Kerry Woodward
@kerrywoodward.bsky.social
Sociologist • Interested in racialized and gendered poverty governance; guaranteed income programs; the child welfare system • feminist, mother, 🏳️🌈
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getting investigated by CPS is often experienced as traumatic. investigations are invasive and incredibly high stakes; family separation is on the table. this editorial from McCarthy and Kohomban captures the problem well and points to good directions forward: imprintnews.org/opinion/chil...
Child Welfare Reckons With the Harm of Investigations
Agencies are confronting new evidence that child protective investigations are used far too often and leave damaging effects.
imprintnews.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
getting investigated by CPS is often experienced as traumatic. investigations are invasive and incredibly high stakes; family separation is on the table. this editorial from McCarthy and Kohomban captures the problem well and points to good directions forward: imprintnews.org/opinion/chil...
So grateful to have had Michael Burawoy as my mentor and advisor. No one has shaped my teaching, mentoring, or scholarship more. The world has lost an incredible human, scholar, and advocate for justice. Love you, Michael.
February 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So grateful to have had Michael Burawoy as my mentor and advisor. No one has shaped my teaching, mentoring, or scholarship more. The world has lost an incredible human, scholar, and advocate for justice. Love you, Michael.
Adding to the bad news and fear about the future, since this is only going to get worse now.
American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows (Gift Article)
With little post-pandemic recovery, experts wonder if screen time and school absence are among the causes.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Adding to the bad news and fear about the future, since this is only going to get worse now.
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December 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
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“Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:08 AM
“Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
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Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
Excited to share that the volume Jennifer Randles (jrandles.bsky.social) and I edited will be out in March! @nyupress.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Excited to share that the volume Jennifer Randles (jrandles.bsky.social) and I edited will be out in March! @nyupress.bsky.social
One way we control poor populations, particularly Black and Native communities, while spending far more money on punishment than we would need to spend if we chose to house and feed instead.
"The jail experience disproportionately impacts #Black and #Indigenous people, and law enforcement continues to use #jailing as a response to poverty and low-level 'public order' offenses."
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/11...
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/11...
Who is jailed, how often, and why: Our Jail Data Initiative collaboration offers a fresh look at the misuse of local jails
Using a novel data source, we examine the flow of individuals booked into a nationally-representative sample of jails along lines of race, ethnicity, sex, age, ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
December 5, 2024 at 6:59 AM
One way we control poor populations, particularly Black and Native communities, while spending far more money on punishment than we would need to spend if we chose to house and feed instead.
No surprises here, just more data.
December 1, 2024 at 8:19 AM
No surprises here, just more data.
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The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 30, 2024 at 5:52 AM
The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
This is a few months old--and much scarier now than it was then.
I spend a lot of time complaining about our public education system. Not having one at all would be far worse. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I spend a lot of time complaining about our public education system. Not having one at all would be far worse. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why "Fund Students, Not Systems" Is a Recipe for Disaster
When the "Race to the Top" becomes winner take all, students are the big losers. And as the stakes grow higher and higher, public education falls further behind.
www.thenation.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM
This is a few months old--and much scarier now than it was then.
I spend a lot of time complaining about our public education system. Not having one at all would be far worse. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I spend a lot of time complaining about our public education system. Not having one at all would be far worse. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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To dismiss the value of talking to our own is to fail to see that the utility of conversation, like that of preaching, goes far beyond persuasion or the transmission of information.
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
To dismiss the value of talking to our own is to fail to see that the utility of conversation, like that of preaching, goes far beyond persuasion or the transmission of information.
Fascinating. Also disturbing.
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Fascinating. Also disturbing.
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Most of the folks interviewed are in my department. But what the piece doesn’t reveal is that this reactionary regime of censorship is working hand-in-hand with an assault on shared governance, fully enabled by each respective campus administration.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology
Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing subjects like sociology from core requirements.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Most of the folks interviewed are in my department. But what the piece doesn’t reveal is that this reactionary regime of censorship is working hand-in-hand with an assault on shared governance, fully enabled by each respective campus administration.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
And California voters rejected Prop 32 to raise the minimum wage--because that's what would increase raise prices and and hurt small businesses. 🤦♀️
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
And California voters rejected Prop 32 to raise the minimum wage--because that's what would increase raise prices and and hurt small businesses. 🤦♀️
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Since there seem to be a lot of new professors on Bluesky, I'll re-share this link to the AAUP's "Organize Every Campus" campaign. This is a critical time for faculty to organize in defense of our students, ourselves and co-workers, and the institutions we believe in. Join us!
Organize Every Campus
The AAUP is excited to be kicking off a new organizing campaign, Organize Every Campus. The program will help hone and develop member and leader organizing skills so that we can stand together, fight ...
www.aaup.org
November 11, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Since there seem to be a lot of new professors on Bluesky, I'll re-share this link to the AAUP's "Organize Every Campus" campaign. This is a critical time for faculty to organize in defense of our students, ourselves and co-workers, and the institutions we believe in. Join us!
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TY to the 18 senators who voted for Sanders's first resolution!
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Shaheen
Smith
Van Hollen
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Shaheen
Smith
Van Hollen
Warnock
Warren
Welch
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM
TY to the 18 senators who voted for Sanders's first resolution!
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Shaheen
Smith
Van Hollen
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Shaheen
Smith
Van Hollen
Warnock
Warren
Welch
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Seems to line up with reporting from Dallas Morning News www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...
‘Race,’ ‘equity’ removed from UNT course titles to comply with Texas DEI ban, faculty say
The University of North Texas changed class titles and descriptions with some citing the state’s DEI ban though officials deny that’s the cause.
www.dallasnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Seems to line up with reporting from Dallas Morning News www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...
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I was getting very frustrated by the male-dominated punditry about the election, and very little space being given to women, and the rage that so many of us feel right now. So I wrote something: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Of misogyny, Musk, and men
Women are not okay. We're furious.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I was getting very frustrated by the male-dominated punditry about the election, and very little space being given to women, and the rage that so many of us feel right now. So I wrote something: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
