Don’t miss our next Virtual Washington Update with Dr. Kait Brennan THIS Thursday, 2/27 at 3pm EST! TED Members, find the Zoom registration link in the TED Washington Update emailed to you today or in our Linktree (link in bio). #edpolicy #specialeducation

Critical research funding that will directly impact students who need it the most is being gutted. If you are a researcher or special educator or a parent of a child with an IEP)...https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/CFEC/Campaigns/121484/Respond

Happiness is when your Walmart delivery shows up thanks to one of your favorite students from 2006.

Trans students deserve so much better than this Supreme Court.

Nailed it!!!

For a dose of AI fun today, check out blueskyroast.com by @fekri.io ✨ Your ego will thank you (or not).

Sunset over Savannah

Defying Gravity followed up by Seasons of Love playing this morning.
It's Transgender Day of Remembrance. As the mom of a person being targeted by the incoming administration, and a human who believes all people have the right to exist and be well, loved, cared for, and safe, I will never rest.

I've got exciting news! I've accepted a fantastic position as a post doctoral scholar through FCRR at The Village. I'll continue to learn while focusing on building qualitative and mixed methods research skills. I start Monday! #GirlScience #Researcher

Defended my dissertation in Special Education at FSU yesterday and officially became Dr. Dennis. So grateful to my colleagues and committee.

It's the birthday today of one of the biggest influences in my life. ZNH was an extremely talented author who used her writing to document the rich lives of those people she knew. She was a cutting edge researcher who studied and documented religions and communities from within.

Taking a whole weekend off after finishing my data collection for my dissertation. So crazy grateful for my participants!

A new study with our @aaronsojourner.org and others indicates that offering mental health services directly within schools can increase access to care and reduce self-reported suicide attempts.

This is SO often the focus of feedback I give to students and in manuscript reviews: a gap alone is not sufficient justification for a study!

A recent study found young Black males are substantially more likely to be underdiagnosed and undertreated for ADHD than white peers

Studies have shown that underdiagnosis contributes to harsher school discipline and to the “school-to-prison pipeline”

"Teachers wrote longer descriptions [in disciplinary referrals] and included more negative emotion when disciplining Black compared to White students, especially for Black girls." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Attended the scholarship breakfast for CEHHS @FSU this morning. So grateful for the support that will help fund my dissertation. Thankful for these families.

Thankful to have had the opportunity to feature children’s books that center Blackness by Black authors in the most recent issue of NCTE’s Language Arts. . . 📚🖤