K. O.
@koconnell.bsky.social
Researcher by day 🌞, singer- songwriter by night 🌜Mama 24/7 🐣
💫Passionate abt social & economic justice, ed policy, and women in music
⌨️ Views my own
💫Passionate abt social & economic justice, ed policy, and women in music
⌨️ Views my own
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K. O.
@koconnell.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Schools in Sanctuary Cities: Do Sanctuary City Policies Diminish Chronic Absenteeism Among Immigrant Children?
repository.library.georgetown.edu
My graduate thesis showed how sanctuary city policies protect students and prevent chronic absenteeism. I applaud districts like Chicago Public Schools that are enacting similar policies to protect their immigrant students. repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822... #edsky
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Lincoln needs urgent help for an evaluation that could change everything for him. The system has failed him. Please consider donating or sharing this to support his fight. Every bit counts. gofund.me/861b61f7
Donate to Help Lincoln Roar: One Rare Boy’s Fight for Justice, organized by Brittany Jensen
Lincoln didn’t just fall through the cracks — he was pushed.
M… Brittany Jensen needs your support for Help Lincoln Roar: One Rare Boy’s Fight for Justice
gofund.me
June 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lincoln needs urgent help for an evaluation that could change everything for him. The system has failed him. Please consider donating or sharing this to support his fight. Every bit counts. gofund.me/861b61f7
🍀 Excited to share my new song "Little Bit of Luck" on Friday the 13th! 🎧 Now streaming everywhere: kristaoconnell.hearnow.com 💖 #newmusicfriday #arlingtonva #singersongwriter
Little Bit of Luck
The latest release from singer-songwriter Krista O'Connell.
kristaoconnell.hearnow.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🍀 Excited to share my new song "Little Bit of Luck" on Friday the 13th! 🎧 Now streaming everywhere: kristaoconnell.hearnow.com 💖 #newmusicfriday #arlingtonva #singersongwriter
How cute is @zerotothree.bsky.social's Strolling Thunder? Check out which baby is representing your state and their demand for funding to help them thrive! www.thinkbabies.org/strollingthu...
Strolling Thunder 2025
ZERO TO THREE is connecting babies and families from all 50 states and DC to their Members of Congress for Strolling Thunder on May 20, 2025. Families will meet with their policymakers on the hill and...
www.thinkbabies.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
How cute is @zerotothree.bsky.social's Strolling Thunder? Check out which baby is representing your state and their demand for funding to help them thrive! www.thinkbabies.org/strollingthu...
NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not hechingerreport.org/proof-points... #edusky @jillbarshay.bsky.social
NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not
Funding pauses, layoffs and looming budget cuts threaten a critical test
hechingerreport.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not hechingerreport.org/proof-points... #edusky @jillbarshay.bsky.social
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The Impact Map or Federal Cuts Tracker Map is finally live‼️
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
March 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Impact Map or Federal Cuts Tracker Map is finally live‼️
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.
Today I learned that @apsva.us websites translate the school meal side "tater tots" as "potato children" 😂 #lostintranslation
March 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today I learned that @apsva.us websites translate the school meal side "tater tots" as "potato children" 😂 #lostintranslation
I call on @apsva.us to keep Integration Station (IS) at TCS. I witness its value every day, as my son adores his Integration Station peers. IS has a special magic not in other programs. APS needs to keep this investment in students w/ disabilities. #ArlingtonVA
Proposed Arlington schools budget threatens program for toddlers with disabilities
A group of Northern Virginia parents are protesting the proposed cuts to the Arlington Public Schools budget, saying a program for toddlers with disabilities is on the chopping block. News4’s Walter M...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I call on @apsva.us to keep Integration Station (IS) at TCS. I witness its value every day, as my son adores his Integration Station peers. IS has a special magic not in other programs. APS needs to keep this investment in students w/ disabilities. #ArlingtonVA
Catherine McConnell at @educationwork.newamerica.org event stressing alternative postsecondary pathways: "Higher education is the most expensive career exploration process." #highered #edusky
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Catherine McConnell at @educationwork.newamerica.org event stressing alternative postsecondary pathways: "Higher education is the most expensive career exploration process." #highered #edusky
Walter Simmons at @educationwork.newamerica.org event: "We need to be a Rosetta Stone to translate and quantify outcomes across higher education, labor, and the workforce."
March 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Walter Simmons at @educationwork.newamerica.org event: "We need to be a Rosetta Stone to translate and quantify outcomes across higher education, labor, and the workforce."
Learning abt alternate pathways to the middle class besides college from Kathleen DeLaski at @educationwork.newamerica.org. 60% of Americans don't have a bachelor's degree, but apprenticeships and CTE credentials can improve their economic security. #edusky
March 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Learning abt alternate pathways to the middle class besides college from Kathleen DeLaski at @educationwork.newamerica.org. 60% of Americans don't have a bachelor's degree, but apprenticeships and CTE credentials can improve their economic security. #edusky
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Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
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New report on California's $20 fast food minimum wage using D-in-D and DDD: 8-9 percent wage increases, no effects on employment and a 1.5 percent minimum wage increase: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
Effects of the $20 California Fast-Food Minimum Wage – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Abstract This policy brief represents the second in a series of reports on the effects of California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage. The first report , issued on
irle.berkeley.edu
February 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just cancelled my WaPo subscription. Grateful to support alternative, non-partisan news from @51st.news, @arlnow.bsky.social, @npr.org, and @propublica.org instead.
