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Carrie Lou Bloom
@carrie1ou.bsky.social
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Deaf researcher working on dismantling systemic inequities for deaf people in higher ed & transition to work. Asst professor at UT Austin & co-director, National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes. I play pickleball & read books. 🏳‍🌈
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
We're excited to introduce Deafverse: Legends of the Eldertree-a NEW online game designed to help deaf students practice self-advocacy & decision-making skills as they prepare for college. Take a look at what it offers, then play & let us know what you think!

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College Is Your Next Quest—Let’s Make It Legendary!
Deafverse: Legends of the Eldertree is a free, online educational game designed to help deaf teenagers prepare for life after high school. This is Deafverse like you’ve never seen it before.
nationaldeafcenter.org
June 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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jdsde.bsky.social
Drs. Bloom and Palmer recently published with us a new article exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on deaf college students. Check out this important work here!

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Disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on deaf college students
Abstract. This study explores the experiences of deaf college students during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to examine institutional capacity to retai
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April 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
We’re heading to #AERA2025, hosted by @aeraedresearch.bsky.social!

Join us at the biggest education research event of the year—2,500+ sessions, including ours!

Come say hi and let’s chat about all things education and accessibility for deaf college students.
Details here: bit.ly/AERA2025
A light grey background with the AERA logo on the top left corner and the NDC logo on the top right corner. Title in black reads: "FIND US AT THE 2025 AERA ANNUAL MEETING. With black text underneath that reads: "APR 23-27 DENVER, CO." Underneath is the presentation: "Disparate Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Deaf College Students. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 3:30-5:00 PM, CENTRAL. The circle is Carrie Lou Bloom, a White woman with glasses and long brown hair. Underneath is another title that reads: "Deaf Sig Roundtable Sessions." FRIDAY, APRIL 25 12:40-2:10 PM, CENTRAL. A black text beneath it is smaller texts that reads: "Interpreter Burnout and What It Means for Deaf Students." First circle is Jeffrey Levi Palmer, a man with dark hair, glasses, and a beard and mustache. Another title that reads: "Reading Between the Lines to Increase Belonging and Retention." The first circle is Kelton Bloxham, a White man with glasses, and a beard and mustache. The second circle is Mary Sanderson, a White women with glasses and long blonde hair.
April 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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matthewstoller.bsky.social
So an insane story, a private equity roll-up of fire truck companies is why more than half the fire trucks in Los Angeles were out of service during the catastrophic wildfires in the Palisades and Eaton.

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Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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andydrc.bsky.social
Guggenheim Offers the Poetry of Motion: Sign Language Verses www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/a...
Guggenheim Offers the Poetry of Motion: Sign Language Verses
The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
"A lot of people remark that my interpreters seem to know chemistry and ask if they help me with the material. That’s frustrating. I explain that I’m the expert and my interpreters are just translating from spoken English to ASL."

- Asma Sheikh

Learn more about Asma's inspiring journey below 👇
December 2, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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joshcowenmi.bsky.social
Longer summary of awful voucher results in my 2023 @brookingsinst.bsky.social piece

What’s key is we have strong evidence on voucher harms for low income and other at-risk families.
www.brookings.edu/articles/research-on-school-vouchers-suggests-concerns-ahead-for-education-savings-accounts
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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eleanorklib.bsky.social
When Texas banned puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors, adults lost care, too.

“The more of us that leave, the less people there will be to fight. But ... as long as there’s one trans person in Texas, then there are trans people in Texas.”

www.texastribune.org/2024/12/04/t...
After Texas banned puberty blockers and hormones for trans kids, adults lost care, too
As limitations on trans teens increase, doctors have left the state, weakening an already threadbare system for trans adults.
www.texastribune.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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peck.phd
Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"

It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

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November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
Looking for folks who care about disability and accessibility in higher ed! 🎓

Drop a message and I'll add you to the group!

go.bsky.app/GPxStwf
November 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
So, we’re looking for DSS professionals, current deaf college students, & recent grads (within the last 5 yrs) to share their thoughts with us!

