Adam Gamoran
@agamoran.bsky.social
President of the William T. Grant Foundation and emeritus professor at UW-Madison
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Adam Gamoran
@agamoran.bsky.social
· Sep 25
📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU
I’m excited to see this report released, and proud that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is supporting outreach to encourage engagement with the report.
Glad to see research by @uwsoc.bsky.social alum Daniel Long reported in @washingtonpost.com on the persistence of racial and ethnic inequality in academic course taking www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Race is linked to who gets to take algebra, data shows
Schools are less likely to offer Latino and Black students early algebra, limiting odds they will get advanced courses and higher-paying jobs.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Glad to see research by @uwsoc.bsky.social alum Daniel Long reported in @washingtonpost.com on the persistence of racial and ethnic inequality in academic course taking www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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New GAO report: Agencies are not following OMB guidance to identify and reduce administrative burdens in safety net benefits, least likely to pay attention to learning and compliance costs.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New GAO report: Agencies are not following OMB guidance to identify and reduce administrative burdens in safety net benefits, least likely to pay attention to learning and compliance costs.
www.gao.gov/products/gao...
www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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Cruel & stupid. they forget that Housing First was developed because treatment first failed!!! HF cut veteran homelessness in half; nearly eliminated it in Utah! If coerced "care" was the most effective approach, HF would never have been invented.
He wants to push us back to the 1930s, and then trap us there, by preventing us from electing another FDR.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Cruel & stupid. they forget that Housing First was developed because treatment first failed!!! HF cut veteran homelessness in half; nearly eliminated it in Utah! If coerced "care" was the most effective approach, HF would never have been invented.
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On Friday, I moderated a National Academy of Education panel on the state and future of education research, with Peggy Carr, @agamoran.bsky.social, Pam Grossman. Many calls for resilience, creativity, advocacy, engagement, and alliances for funding, data, freedom. Photo credit: @aadukia.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
On Friday, I moderated a National Academy of Education panel on the state and future of education research, with Peggy Carr, @agamoran.bsky.social, Pam Grossman. Many calls for resilience, creativity, advocacy, engagement, and alliances for funding, data, freedom. Photo credit: @aadukia.bsky.social
Researchers & community partners working hard for youth in St. Louis: appreciated the chance to visit Wash U’s exec vice provost Mary McKay, Sandro Galea, dean of the new Schl of Public Health, and their colleagues; and Brandon Williams, visionary president of the Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis.
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Researchers & community partners working hard for youth in St. Louis: appreciated the chance to visit Wash U’s exec vice provost Mary McKay, Sandro Galea, dean of the new Schl of Public Health, and their colleagues; and Brandon Williams, visionary president of the Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis.
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BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
I’m proud to see two studies funded by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social featured in the latest issue of @soceducation.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOE/curr...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I’m proud to see two studies funded by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social featured in the latest issue of @soceducation.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOE/curr...
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New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302
With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302
With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon
Contemporary Child Labor and Declining School Attendance in the U.S.
The United States has experienced a 400% increase in reported child labor violations over the past decade, coinciding with declines in K-12 school attendance and enrollment. We examine the causal rela...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302
With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302
With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon
Inspiring @sreesociety.bsky.social plenary organized by Shanette Porter @uchiconsortium.bsky.social featuring @chipubschools.bsky.social chief of teaching & learning Nicole Milberg & former @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social Disting Fellow Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean of Crown Fam School of Soc Work #SREE2025
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Inspiring @sreesociety.bsky.social plenary organized by Shanette Porter @uchiconsortium.bsky.social featuring @chipubschools.bsky.social chief of teaching & learning Nicole Milberg & former @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social Disting Fellow Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean of Crown Fam School of Soc Work #SREE2025
Appreciate the opportunity to learn from economist and criminal justice scholar @meganstevenson.bsky.social as she delivers the Hedges Lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness #SREE2025
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Appreciate the opportunity to learn from economist and criminal justice scholar @meganstevenson.bsky.social as she delivers the Hedges Lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness #SREE2025
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I shared a few thoughts on the concerns I see with cuts to the Department of Education's data and research capacity, although there are also a few green shoots that are worth watching.
Months After Deep Cuts, Education Researchers See Reason for Cautious Optimism
New hiring and talk of modernization led one researcher to say, ‘I am more hopeful than I was three months ago.’
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October 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I shared a few thoughts on the concerns I see with cuts to the Department of Education's data and research capacity, although there are also a few green shoots that are worth watching.
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Universal school choice programs are expanding—but who benefits most?
Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.
Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.
Universal school choice programs mostly benefit the wealthy unless policymakers act to prevent it | Brookings
Authors analyze six states’ universal school choice programs, showing how income rules shape who benefits most.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Universal school choice programs are expanding—but who benefits most?
Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.
Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.
Peer review is the backbone of scientific progress. Discarding peer review threatens to undermine the quality of scientific innovation.
IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit
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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News
The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...
kffhealthnews.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Peer review is the backbone of scientific progress. Discarding peer review threatens to undermine the quality of scientific innovation.
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Join the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group on October 15 at 2 PM ET for an engaging forum on dual enrollment research. Register today: aefp.zoom.us/meeting...
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Join the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group on October 15 at 2 PM ET for an engaging forum on dual enrollment research. Register today: aefp.zoom.us/meeting...
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🚨Do you know a school, system, or network doing amazing work in support of student success in high school, particularly through a continuous-improvement approach?
Let's recognize them! Encourage them to apply for the Carnegie Award for Impact (cfdn.at/4o4gp58).
Applications due on November 10.
Let's recognize them! Encourage them to apply for the Carnegie Award for Impact (cfdn.at/4o4gp58).
Applications due on November 10.
October 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨Do you know a school, system, or network doing amazing work in support of student success in high school, particularly through a continuous-improvement approach?
Let's recognize them! Encourage them to apply for the Carnegie Award for Impact (cfdn.at/4o4gp58).
Applications due on November 10.
Let's recognize them! Encourage them to apply for the Carnegie Award for Impact (cfdn.at/4o4gp58).
Applications due on November 10.
Sorry to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall, a grantee of @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social in the 1970s.
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
www.npr.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sorry to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall, a grantee of @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social in the 1970s.
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
I’m excited to see this report released, and proud that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is supporting outreach to encourage engagement with the report.
📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU
September 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m excited to see this report released, and proud that @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social is supporting outreach to encourage engagement with the report.
Reposted by Adam Gamoran
📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU
September 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU
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ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
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Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit
open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.
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Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.
Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit
Don’t Be Fooled: The One Big Beautiful Bill Fails Our Children
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit
open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.
open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' fails children, and nobody should be fooled otherwise.
A great day to visit WCER, ITP, and @uwsoc.bsky.social!
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A great day to visit WCER, ITP, and @uwsoc.bsky.social!
Yesterday @innovatingjustice.bsky.social, I had the chance to welcome former NIJ director Nancy LaVigne as the new dean of @runscj.bsky.social, along with another former NIJ director and great colleague, Jeremy Travis. Congrats on your new role, Nancy!
September 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yesterday @innovatingjustice.bsky.social, I had the chance to welcome former NIJ director Nancy LaVigne as the new dean of @runscj.bsky.social, along with another former NIJ director and great colleague, Jeremy Travis. Congrats on your new role, Nancy!
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JOB ALERT. Looking for an Assoc Dir for Comms, Fin, and Ops at Tulane to help lead all of my major initiatives: ERA-NOLA, REACH Center, AEFP Live Handbook, and State of the Nation Project. Exciting possibilities. Leadership exp a must. Remote work possible. Apply: lnkd.in/gzyUk3fz
Tulane Staff Positions
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August 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
JOB ALERT. Looking for an Assoc Dir for Comms, Fin, and Ops at Tulane to help lead all of my major initiatives: ERA-NOLA, REACH Center, AEFP Live Handbook, and State of the Nation Project. Exciting possibilities. Leadership exp a must. Remote work possible. Apply: lnkd.in/gzyUk3fz
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Really valuable work by @douglasharris9.bsky.social and Gabriel Oliver on how #schoolvouchers are transforming the private school landscape (even as #publiced advocates are largely focused on how they affect public school systems). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...
Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Really valuable work by @douglasharris9.bsky.social and Gabriel Oliver on how #schoolvouchers are transforming the private school landscape (even as #publiced advocates are largely focused on how they affect public school systems). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...