, health care, so many things. #courageiscontagious #yourvoicematters

So true! I want the BILLIONS of tax dollars toward research & education (both decimated in budget) not ICE. If you are angry like I am, make your voice heard: call your senators #5calls

"If you trample on people’s rights, if your militarized agents kill American citizens, there are consequences." 👇

Of course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE.
First no funding.
Impeach Noem.
Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN.
Demand that Miller resign.

Don’t let up.

A witness to Alex Pretti's murder: "I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me."

Right now. In America.

There is nothing subtle or complicated or hard to understand about what is happening.

This is worth taking the time to read - So How's the Occupation Going for You? by @taylorcarik.bsky.social 👇

We're hiring! 👇

If you are focused on devel/application of learning technologies toward just & equitable opportunities/practices/policies/ systems, & have strong interdisc. & mixed-method collab record, we hope you'll apply! Position designed for collab. w/College of Engineering & Ctr for Innov.

I really enjoyed it Kyle! Thank you to you and the other PhD students for the thoughtful questions and to my panelist colleagues for giving me new things to think about in terms of advising and mentoring. #goblue!

Thanks for sharing this Ariel! Your research is so important in calling attention to and expanding the work around transportation justice and schooling. 👏

Such a great resource w/ info related to early childhood, K-12, & higher ed....along w/ misc. cross-cutting topics like mine on research use. #education #edresearch #edpolicy #researchevidence @aefpweb.bsky.social @dbassok.bsky.social @carajackson.bsky.social. Check it out and share with others👇

Thank you for sharing this @equintero.bsky.social!

‪And thank you to @carlhendrick.substack.com for the thought-provoking essay:‬ "Deep reading..trains us in the moral dispositions that public life requires: attention, imagination, restraint." substack.com/home/post/p-...

"there’s no sidestepping a president deploying the military in an American city based on ludicrous falsehoods about a foreign invasion. Indeed, it’s hard to think of a clearer signpost on the road to dictatorship."

I'll be joining "No Kings" mobilization Sat. Find 1 near you: www.nokings.org#map

These are the kinds of stories that help to show how vast and devastating the massive cuts to government offices are, and how they impact people's lives. Thanks for sharing your story about your dad with us @ansleyerickson.bsky.social!

A primary difference between her testimony & other witnesses' was hers was informed by decades of research evidence, along w/her own research, and allowed her to delineate critical areas for oversight. The voice of researchers is so impt to policy dialogue & decision making! #edresearch #edpolicy

So true! Her key point: Civil rights guardrails (through regulation and oversight) are needed to counter the ways that charter schools have limited enrollment and increased segregation.

Watching live stream of Genevieve Siegel-Hawley doing her public service today testifying abt charter schls & educ equity before House Committee on Education & Workforce's Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, & Secondary (w/ former student Jenna Roberson in audience) 👏 #edresearch #edpolicy

Grades are in, graduation is tomorrow! What a year! Grateful for these students who made my first year at @umich.edu extra special (and special shout out to Ashley and Brianna for their selfie talents)! #goblue

What a great idea! Sharing for any early career ed policy researchers who may be interested 👇

I don't know how you are keeping up with all these things but I so appreciate it when you share the backstory!

Agree! We need public opinion campaign ASAP. Leverage alumni network like Princeton but build collective across these networks? Extend info/reach of @wearehighered.bsky.social Post info on other platforms-FB, LinkedIn, TikTok, to reach broader audiences w info to call reps, university leaders, etc.

Was glad to see President Ono's name added to this letter this morning! #courageiscontagious

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Front cover of Handbook of Education Policy Research (2nd edition)

Chapter 1 of Handbook of Education Policy Research. (2nd edition), titled "Learning Across Boundaries: Connecting Education Policy and Social Policy Research to Advance Equity"

Look what arrived! Congrats to Lora, Peter & @janellescott.bsky.social! This 79-chapter hdbk is critical to our field! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #education #edpolicy #edresearch Our chapter on educ & social policy w/Jennifer Jellison Holme @markiejay06.bsky.social Walker Swain & Terrenda White

So true! "What is the cost of not resisting? What happens when educators stop defending stdnts & start enabling oppression? Authoritarianism thrives when people bend. It crumbles when they hold firm. For our republic to survive, ed. ldrs must be amng those who hold firm. Our children are watching."

Glad to see this lawsuit brought by @democracyforward.org on behalf of @aeraedresearch.bsky.social & SREE in defense of #edresearch - research that is critical for educators, policymakers, parents, and students.

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Yes! An ex. of "strength of weak ties"! Amazing to see 4000+ people joining together. While a few universities are in headlines, people from all different institutions & general public, all over the country, are speaking out in support of education and democracy. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Grading papers (policy-related book & documentary reviews) & thinking abt the amazing group of master's students in my policy analysis class....& how fun it's been to have them in my first class at UMich esp given all going on in the world. #education #edpolicy #GoBlue #EDUC646

A civil rights issue @edebray.bsky.social @janellescott.bsky.social Janel George & I note in a recent brief abt ESEA reauth using our equitable, evidence-based, & ecol. framework. If not feds, states must address given systemic funding inequities & harms to students nepc.colorado.edu/sites/defaul...

Gutting DEI Won’t Save Us Only a sustained and coordinated defense can meet this challenge.

👇 Richard Thompson Ford: "The greatest threat to the esteem of colleges is not DEI but their own unwillingness to forcefully defend themselves...Only a sustained & coordinated defense of the academy in Congress, the courts, & the court of public opinion can meet this challenge." tinyurl.com/3kb2xhdw