Your participation will help us improve accessibility, create innovative resources, & shape change in higher ed for the deaf community.

bit.ly/ndcsurveys
Online Surveys
NDC Values Information From the Community The data we collect helps us develop products and services that meet your needs, and improve access for deaf students in transition settings and beyond! Help us achieve our goals by participating in one of the following surveys: Deaf Student Postsecondary Access and Inclusion Survey Survey Open 10/1/24 to […]
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November 22, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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syncingsinking.bsky.social
I've wanted to write something about academic accommodations for a while, and in the absence of other inspiration, I'm just going to put it here.

I have a few points to make but first a bit of context about me. I'm profoundly deaf in my right ear. Basically can't hear anything in it. 1/
June 15, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
Oops, forgot to drop the links in the last post 😅

📊 nationaldeafcenter.org/resources/re...
🧑‍🏫 nationaldeafcenter.org/learn/online...
💪 For students, nationaldeafcenter.org/students
For DSS professionals, nationaldeafcenter.org/dss/
🎮 deafverse.com
🤝 Email us at help@nationaldeafcenter.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
🎮 Deafverse: a game designed by the deaf for the deaf, empowering deaf teens & young adults.
🤝 Got questions? Our Help Team is here to support you!

Follow along—we’ve got plenty to share! ✨
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
So, what do we bring to the table?

📊 Data dashboard for tracking trends & outcomes.
🧑‍🏫 Free online courses to boost & sharpen your skills.
💪 Self-advocacy resources for deaf students & DSS professionals.
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social
Hey y’all! 👋 Just stopping by to share what we’re all about. We’re a federally funded technical assistance center working to improve support and services for deaf folks in high school, college, and job training.
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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dynarski.bsky.social
Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research

Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it

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The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century Ran Abramitzky, Jennifer K. Kowalski, Santiago Pérez, and Joseph Price NBER Working Paper No. 33164 November 2024 JEL No. 123, 124, N32 ABSTRACT We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U.S. colleges. By combining these data with more recent survey and administrative data, we assemble the largest dataset on the socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these students at elite private or public colleges has remained at similarly low levels throughout the last century. Second, the representation of upper-income students at elite colleges decreased after World War II, but this group has regained its high representation since the 1980s. Third, while there has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse. Fourth, two major policy changes in the history of American higher education, namely the G.I. Bill after World War II and the introduction of standardized tests for admissions, had little success in increasing the representation of lower- and middle-income students at elite colleges.
November 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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lizay.bsky.social
“…to suggest we should compromise on the rights of trans people, for instance, and all of the other critical issues we care most about, is unacceptable. It is shameful and cowardly. We cannot abandon the most vulnerable communities to assuage the most powerful.” @roxanegay.bsky.social
theferocity.bsky.social Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Nov 17
“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.”
@roxanegay.bsky.social

[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
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November 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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karenho.bsky.social
If you're not used to writing alt text for every image, I found it helpful to enable this accessibility setting on both desktop and the Bluesky mobile app. The point is to be descriptive, as it helps users who visually impaired and blind, as well as users who have muted specific words or phrases.
A screenshot of Bluesky's accessibility settings for desktop. Under Alt text, the blue slider has been shifted to the right next to the text that says "Require alt text before posting". The setting underneath says "Display larger alt text badges"
November 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
carrie1ou.bsky.social
On campus today at @utaustin.bsky.social - with custom cookies, Bevo, and UT cheerleaders. Nothing beats an UT event. #HookEm
Photo of a large sugar cookie shaped like Texas and frosted in burnt orange with Hook 'em on it, next to a name tag saying Carrie Lou Bloom - ambition to action at the college of education.
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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stefgwalsh.bsky.social
Most recent co-authored manuscript focuses on issues related to comparison groups by hearing status in deaf-focused research.

Written with @lealaholcomb.bsky.social
@jascott.bsky.social and Wyatte Hall.

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Challenging the “norm”: a critical look at deaf-hearing comparison studies in research
Abstract. This study critically examines the biases and methodological shortcomings in studies comparing deaf and hearing populations, demonstrating their
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November 14, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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mdemeulder.bsky.social
I’ve created this Starter Pack for deaf scholars new on this platform and looking for other deaf scholars to follow and interact with. Join us! go.bsky.app/6USEvp8
November 14, 2024 at 11:22 AM