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Adam Gamoran
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President of the William T. Grant Foundation and emeritus professor at UW-Madison

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Adam Gamoran is an American sociologist.

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Sep 25
I’m excited to see this report released, and proud that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is supporting outreach to encourage engagement with the report.
sbs.nationalacademies.org Social & Behavioral Sciences at NASEM @sbs.nationalacademies.org · Sep 25
📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU
New Report: Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. To the right is a picture of two children holding hands as they walk on a sidewalk.

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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 22d
Value-Added and Growth Models in Education by
Cory Koedel
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Value-Added and Growth Models in Education
Explore value-added models (VAMs) in education: unbiased estimates, teacher effectiveness, and policy limitations. Learn about teacher & school VAMs.
livehandbook.org

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Chancellor John B. King @sunychancellor.bsky.social · 25d
Thank you to the Office of General Services for hosting an incredible celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy yesterday. As I shared in my remarks, Dr. King’s idea of building a Beloved Community reminds us that belonging and mutuality don’t happen by accident,

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Chancellor King giving his remarks Chancellor King (right) with OGS Commissioner Jeanette Moy (center) and headliner Melvin Crispell III (left) Chancellor with art display by Erin L. Kuhn, in collaboration with SUNY Jefferson

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 26d
Are you interested in inequality of opportunity / inter-generational mobility? Take a look at this impressive new resource: a public-access database containing cross-nationally comparable estimates of inequality of opportunity for 72 countries, covering 2/3 of the world’s population. 👇👇👇
stone-lis.bsky.social Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 27d
A new online database includes comparable estimates of inequality of opportunity for 72 countries that cover 2/3 of the world population. The share of total inequality that is due to inherited circumstances ranges from 19% (Denmark) to 77% (South Africa).
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/publications...
Text of working paper abstract

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 26d
Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers?

Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section.

@asa-ipm.bsky.social
The ASA IPM section is excited to launch our new participatory budgeting initiative where section members can propose new initiatives or projects that the full membership will then vote on. The IPM Section has dedicated $1,500 to be allocated across the proposed projects that receive the most votes by section members. You can read through the IPM Participatory Budgeting Rulebook linked here for more information about what kinds of projects qualify for funding, how the voting process will work, and the overall timeline for this funding cycle. To submit a proposal, please use the following link: IPM PB: Proposal Submission Site. The last day to submit a proposal is January 30, 2026. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Fabian Pfeffer at fabian.pfeffer@Imu.de.

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 27d
What does resistance look like? Is it worthwhile? The book answers these questions. (Spoiler alert: the answer to the second question is yes!)

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 27d
Here’s a recent @npr.org interview with Nell

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🔊 Listen Now: In Our Future We are Free: The Dismantling of Youth Prison
WGVU News on NPR One | 10:25
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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 27d
I’m also pleased that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social helped support this book. thenewpress.org/books/in-our...
In Our Future We Are Free - The New Press
A master class in social change—how a coalition of parents, activists, and prison officials brought a racist and destructive institution to its knees   “Nell Bernstein’s book could be for juvenile j...
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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · 27d
Pleased attend the book launch with Nell Bernstein, author of In Our Future We Are Free. Nell’s previous book, helped spark the closing of horrific youth prisons; this book tells what came next.

Reposted by Janet Gornick, Adam Gamoran, Paolo Brunori

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 27d
A new online database includes comparable estimates of inequality of opportunity for 72 countries that cover 2/3 of the world population. The share of total inequality that is due to inherited circumstances ranges from 19% (Denmark) to 77% (South Africa).
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/publications...
Text of working paper abstract

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · Jan 10
The NYT has numbers on the cuts at the Dept of Education.
Almost 800 people have been cut at Federal Student Aid. That's a lot larger than I expected. And IES has been gutted.

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Dec 30
AEFP is expanding our conference subsidies program to offer financial assistance to a broader membership base so that more researchers, policymakers & practitioners have the opportunity to connect at the conference. The deadline to apply is January 5, 2026 aefpweb.org/conferen...

