Pia Caronongan
@piacar.bsky.social
Studying early care and education access and quality @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social @buwheelock.bsky.social
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Pia Caronongan
@piacar.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Created a starter pack focused on early care and education research and policy. Hoping to grow this list so please let me know if you'd like to be added or have other suggestions for who to add! go.bsky.app/SpVmXZP
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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A full fact check on what's going on in Minnesota, wading through the politics & spin of this story.
In short, there is no evidence of widespread child care fraud. We take you through the inspection data & government reports into the issue from the past decade.
19thnews.org/2026/01/chil...
In short, there is no evidence of widespread child care fraud. We take you through the inspection data & government reports into the issue from the past decade.
19thnews.org/2026/01/chil...
Here's what's really happening with child care fraud in Minnesota
Evidence is nowhere near the epidemic levels a viral YouTube video would suggest — but it hasn’t stopped a crackdown on child care funding. Here's a fact check.
19thnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A full fact check on what's going on in Minnesota, wading through the politics & spin of this story.
In short, there is no evidence of widespread child care fraud. We take you through the inspection data & government reports into the issue from the past decade.
19thnews.org/2026/01/chil...
In short, there is no evidence of widespread child care fraud. We take you through the inspection data & government reports into the issue from the past decade.
19thnews.org/2026/01/chil...
Also works in real life
When you summon the strength to let the bad post go by without responding
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Also works in real life
Made my day
The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent. Now their superior has asked the Vatican to intercede in the dispute. n.pr/4peEUgS
Austria's rebel nuns refuse to give up Instagram to stay in their convent
The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent. Now their superior has asked the Vatican to intercede in the dispute.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Made my day
Coming to #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM? Hear what we've learned about ECE workforce compensation and financial support strategies in MA, IL, ME and DC.
⏰Friday, November 14, 8:30am 📍Room 708 (Sol Duc)
⏰Friday, November 14, 8:30am 📍Room 708 (Sol Duc)
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Coming to #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM? Hear what we've learned about ECE workforce compensation and financial support strategies in MA, IL, ME and DC.
⏰Friday, November 14, 8:30am 📍Room 708 (Sol Duc)
⏰Friday, November 14, 8:30am 📍Room 708 (Sol Duc)
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Going to #APPAM2025?
Come to our panel where @bertabartoli.bsky.social will present our paper on the impact of sleep and time policy on student disciplinary outcomes. Paper draft (with a title we are very proud of) linked
⏰Friday, November 14, 3:30 to 5:00pm
📍Room: 504 - Foss
tinyurl.com/3earym6n
Come to our panel where @bertabartoli.bsky.social will present our paper on the impact of sleep and time policy on student disciplinary outcomes. Paper draft (with a title we are very proud of) linked
⏰Friday, November 14, 3:30 to 5:00pm
📍Room: 504 - Foss
tinyurl.com/3earym6n
APPAM Fall Research Conference 2025
convention2.allacademic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Going to #APPAM2025?
Come to our panel where @bertabartoli.bsky.social will present our paper on the impact of sleep and time policy on student disciplinary outcomes. Paper draft (with a title we are very proud of) linked
⏰Friday, November 14, 3:30 to 5:00pm
📍Room: 504 - Foss
tinyurl.com/3earym6n
Come to our panel where @bertabartoli.bsky.social will present our paper on the impact of sleep and time policy on student disciplinary outcomes. Paper draft (with a title we are very proud of) linked
⏰Friday, November 14, 3:30 to 5:00pm
📍Room: 504 - Foss
tinyurl.com/3earym6n
Really appreciate the attention here to all the moving parts. The devil is in the details but also this seems like a great opportunity to build on learnings from recent innovations in compensation strategies, FCC integration in pre-k, and FCC incubators to name a few.
Most of the conversation about whether Mamdani can deliver universal child care has focused - rightfully - on cost. But I've been curious (as a reporter and parent of an infant + toddler) what it would take operationally. So I talked to lots of knowledgable ppl: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Mamdani pledged universal child care for NYC. What will it take to get there?
Mamdani will face an array of logistical and operational challenges in standing up new public infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of youngsters.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Really appreciate the attention here to all the moving parts. The devil is in the details but also this seems like a great opportunity to build on learnings from recent innovations in compensation strategies, FCC integration in pre-k, and FCC incubators to name a few.
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NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
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Thanks to this family for sharing their story of fleeing Texas for the safety of their trans teen
www.teenvogue.com/preview/stor...
www.teenvogue.com/preview/stor...
Why a Trans Teen Fled His Texas Home to Find Safety: "Daily Danger Zone"
“We drove over the Red River Valley and we were giving middle fingers out the window."
www.teenvogue.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thanks to this family for sharing their story of fleeing Texas for the safety of their trans teen
www.teenvogue.com/preview/stor...
www.teenvogue.com/preview/stor...
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The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
August 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
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Child care teachers in the US make about $32,000 a year. This (and tough working conditions) has created mass child care teacher shortages & extremely high turnover rates.Our child care industry has long relied on immigrants, especially in big cities. My latest:
hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...
hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...
America’s child care system relies on immigrants. Without them, it could collapse - The Hechinger Report
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one pres...
hechingerreport.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Child care teachers in the US make about $32,000 a year. This (and tough working conditions) has created mass child care teacher shortages & extremely high turnover rates.Our child care industry has long relied on immigrants, especially in big cities. My latest:
hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...
hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...
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Some states are seeking to deregulate child care. Advocates are fighting back www.the74million.org/zero2eight/s...
Some States Are Seeking to Deregulate Child Care. Advocates Are Fighting Back
How advocates in three states beat back proposals to increase child care ratios.
www.the74million.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Some states are seeking to deregulate child care. Advocates are fighting back www.the74million.org/zero2eight/s...
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Here's a partial typology of titles:
1) X and Y
2) Say What You Found
3) Wordplay: Serious
4) Very Short (usually advisable only for future Nobel Prize winners)
1) X and Y
2) Say What You Found
3) Wordplay: Serious
4) Very Short (usually advisable only for future Nobel Prize winners)
June 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here's a partial typology of titles:
1) X and Y
2) Say What You Found
3) Wordplay: Serious
4) Very Short (usually advisable only for future Nobel Prize winners)
1) X and Y
2) Say What You Found
3) Wordplay: Serious
4) Very Short (usually advisable only for future Nobel Prize winners)
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🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success?
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
May 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success?
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
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A new bipartisan bill would require private insurers to fully cover the cost of childbirth with no co-pays or deductibles. Average out-of-pocket costs today is ~$3,000.
It’s a big deal, with an unusual origin story, and backed by an even more unusual alliance of orgs 🧵
www.vox.com/policy/41491...
It’s a big deal, with an unusual origin story, and backed by an even more unusual alliance of orgs 🧵
www.vox.com/policy/41491...
America might finally make childbirth free
An unlikely alliance is supporting a new bipartisan bill in Congress.
www.vox.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A new bipartisan bill would require private insurers to fully cover the cost of childbirth with no co-pays or deductibles. Average out-of-pocket costs today is ~$3,000.
It’s a big deal, with an unusual origin story, and backed by an even more unusual alliance of orgs 🧵
www.vox.com/policy/41491...
It’s a big deal, with an unusual origin story, and backed by an even more unusual alliance of orgs 🧵
www.vox.com/policy/41491...
😮
Annual PSA for the AAPOR crowd (that I’m not sure why is still necessary):
LICK-ert
NOT
LIKE-ert
Poor Rensis is tired of rolling around in his grave…😂
LICK-ert
NOT
LIKE-ert
Poor Rensis is tired of rolling around in his grave…😂
May 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
😮
Some things never change in that Bon Iver makes me cry and I will happily watch Noah Wyle work his magic in an ER
April 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Some things never change in that Bon Iver makes me cry and I will happily watch Noah Wyle work his magic in an ER
The president of Nintendo of America is named Bowser?!?
Nintendo canceled U.S. preorders for the Switch 2 after President Trump announced sweeping global tariffs. We discuss the challenges facing the console release with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser.
Trump's tariffs complicate the Switch 2 launch, says Nintendo of America president
Nintendo canceled U.S. preorders for the Switch 2 after President Trump announced sweeping global tariffs. We discuss the challenges facing the console release with Nintendo of America President Doug ...
www.npr.org
April 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The president of Nintendo of America is named Bowser?!?
omg gigil is in the dictionary we've really made it www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/s...
Oxford Dictionary Adds New Words, Including ‘Gigil’ for Extreme Cuteness (Gift Article)
The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
omg gigil is in the dictionary we've really made it www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/s...
Hoooooooooly 😮🚀
Jordyn Bugg's first NWSL goal and early candidate for goal of the year 😮💨
March 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hoooooooooly 😮🚀
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#AEFP2025 has been quite a success. We're really proud of and excited by the work and thoughtful engagement in policy-relevant, rigorous research on display by all of our @buwheelock.bsky.social faculty, students, WEPC alumni, staff and partners. Thanks for a wonderful few days!
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#AEFP2025 has been quite a success. We're really proud of and excited by the work and thoughtful engagement in policy-relevant, rigorous research on display by all of our @buwheelock.bsky.social faculty, students, WEPC alumni, staff and partners. Thanks for a wonderful few days!
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Spending 90 minutes with this amazing panel yesterday talking about early education and care data learnings and needs was such a bright spot and honor. @dbassok.bsky.social @piacar.bsky.social #AEFP2025
March 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Spending 90 minutes with this amazing panel yesterday talking about early education and care data learnings and needs was such a bright spot and honor. @dbassok.bsky.social @piacar.bsky.social #AEFP2025
Welcome to Bluesky @cscce.bsky.social ! Added you to this starter pack go.bsky.app/SpVmXZP
March 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Welcome to Bluesky @cscce.bsky.social ! Added you to this starter pack go.bsky.app/SpVmXZP