Finishing off with a picture of my 4.5 year old puppers who will most certainly demand belly rubs, scritches, and cuddles from our new postdoc hires.

TAKEAWAY 2⃣: HOWEVER, our Head Start kids made learning gains in exec function, literacy, and numeracy that are comparable to what they would've learned in a typical pre-pandemic year. 6/n

TAKEAWAY 1⃣: Our Head Start kids attended FAR fewer days of school during a pandemic-affected year. Kids who started in in-person HS attended 13 days/month in-person.
^ should be 20ish/mth if attending everyday.
FYI, this is also far below avg pre-pandemic attendance rates. 5/n

nothing makes me more productive than this ticking time bomb I get from the university every week. #byegooglechrometabs

📢 1) tomorrow (wed 3/24) at 1pm ET, @ayeshashim at @UNCSchoolofEd & @alchto3 at @MSUCollegeofEd are joining us. ANYONE can register & attend!: https://bit.ly/2PikoQq Talk titled: Is More Autonomy Better? How School Actors Perceive School Autonomy and Effectiveness in Context

so at @AnnenbergInst the postdocs have taken it upon themselves to organize a fantastic speaker series for the spring semester. you may not know this but EVERYONE is welcome to listen in! we've still got two great sessions left in the lineup:

hello? is this thing on?? 🤔 virtual #AEFP2021 means we can all attend on the last day rather than having to worry about catching flights. 😉 Gracie says see you all on zoom in a few mins! #PetsofAEFP @aefpweb

4) A thorough review of the evidence currently out there on high-impact tutoring, where research should continue, and what the Accelerator is prioritizing in future research. 📊 #callingallresearchers 8/n https://studentsupportaccelerator.org/research/research-agenda

3) A growing (!) database 🗃️ of tutoring organizations nationwide, where/whom they serve, and what they do. This is the current landscape of tutoring orgs, and it is filterable by soooo many areas. 7/n https://studentsupportaccelerator.org/database/tutoring

book eating dog not included in your purchase

look what my sunflower puppy 🌻 🐶 brought me from my mailbox. @SethGershenson

lani guinier (2004), racial liberalism & racial literacy. below is haunting, prescient quote about brown vs. board. still true today