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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Dec 23
Local reporters are doing some outstanding work on the "Education Freedom Scholarship" in TN. @rachelannwegner.bsky.social at @thetennesean.bsky.social reports that more than 1 in 5 vouchers were used at the most expensive private schools in the state. (1/3) www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...
See which Tennessee private schools received taxpayer-funded vouchers
One in five students who got Education Freedom Scholarships in Tennessee landed at some of its most expensive private schools.
www.tennessean.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Dec 22
New, at Can We Still Govern?
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
What have we learned about child poverty in America?
Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Dec 18
I have been loathe to suggest any impacts of political pressure on federal statistical agencies, but this is worrying to me.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published technical explanations ahead of both of this week’s major reports to explain how they would handle shutdown-related distortions. For the jobs report, which was published on Tuesday, the B.L.S.’s approach was generally in line with what most economists expected. But for the inflation report, many economists were caught off guard by the way the B.L.S. handled the distortions, which is part of why they are casting so much doubt on the numbers published today.

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · Dec 17
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Dec 16
Let's be clear: the US National Science Foundation's decision to reduce the role of expert panelists and outside reviewers does not limit the burden on NSF workers; it empowers them to make funding decisions without scientific oversight.

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NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · Dec 16
Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview
OSF
osf.io

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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · Dec 10
I enjoyed joining @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social to discuss the new mythologies of higher education. Net tuition is not soaring, the value of a degree is not plummeting and neither is four-year college enrollment.

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Is the “college enrollment crisis” a myth?
Episode 998 of The Education Gadfly Show
educationgadflyshow.substack.com

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Dec 7
Without a higher education program, the University of Nebraska is going to have a hard time recruiting and keeping the next generation of higher education leaders when competing institutions offer the chance for staff members to further their education. This decision will backfire.
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 7
The irony of Indiana’s magical football season while politicians and university leaders are destroying its academic greatness (see www.indystar.com/story/opinio...)
Indiana's attack on IU is gutting academic programs | Opinion
IU is being transformed into a sad shell of a once-proud global research university.
www.indystar.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Dec 5
“What have I done!” 🤡

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NBER @nber.org · Dec 5
Online education expands access but diverts students from higher-quality in-person programs. Greater competition lowers tuition but reduces the supply of in-person degrees, from Nano Barahona, Cauê Dobbin, and Sebastián Otero www.nber.org/papers/w34522

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Dec 4
Postdoctoral opportunity in the social sciences at Notre Dame! apply.interfolio.com/177620
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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · Dec 1
A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Nov 19
Glad to see research by @uwsoc.bsky.social alum Daniel Long reported in @washingtonpost.com on the persistence of racial and ethnic inequality in academic course taking www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Race is linked to who gets to take algebra, data shows
Schools are less likely to offer Latino and Black students early algebra, limiting odds they will get advanced courses and higher-paying jobs.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Nov 14
New GAO report: Agencies are not following OMB guidance to identify and reduce administrative burdens in safety net benefits, least likely to pay attention to learning and compliance costs.
www.gao.gov/products/gao...
Graph show learning, compliance and psychological costs

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Nov 13
He wants to push us back to the 1930s, and then trap us there, by preventing us from electing another FDR.
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Nov 13
This is far worse than anyone expected.

Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.

All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Nov 10
On Friday, I moderated a National Academy of Education panel on the state and future of education research, with Peggy Carr, @agamoran.bsky.social, Pam Grossman. Many calls for resilience, creativity, advocacy, engagement, and alliances for funding, data, freedom. Photo credit: @aadukia.bsky.social

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Oct 29
For more on the Wash U - B & G Club partnership, a @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social Institutional Challenge Grant, see: wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/advan...
Advancing the Social and Economic Mobility of Black Male Youth and Young Men - William T. Grant Foundation
This grant will strengthen the partnership between Washington University in St. Louis, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, Greater St. Louis Foundation. , and the Fathers and Families Suppo...
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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Oct 29
Researchers & community partners working hard for youth in St. Louis: appreciated the chance to visit Wash U’s exec vice provost Mary McKay, Sandro Galea, dean of the new Schl of Public Health, and their colleagues; and Brandon Williams, visionary president of the Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis.