What on earth?
05.03.2026 19:29
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨
How many items do we need for the 0–100 number line?
Using IRT (GRM) on N=234, we cut 23→15 items—same developmental patterns + predictive power (K–3) while saving time, also capturing accuracy + linearity w/ @juliebooth.bsky.social @cabarbieri.bsky.social 🔢📏 doi.org/10.23668/psy...
Poster session at #APA2025! Spatial reasoning matters more than logical reasoning for predicting high school geometry students’ learning
Congratulations!!
New worry for today. If my Alma Mater where I got my PhD is on Trump’s list and they start imposing demands for continuing funding, what are the odds that my Alma Mater is told they have to invalidate doctoral degrees earned by women…and what are the odds they would cave and do it?
I’m so sorry, Betsy. This is terrible.
How IES Helps Students and Educators. theconversation.com/helping-teac...
Remember Project 2025? Folks are tracking every promise they made and it's current implementation status. They are _well_ on their way to accomplishing their goal within 100 days.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Direct
Applies to grants too. We just got notification.
🚨🚨 Per WaPo: 🚨🚨
U.S. Dept of Ed officials were told "they no longer have authority to approve grants or contracts, publish notices in the Federal Register, or hire or promote employees without review from one of four senior political appointees."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
URGENT! @WP just reported that 54 min ago researchers funded by the Department of Education were told they need agency permission to publish results.
NPR story is out: Confirms all NSF panels (all directorates) are cancelled this week due to executive orders.
Next week? "NSF also has review panels scheduled for next week. An agency spokesperson declined to confirm whether they'd also be rescheduled."
What?!?!?