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Amazon executive and newspaper owner says in letter that ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’
* US politics live – latest updates
Jeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed…
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just cancelled my WaPo subscription. Grateful to support alternative, non-partisan news from @51st.news, @arlnow.bsky.social, @npr.org, and @propublica.org instead.
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Fantastic new post from the great @estebanjq.bsky.social at Empirical Truths on what is at stake for science and society when the admin tampers with government data open.substack.com/pub/empirica...
The “Friday Night (data) Massacre”
When government data disappear, how do we make evidence-based, informed policy decisions?
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fantastic new post from the great @estebanjq.bsky.social at Empirical Truths on what is at stake for science and society when the admin tampers with government data open.substack.com/pub/empirica...
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www.the74million.org/article/left...
This year, I got to spend months reporting a story about a problem so pervasive in schools — and so expected — that often parents don’t report it, despite the incredible harm it does to them and their kids.
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This year, I got to spend months reporting a story about a problem so pervasive in schools — and so expected — that often parents don’t report it, despite the incredible harm it does to them and their kids.
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Left Powerless: Non-English–Speaking Parents Denied Vital Translation Services
Flouting federal laws, schools routinely fail to provide qualified interpreters. Districts say they lack the resources ‘no matter how hard we try.’
www.the74million.org
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 PM
www.the74million.org/article/left...
This year, I got to spend months reporting a story about a problem so pervasive in schools — and so expected — that often parents don’t report it, despite the incredible harm it does to them and their kids.
1/ 🧵
This year, I got to spend months reporting a story about a problem so pervasive in schools — and so expected — that often parents don’t report it, despite the incredible harm it does to them and their kids.
1/ 🧵
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Stunned education researchers say cuts go beyond DEI, hitting math, literacy. @gtoppo.bsky.social reports
Stunned Education Researchers Say Cuts Go Beyond DEI, Hitting Math, Literacy
Empty work accounts. Using ‘Ctrl-F’ to scan grants for forbidden words. Following Trump purge, school analysts face new world.
www.the74million.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stunned education researchers say cuts go beyond DEI, hitting math, literacy. @gtoppo.bsky.social reports
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February 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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I'm working on a couple of upcoming talks and can't get over how simply describing what is happening right now with attacks on the NSF, NIH, Diversity, etc. makes me sound like a raving lunatic.
They've launched an all-out assault on empirical reality.
They've launched an all-out assault on empirical reality.
February 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm working on a couple of upcoming talks and can't get over how simply describing what is happening right now with attacks on the NSF, NIH, Diversity, etc. makes me sound like a raving lunatic.
They've launched an all-out assault on empirical reality.
They've launched an all-out assault on empirical reality.
The media is missing that it's not just government employees losing their jobs-- it's contractors too. The effects on unemployment in DC, Virginia, and Maryland are going to be staggering.
February 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The media is missing that it's not just government employees losing their jobs-- it's contractors too. The effects on unemployment in DC, Virginia, and Maryland are going to be staggering.
To have any hope of restoring what has been lost, there needs to be a Project 2027 plan that is a direct rebuttal to Project 2025, so that if Democrats gain Congressional power they can quickly restore funding, civil service, watchdogs, and human rights.
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
To have any hope of restoring what has been lost, there needs to be a Project 2027 plan that is a direct rebuttal to Project 2025, so that if Democrats gain Congressional power they can quickly restore funding, civil service, watchdogs, and human rights.
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New org established to defend Department of Education
coalition of public education advocates, educators, beneficiaries of federal education funding, and former employees of the U.S. Department of Education
www.protectpubliced.org
coalition of public education advocates, educators, beneficiaries of federal education funding, and former employees of the U.S. Department of Education
www.protectpubliced.org
February 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New org established to defend Department of Education
coalition of public education advocates, educators, beneficiaries of federal education funding, and former employees of the U.S. Department of Education
www.protectpubliced.org
coalition of public education advocates, educators, beneficiaries of federal education funding, and former employees of the U.S. Department of Education
www.protectpubliced.org
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🚨🚨🚨 Urgent Message to Share WIDELY 🚨🚨🚨
Federal employees that are dismissed as part of the Musk & Trump assault should appeal on the grounds that they were fired for partisan political reasons‼️
➡️ Make an appeal to MSPB following these procedures:
www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...
💪🏼👊🏼✊🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Federal employees that are dismissed as part of the Musk & Trump assault should appeal on the grounds that they were fired for partisan political reasons‼️
➡️ Make an appeal to MSPB following these procedures:
www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...
💪🏼👊🏼✊🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
MSPB Mission: To protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices.
www.mspb.gov
February 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Urgent Message to Share WIDELY 🚨🚨🚨
Federal employees that are dismissed as part of the Musk & Trump assault should appeal on the grounds that they were fired for partisan political reasons‼️
➡️ Make an appeal to MSPB following these procedures:
www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...
💪🏼👊🏼✊🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Federal employees that are dismissed as part of the Musk & Trump assault should appeal on the grounds that they were fired for partisan political reasons‼️
➡️ Make an appeal to MSPB following these procedures:
www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...
💪🏼👊🏼✊🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.