Marisa Cannata
@macannata.bsky.social
Vanderbilt prof, Ed policy, school improvement, teacher policy, mom, puzzles, crochet
My office is the ESPN College Game Day backdrop. What should I put in my window?
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My office is the ESPN College Game Day backdrop. What should I put in my window?
Vanderbilt, you’re up next!
October 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Vanderbilt, you’re up next!
When the parenting support group hosted by my university wanted to schedule a workshop on navigating burnout and feeling over-burdened, they chose a date when most of our kids will be on break and making us feel more burdened
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When the parenting support group hosted by my university wanted to schedule a workshop on navigating burnout and feeling over-burdened, they chose a date when most of our kids will be on break and making us feel more burdened
It needs to be bigger news that OMB is controlling all of government now. It doesn’t matter if Congress passes a budget today or not. It has already been stopping funding for what it doesn’t want to fund. And it will determine that it can continue to fund the things it wants to fund without a budget
New OPM guidance says OMB "has determined" agencies may do work on mass firings during shutdowns.
This seems like a blatant Antideficiency Act violation, which caries criminal penalties.
However, the Trump admin won't prosecute itself, so this is yet more broken budget laws from the Trump admin
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This seems like a blatant Antideficiency Act violation, which caries criminal penalties.
However, the Trump admin won't prosecute itself, so this is yet more broken budget laws from the Trump admin
🧵
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It needs to be bigger news that OMB is controlling all of government now. It doesn’t matter if Congress passes a budget today or not. It has already been stopping funding for what it doesn’t want to fund. And it will determine that it can continue to fund the things it wants to fund without a budget
Who here watches Bad Monkey on AppleTV? My nephew, Zavior Phillips, was just cast as a regular for Season 2! I am so proud of him.
September 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Who here watches Bad Monkey on AppleTV? My nephew, Zavior Phillips, was just cast as a regular for Season 2! I am so proud of him.
Psychological costs of choice…reminds me of being someone who studies school choice having to choose a school for my oldest. Definitely caused anxiety of whether this is the right choice. Even when we had all these advantages
The Double Burden of School Choice
"... families dealt with uncertainty and waiting periods and ultimately felt disempowered by the process. School choice, we argue, placed a double burden on low-income Black and Latinx families..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
"... families dealt with uncertainty and waiting periods and ultimately felt disempowered by the process. School choice, we argue, placed a double burden on low-income Black and Latinx families..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
July 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Psychological costs of choice…reminds me of being someone who studies school choice having to choose a school for my oldest. Definitely caused anxiety of whether this is the right choice. Even when we had all these advantages
If reformatting a PowerPoint counts as productivity, then today was a really productive day in the office 😂
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If reformatting a PowerPoint counts as productivity, then today was a really productive day in the office 😂
What you get with government run by private equity: focus only on short-term interest with no vision of investment for the future
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
What you get with government run by private equity: focus only on short-term interest with no vision of investment for the future
Where is ucea-leadership.bsky.social?
Education Researchers Sue Trump Administration, Testing Executive Power by @jillbarshay.bsky.social www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
Education Researchers Sue Trump Administration, Testing Executive Power | KQED
Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department.
www.kqed.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Where is ucea-leadership.bsky.social?
Moving beyond the Ivy League
Add Cornell and Northwestern to the list of elite private universities facing federal funding freezes. The Trump administration is going to keep going down the list until it stops being effective...and they're not there yet.
Northwestern, Cornell Face Federal Funding Freeze
The Trump administration is freezing more than $1 billion in federal funds at Cornell University and $790 million at Northwestern University—the latest colleges to see their federal grants and contrac...
www.insidehighered.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Moving beyond the Ivy League
Glad to see AEFP solidify its place as the best ed research group
Groups Sue Over Trump’s Cuts to Education Department Research Arm www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Groups Sue Over Trump's Cuts to Education Department Research Arm
This suit seeks the restoration of Institute of Education Sciences staff and contracts abruptly canceled by the Trump administration.
www.edweek.org
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Glad to see AEFP solidify its place as the best ed research group
How soon until the list of “banned” words is updated to include wellbeing and belonging?
March 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
How soon until the list of “banned” words is updated to include wellbeing and belonging?
