Carrie Conaway
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Carrie Conaway
@clconaway.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer at HGSE & acquirer of eccentric hobbies. Co-author of Common-Sense Evidence, https://tinyurl.com/commonsenseevidence/
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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
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
March 9, 2025 at 6:51 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
This graphic from 500 Women Scientists shows the impact of National Science Foundation research in Massachusetts. The total NSF awards in MA for fiscal year 2023 was $572.3 million: $486 million for scientific research, $102.9 million for STEM education, and $39 million to MA businesses. It ends with urging viewers to call their senators & representative.
February 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm out. Damned allergist's office.

I love Wham!, but it really is a terrible song.

#whamageddon
December 19, 2024 at 7:42 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
In the foreground, decorated gingerbread people with photos of Andrew Ho and myself stuck on where the faces would be. In the background, a decorated gingerbread house.
December 6, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Fresh look for my office walls. Had a few of these up already but added more and rearranged.
Photo of an office wall with four World War II style propaganda posters: 1) Poor design of experiments sinks knowledge shipments; 2) Test statistics are part of the battle. Remember the rest! statistical testing, graphs, sampling, randomization, interpretation, cleaning; 3) Be vigilant! Misinterpreting your results is the enemy; 4) Garbage in, garbage out: Your analysis is only as good as your data. In the center is an art print of Chewbacca dressed as Evel Knievel
November 26, 2024 at 2:13 PM
#AEFP2024
March 15, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Interested in PhD programs focused on education finance, policy, economics or a related field? AEFP's Pre-Doc Diversity Fellowship program is a great opportunity to learn more about these fields/career options AND attend the annual conference. Apply by Dec. 1: aefpweb.org/pre-doc_fell...
November 10, 2023 at 9:00 PM
So excited to be spending the day with NC DPI and the UNC School of Education, talking RPPs! I've never seen so many copies of my book in one place.
November 3, 2023 at 12:49 PM