Cara Jackson
@carajackson.bsky.social
Devoted to development & use of evidence to improve educational policy, practice, & outcomes. Research Manager at Center for OBC https://obc.southerneducation.org/resources/
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Cara Jackson
@carajackson.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Creating Coherence: Does Instructional Alignment Affect the Impact of Tutoring?
This study examines the impact of using instructionally aligned literacy tutoring with students in kindergarten through third grade under a Response to Intervention framework. We conducted a randomize...
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Creating Coherence: Does Instructional Alignment Affect the Impact of Tutoring? edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1332 was featured in Overdeck's Five Studies That Inspired Our Thinking in 2025! 🎉 overdeck.org/news-and-res...
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The always excellent @bethhawkins.bsky.social untangles what is actually happening in #Minnesota schools right now. #StPaul district closed today and yesterday to organize #remotelearning options, as an example #edchat www.the74million.org/article/as-i...
As ICE Targets Twin Cities Schools & Bus Stops, Even Citizens Keep Kids Home
'Everybody’s affected’: Fear, anger and chaos as classrooms empty out, distance learning fails, student mental health suffers and teachers struggle.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The always excellent @bethhawkins.bsky.social untangles what is actually happening in #Minnesota schools right now. #StPaul district closed today and yesterday to organize #remotelearning options, as an example #edchat www.the74million.org/article/as-i...
Senate HELP committee is requesting information on how students’ academic success in K-12 schools is measured.
Might we finally start valuing growth?
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Might we finally start valuing growth?
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Chair Cassidy Requests Stakeholder Feedback on Improving Students’ Academic Growth | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is requesting...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Senate HELP committee is requesting information on how students’ academic success in K-12 schools is measured.
Might we finally start valuing growth?
www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...
Might we finally start valuing growth?
www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...
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If you're looking for your first great read of 2026 start with Miracle Children by Katie Benner and Erica Green
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January 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
If you added the Institute of Education Sciences you'd need a bigger range on the y-axis 😭
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 12:54 AM
If you added the Institute of Education Sciences you'd need a bigger range on the y-axis 😭
Just ordered Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises, a book by Katie Benner and Erica L. Green - Bookshop.org US share.google/Vxrz9qeg3elH...
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January 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Just ordered Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises, a book by Katie Benner and Erica L. Green - Bookshop.org US share.google/Vxrz9qeg3elH...
Not even in their best-ever game of Monopoly did my parents have 5+ homes
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Not even in their best-ever game of Monopoly did my parents have 5+ homes
How your email finds me
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
How your email finds me
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#EdResearch folks - early bird registration for the annual Association for Education Finance & Policy conference ends TODAY! Join us in Chicago for lots of great discussions about the research and policy.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
#EdResearch folks - early bird registration for the annual Association for Education Finance & Policy conference ends TODAY! Join us in Chicago for lots of great discussions about the research and policy.
aefpweb.org/2026conference
aefpweb.org/2026conference
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"Sometimes this White House inflicts on us a story that is so brainstoppingly stupid that it’s a danger even to speak, read, or write about it—you can feel your neurons giving up the ghost...So it is now with Donald Trump’s latest machination to acquire Greenland." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Celebrate a King, Not a Trump
We will never have a DJT day.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
"Sometimes this White House inflicts on us a story that is so brainstoppingly stupid that it’s a danger even to speak, read, or write about it—you can feel your neurons giving up the ghost...So it is now with Donald Trump’s latest machination to acquire Greenland." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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You miss MLK's view of service if you embrace this: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?" and not: "Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
You miss MLK's view of service if you embrace this: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?" and not: "Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision continues to challenge and inspire us to build more inclusive, equitable spaces in our communities and in our workplaces. Today, we honor his legacy by committing to action, not just remembrance. ✨
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision continues to challenge and inspire us to build more inclusive, equitable spaces in our communities and in our workplaces. Today, we honor his legacy by committing to action, not just remembrance. ✨
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Happy to have this descriptive piece with @camilantmorales.bsky.social, Kalena Cortes, @julia-turner.bsky.social, & @loismiller.bsky.social out!
Look for more causal work on this topic from our team in the near future 👀
Look for more causal work on this topic from our team in the near future 👀
A new NBER working paper by @riacton.bsky.social and colleagues finds economic benefits to a community college baccalaureate relative to an associate degree, but that an earnings penalty still exists in tech fields relative to a traditional bachelor's degree.
Community College Bachelor’s Degrees: How CCB Graduates’ Earnings Compare to AAs and BAs
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy to have this descriptive piece with @camilantmorales.bsky.social, Kalena Cortes, @julia-turner.bsky.social, & @loismiller.bsky.social out!
Look for more causal work on this topic from our team in the near future 👀
Look for more causal work on this topic from our team in the near future 👀
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed he received this message from Trump:
![NEW: President Trump letter to Jonas Gahr Store links Nobel Prize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreihiddkacymmesu2re4n4nmlra6p5u5zepo3donk3p7zqs3l6xi654@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed he received this message from Trump:
So much of the work of The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting is about exactly this: supporting strong implementation share.google/dcCnzENnCFnY...
January 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
So much of the work of The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting is about exactly this: supporting strong implementation share.google/dcCnzENnCFnY...
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it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
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My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored
For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
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Kids enrolled in Medicaid:
📚 Miss fewer school days
🎓Are more likely to complete high school
💪🏽 Grow up to be healthier adults
👩🏼🔬 Earn higher wages
Nearly *40% of births* and nearly *40% of children* in Ohio are covered by Medicaid.
A good candidate for Governor would want to protect kids’ coverage.
📚 Miss fewer school days
🎓Are more likely to complete high school
💪🏽 Grow up to be healthier adults
👩🏼🔬 Earn higher wages
Nearly *40% of births* and nearly *40% of children* in Ohio are covered by Medicaid.
A good candidate for Governor would want to protect kids’ coverage.
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Kids enrolled in Medicaid:
📚 Miss fewer school days
🎓Are more likely to complete high school
💪🏽 Grow up to be healthier adults
👩🏼🔬 Earn higher wages
Nearly *40% of births* and nearly *40% of children* in Ohio are covered by Medicaid.
A good candidate for Governor would want to protect kids’ coverage.
📚 Miss fewer school days
🎓Are more likely to complete high school
💪🏽 Grow up to be healthier adults
👩🏼🔬 Earn higher wages
Nearly *40% of births* and nearly *40% of children* in Ohio are covered by Medicaid.
A good candidate for Governor would want to protect kids’ coverage.
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The 3 factors referred to here are legacies, athletes, and students from expensive private high schools.
"The 3 factors that give children from high-income families an admissions advantage are uncorrelated or negatively correlated with postcollege outcomes, whereas academic credentials such as SAT/ACT scores are highly predictive of postcollege success." academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*
Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca
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January 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The 3 factors referred to here are legacies, athletes, and students from expensive private high schools.
I know we are a country deeply opposed to a national curriculum, but I wish every state taught kids that 1984 was intended to be dystopian fiction, not a playbook.
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I know we are a country deeply opposed to a national curriculum, but I wish every state taught kids that 1984 was intended to be dystopian fiction, not a playbook.
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Applications for @aefpweb.bsky.social's Innovation Day are open! Intended for #education leaders interested in:
- increasing #math achievement
- implementing workforce #Pell grants
- strengthening the #teacher workforce
Thanks @arnoldventures.bsky.social for support!
aefpweb.org/innovation-day
- increasing #math achievement
- implementing workforce #Pell grants
- strengthening the #teacher workforce
Thanks @arnoldventures.bsky.social for support!
aefpweb.org/innovation-day
AEFP
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January 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Applications for @aefpweb.bsky.social's Innovation Day are open! Intended for #education leaders interested in:
- increasing #math achievement
- implementing workforce #Pell grants
- strengthening the #teacher workforce
Thanks @arnoldventures.bsky.social for support!
aefpweb.org/innovation-day
- increasing #math achievement
- implementing workforce #Pell grants
- strengthening the #teacher workforce
Thanks @arnoldventures.bsky.social for support!
aefpweb.org/innovation-day
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Learn more about the difference between posted and net tuition and how it impacts students in Emily Cook and Sarah Turner's chapter on College Pricing in the U.S.: lnkd.in/gn-Hciw6
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Learn more about the difference between posted and net tuition and how it impacts students in Emily Cook and Sarah Turner's chapter on College Pricing in the U.S.: lnkd.in/gn-Hciw6
"the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence."
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
"the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence."