Carrie Conaway
@clconaway.bsky.social
Senior lecturer at HGSE & acquirer of eccentric hobbies. Co-author of Common-Sense Evidence, https://tinyurl.com/commonsenseevidence/
This week is my first full week in my new role: Faculty Chair, Learning and Assessment at HGSE @harvardeducation.bsky.social. I'll be collaborating with our awesome senior leadership team to create a more cohesive approach to our degree programs and executive education.
July 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This week is my first full week in my new role: Faculty Chair, Learning and Assessment at HGSE @harvardeducation.bsky.social. I'll be collaborating with our awesome senior leadership team to create a more cohesive approach to our degree programs and executive education.
Yesterday the Trump admin revoked Harvard's ability to issue visas to international students. In my 6 years at HGSE, I've gotten to know, work with, and learn from many international students.
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Trump Admin Revokes Harvard’s Authorization To Enroll International Students | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday, dramatically escalating the administration’s fight with the University and threatening thousands of cur...
www.thecrimson.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yesterday the Trump admin revoked Harvard's ability to issue visas to international students. In my 6 years at HGSE, I've gotten to know, work with, and learn from many international students.
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
It's notable to me that in Harvard's messaging about the value of research, none of the examples come from education, or even from the social sciences. I'm curious about ways to better demonstrate the value of social science research. How can we address this?
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
Research Funding
The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government...
www.harvard.edu
May 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's notable to me that in Harvard's messaging about the value of research, none of the examples come from education, or even from the social sciences. I'm curious about ways to better demonstrate the value of social science research. How can we address this?
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
Same! Thank you, @aefpweb.bsky.social.
April 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Same! Thank you, @aefpweb.bsky.social.
If you, like me, are despairing about the state of our democracy, please donate to one of the orgs suing the Trump administration over its illegal actions.
Today I gave to @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org and set up a FB fundraiser to encourage friends to donate as well. Please join me!
Today I gave to @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org and set up a FB fundraiser to encourage friends to donate as well. Please join me!
March 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you, like me, are despairing about the state of our democracy, please donate to one of the orgs suing the Trump administration over its illegal actions.
Today I gave to @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org and set up a FB fundraiser to encourage friends to donate as well. Please join me!
Today I gave to @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org and set up a FB fundraiser to encourage friends to donate as well. Please join me!
Hey #aefp2025, I made this timeline about AEFP's history to help celebrate AEFP's 50th anniversary. Check it out!
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AEFP at 50
AEFP at 50
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March 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey #aefp2025, I made this timeline about AEFP's history to help celebrate AEFP's 50th anniversary. Check it out!
commoninja.site/4b6c370c-af7...
commoninja.site/4b6c370c-af7...
What a surreal experience to be leading a workshop for education researchers on how to write about their research, in a building directly across from the US Capitol, and wake up to discover that the entire national education statistical staff has been fired.
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What a surreal experience to be leading a workshop for education researchers on how to write about their research, in a building directly across from the US Capitol, and wake up to discover that the entire national education statistical staff has been fired.
Fellow AEFP-attending pollen allergy sufferers: Start your Zyrtec now! In fact, start it two weeks ago. This week's pollen forecast for DC is bleak.
#aefp2025
#aefp2025
March 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Fellow AEFP-attending pollen allergy sufferers: Start your Zyrtec now! In fact, start it two weeks ago. This week's pollen forecast for DC is bleak.
#aefp2025
#aefp2025
We love this resource in our education policy & analysis EdM program! Thanks @bethschueler.bsky.social for maintaining this super helpful document.
It's that time of year to circulate this list of orgs for those seeking ed policy jobs/internships. Please let me know if there are opportunities/orgs I should add. Good luck out there! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Unofficial List of Ed Policy Orgs for Job/Internship Seekers
docs.google.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We love this resource in our education policy & analysis EdM program! Thanks @bethschueler.bsky.social for maintaining this super helpful document.
I'm so proud of the presidents of my favorite professional association @aefpweb.bsky.social for standing up for education research and data. Thank you @carajackson.bsky.social @dbassok.bsky.social and Michal Kurlaender!
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
www.brookings.edu
February 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I'm so proud of the presidents of my favorite professional association @aefpweb.bsky.social for standing up for education research and data. Thank you @carajackson.bsky.social @dbassok.bsky.social and Michal Kurlaender!
Thanks to @500womensci.bsky.social for putting together these great state summaries of the impact of the National Science Foundation. Massachusetts got over half a billion dollars from NSF in FY2023 alone. Find your state's card here: bit.ly/NSF_bystate
February 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thanks to @500womensci.bsky.social for putting together these great state summaries of the impact of the National Science Foundation. Massachusetts got over half a billion dollars from NSF in FY2023 alone. Find your state's card here: bit.ly/NSF_bystate
When I arrived at the Kennedy School in 1998, the only faculty member I was star-struck to meet other than William Julius Wilson was Sandy Jencks. But while I never interacted with WJW in my time there, I took a year-long course with Sandy. (1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
Christopher Jencks, a Shaper of Views on Economic Inequality, Dies at 88
His clear prose, illuminating data and novel arguments, transformed debates around issues like public education and welfare reform.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
When I arrived at the Kennedy School in 1998, the only faculty member I was star-struck to meet other than William Julius Wilson was Sandy Jencks. But while I never interacted with WJW in my time there, I took a year-long course with Sandy. (1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
Do you represent an ORGANIZATION (not an individual) willing to advocate for the value of ed research? Consider signing this letter to Congress being organized by Knowledge Alliance - to be delivered tomorrow 2/13. Link to Google form to sign letter in the thread.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
IES Contract Cancellation Sign on Letter
February X, 2025 Dear Members of Congress, Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unilaterally cancelled an unprecedented number of contracts that support evaluatio...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Do you represent an ORGANIZATION (not an individual) willing to advocate for the value of ed research? Consider signing this letter to Congress being organized by Knowledge Alliance - to be delivered tomorrow 2/13. Link to Google form to sign letter in the thread.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As a former govt employee & current higher ed employee who works on research & data use, it feels like everything I have worked for & cared about throughout my career is crumbling through our fingers like sand. I'm at a loss. I welcome suggestions for things I can do that would actually help.
January 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
As a former govt employee & current higher ed employee who works on research & data use, it feels like everything I have worked for & cared about throughout my career is crumbling through our fingers like sand. I'm at a loss. I welcome suggestions for things I can do that would actually help.
Reposted by Carrie Conaway
Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection.
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(VIEW ONLY) EDFacts Comment Letter 2025 Clean Draft.docx
January 26, 2025 Stephanie Valentine PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Dev...
docs.google.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection.
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Carrie Conaway
Applications for AEFP Early Career Mentorship program are due TODAY by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/mentorsh...
December 31, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Applications for AEFP Early Career Mentorship program are due TODAY by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/mentorsh...
December 19, 2024 at 7:42 PM
On Bluesky, I made two rules for myself:
1) I only follow education/research folks that I know personally and would do a favor for if asked, and
2) For every work-related person I follow, I must also follow a comedian, musician, or drag queen.
My feed is much improved.
1) I only follow education/research folks that I know personally and would do a favor for if asked, and
2) For every work-related person I follow, I must also follow a comedian, musician, or drag queen.
My feed is much improved.
December 7, 2024 at 1:59 PM
On Bluesky, I made two rules for myself:
1) I only follow education/research folks that I know personally and would do a favor for if asked, and
2) For every work-related person I follow, I must also follow a comedian, musician, or drag queen.
My feed is much improved.
1) I only follow education/research folks that I know personally and would do a favor for if asked, and
2) For every work-related person I follow, I must also follow a comedian, musician, or drag queen.
My feed is much improved.
When @andrewdeanho.bsky.social and I agreed to co-direct HGSE's Education Policy and Analysis program, I never imagined that our students would "honor" us in gingerbread. #hgse #hgse_epa
December 6, 2024 at 1:40 PM
When @andrewdeanho.bsky.social and I agreed to co-direct HGSE's Education Policy and Analysis program, I never imagined that our students would "honor" us in gingerbread. #hgse #hgse_epa
Fresh look for my office walls. Had a few of these up already but added more and rearranged.
November 26, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Fresh look for my office walls. Had a few of these up already but added more and rearranged.
One of the best things about working at HGSE is that I can truthfully tell students, "No matter which quant course you take, you'll have a great prof." If you want to join an awesome team of quant faculty in a teaching-intensive role, you can't do better than HGSE. Please apply!
We're hiring a multi-year lecturer in Applied Quant Methods at HGSE! Help us advance a 40-year tradition of excellent quant instruction started by Willett, Singer & Murnane and continuing through McIntyre, Eidelman, Miratrix, et al. apply.interfolio.com/137713
December 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM
One of the best things about working at HGSE is that I can truthfully tell students, "No matter which quant course you take, you'll have a great prof." If you want to join an awesome team of quant faculty in a teaching-intensive role, you can't do better than HGSE. Please apply!
Me: "Oh geez, I wore two different shoes all day today."
My spouse: "Congratulations, you are now officially a professor."
#LeveledUp
My spouse: "Congratulations, you are now officially a professor."
#LeveledUp
December 5, 2023 at 12:42 AM
Me: "Oh geez, I wore two different shoes all day today."
My spouse: "Congratulations, you are now officially a professor."
#LeveledUp
My spouse: "Congratulations, you are now officially a professor."
#LeveledUp
Last reminder - the deadline to apply for the EdResearch for Action writers fellowship is FRIDAY, December 1!
edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...
edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...
Education researchers: Want to learn how to write for non-academic audiences? EdResearch for Action is accepting applications for the 2nd year of its writing fellowship program!
Apps due by Friday 12/1. Details at edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...
Apps due by Friday 12/1. Details at edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...
November 28, 2023 at 1:22 PM
Last reminder - the deadline to apply for the EdResearch for Action writers fellowship is FRIDAY, December 1!
edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...
edresearchforaction.org/writers-fell...
Cannot wait for this! Already preordered.
"Other countries have social safety net. The U.S. has women."
That quote is the beating heart of my new book, HOLDING IT TOGETHER, which will be out June 4, 2024 with Portfolio/Penguin, and which I can't wait to share with all of you.
For the curious, a 🧵
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
That quote is the beating heart of my new book, HOLDING IT TOGETHER, which will be out June 4, 2024 with Portfolio/Penguin, and which I can't wait to share with all of you.
For the curious, a 🧵
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 22, 2023 at 3:50 PM
Cannot wait for this! Already preordered.