So protesters are not allowed to cover their face, but law enforcement is?
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So protesters are not allowed to cover their face, but law enforcement is?
My 1st grader told me that the brand of applesauce I purchased to give to his teacher for class snack would cause him to be made fun of.
So when I roll my eyes when my grandma says she didn’t think raising 3 kids was that hard, that is why.
So when I roll my eyes when my grandma says she didn’t think raising 3 kids was that hard, that is why.
March 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My 1st grader told me that the brand of applesauce I purchased to give to his teacher for class snack would cause him to be made fun of.
So when I roll my eyes when my grandma says she didn’t think raising 3 kids was that hard, that is why.
So when I roll my eyes when my grandma says she didn’t think raising 3 kids was that hard, that is why.
Seeing all these colleagues, current and former students announce the loss of their job is disappointing and frustrating. Good talent being dropped for no reason. I’ve been cutting back on travel that overlaps with my kids’ break, but wish I was at AEFP to commiserate with others
March 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Seeing all these colleagues, current and former students announce the loss of their job is disappointing and frustrating. Good talent being dropped for no reason. I’ve been cutting back on travel that overlaps with my kids’ break, but wish I was at AEFP to commiserate with others
One of the cancelled IES contracts was a follow up to the contract that paid for my first ed research job. It inspired me to get a PhD and do more. I had the best mentors I’ve had in my career. I feel for those who lost their job and worry about the future of all of us.
Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
March 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
One of the cancelled IES contracts was a follow up to the contract that paid for my first ed research job. It inspired me to get a PhD and do more. I had the best mentors I’ve had in my career. I feel for those who lost their job and worry about the future of all of us.
You can send the police to your students, force your president to resign, and still not please people who want complete domination
New: The administration—through DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA—says it has canceled ~$400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University.
March 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You can send the police to your students, force your president to resign, and still not please people who want complete domination
I first read this as “quick laugh”, which pretty much sums up my thoughts on this policy
Tennessee governor expects a quick launch after signing universal school voucher law
https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2025/02/13/gov-bill-lee-signs-universal-school-voucher-law-orders-quick-launch/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2025/02/13/gov-bill-lee-signs-universal-school-voucher-law-orders-quick-launch/
Tennessee governor confident of a quick launch after signing universal school voucher law
Gov. Bill Lee signed Tennessee’s universal school voucher bill into law, officially kicking off the state’s push to roll out the program this year for up to 20,000 students.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I first read this as “quick laugh”, which pretty much sums up my thoughts on this policy
Of course I got the IES stop work about the review panel just AFTER I finished reviewing the grants
February 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Of course I got the IES stop work about the review panel just AFTER I finished reviewing the grants
If you needed any more proof that these orders are specifically targeting universities, here it is
This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
February 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If you needed any more proof that these orders are specifically targeting universities, here it is
I'm excited to share the results from our 10 year partnership with Broward to improve student engagement in high school journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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February 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm excited to share the results from our 10 year partnership with Broward to improve student engagement in high school journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
I was excited to be distracted from the doom and gloom of federal funding by reading NAEP results. But that is even gloomier
January 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I was excited to be distracted from the doom and gloom of federal funding by reading NAEP results. But that is even gloomier
I used to live in DC. These citizens deserve representation
Here's what we're up against: Most DC residents (90% of adults) don't know we exist!
Can you take a moment to say why you value us?
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Can you take a moment to say why you value us?
Then tell folks in person. Drop your message in a group text w/ a link. Forward it to a listserv. Ask each person to help.
Every. Connection. Matters.
Sign up ⬇️
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December 29, 2024 at 3:13 AM
I used to live in DC. These citizens deserve representation
A question for my friendly neighborhood historian: If you find some cool stuff while going through an elderly relative’s things, how do you find whether someone would find it useful. The most unique is a journal written by a nuclear physicist in the 1950s and 60s. Less science and more people he met
December 21, 2024 at 12:33 PM
A question for my friendly neighborhood historian: If you find some cool stuff while going through an elderly relative’s things, how do you find whether someone would find it useful. The most unique is a journal written by a nuclear physicist in the 1950s and 60s. Less science and more people he met
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