For the last 3 years, I have co-organized an AI & Education Conference that brings together about 1000 educators to talk about the latest in K-12 education with AI. This year's focus is on educator/student/community led innovation with AI: centering community voice. web.cvent.com/event/396882...

I've enjoyed bringing co-design and partnership methods to the Playful Learning Landscapes project. Here's a new article, on how it's inspiring the field of developmental psychology: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... HT to Annelise Pesch for lead authoring this piece!

British Journal of Developmental Psychology | Wiley Online Library

Leveraging community science to encourage a more inclusive and culturally representative developmental science.

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Really proud of how the undergrads in my research lab get deeply involved in UX, software development and research in ed-tech. Check out a profile of their involvement here: urop.uci.edu/project/june...

So proud of my daplab team. Looking forward to seeing folks at AERA 2026. www.linkedin.com/posts/daplab...

The daplab got 5 of 7 proposals accepted to AERA 2026! Please come see us present about how educators enact sensemaking with generative AI produced data; how to codesign playful learning that… | Desig...

The daplab got 5 of 7 proposals accepted to AERA 2026! Please come see us present about how educators enact sensemaking with generative AI produced data; how to codesign playful learning that incorpor...

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Trump wants UCLA to pay $1.2 billion to settle allegations it violated civil rights law. I took a look at the more than 7,300-word proposed UCLA settlement. Here's the detailed breakdown of Trump's plan to remake one of the nation's top public campuses: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image

The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.

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The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

Stand Up for UC

The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. Stand with us to protect UC.

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Big congrats to Dr. John Lopez on a successful dissertation defense; a great exploration of students’ epistemological beliefs in data science. He’ll be moving to a postdoc position at UC Berkeley in data science education! The best part of my job is seeing student growth and success ❤️

Excited to share our new paper that will come out in CSCW 2025. "How did We Miss It?" Examining the Infrastructural Work of Practitioners Supporting Housing Insecure and Foster Youth Students. (ahnjune.com/.../upl.../2...) Some highlights that I'm particularly proud of: 1/7

Here's an annual celebration of the graduating students and alumni from my research lab. I'm always amazed at their growth and endeavors. One of the best parts of my job. www.daplab.education.uci.edu/post/celebra...

Celebrating Our 2025 Daplab Cohort

This year's graduating cohort of students in the Daplab was epic. We'd like to celebrate the great news for our alumni and graduating students!Dr. Dejay Hodge (UCI '24) started a tenure-track, Assista...

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Excited to share this writeup of my work with the Anaheim where we've been designing AI systems to accelerate their systems change efforts to prioritize and value students' holistic array of skills. TY to Carnegie Corporation for awarding our partnership. www.carnegie.org/our-work/art...

Anaheim Collaborative: New Ways to Measure Students’ Progress | Future of Learning & Work | Carnegie Corporation of New York

Anaheim public schools embrace projects that reflect creativity, critical thinking, and a sense of purpose

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“It would be a symbolic surrender of the university’s autonomy and commitment to free inquiry that... would send a chilling message: that public universities in Virginia serve political agendas, not the commonwealth.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

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Everyone should really take an hour and watch Ocean with David Attenborough. Heartbreaking and vital. The pace at which we are killing the ocean is mind boggling. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ocean_with...

Ocean with David Attenborough | Rotten Tomatoes

Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Ocean with David Attenborough on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

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So cool to see this. I also “made my own major” as an Independent Concentration, while an undergrad at Brown. Seeing new students develop their passions and agency warms my heart. www.brown.edu/news/2025-05...

At Brown, independent concentrators pursue academic paths as unique as their ambitions

In this Q&A, four Brown students reflect on the experience of designing their own concentrations that defy conventional categories, from empathy in practice to computational neuroscience.

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Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook

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Yurong "Luanna" Jiang Delivers the Graduate English Address | Harvard Commencement 2025

YouTube video by Harvard University

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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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So proud of this year’s cohort of students in my research lab (the Design and Partnership Lab). We have nearly 15 undergrads, masters and PhD students graduating this year. We gave out daplab stoles early, so they can take their graduation pictures and wear them for commencement.

Really honored to have been invited to this New America convening. A great group of minds: www.newamerica.org/education-po...

What Makes Education a Public Good?

Students, researchers, educators, designers, technologists, and advocates gather to design a future for education that leverages open educational resources and AI technology.

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If you need help explaining to people what the Department of Education does and why it matters, this, from Ben Miller (hosted by @mattyglesias.bsky.social) is as good as it gets open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

What the Department of Education actually does

America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained

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Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose Now includes that info by state legislative district as well. poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...

» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard

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Really proud of my lab and students and our partnership with Anaheim Union High School District. youtu.be/tdT8hHDl9BQ?...

UCI Design and Partnership Lab Visits Magnolia

YouTube video by AUHSD Communications

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Congrats everyone on another successful AI K12 Summit! youtu.be/Kp7aWX8leLI?...

2025 AI K12 Deeper Learning Summit: Day 1 Highlights

YouTube video by AUHSD Communications

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In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...

Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient

Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

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When Nazi flags are more acceptable than Pride flags, your goals are hate and fear. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says

A new bill would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in Utah schools and government buildings, but pride flags would be banned.

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I'm angry and exhausted like many of my colleagues. But just sharing some positivity: I love the grad students and undergrads in my research lab, they really are amazing, check them out! I'm looking forward to my lab meeting today. www.daplab.education.uci.edu/dappers

Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI. I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.

100% to this. It’s been clear to anyone watching closely that there is a multi-pronged attack on U.S. universities & the playbooks we are using to address this attack are not up to the challenge of the moment. (That said, some have been better than others, and at least UW let my team fight.)

Jeremy C. Young@jeremycyoung.bsky.social · last yr.

Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI. I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.