Thrilled our paper is out now in AJS. Parents & scholars have long known the linked fate of schools & neighborhoods, but how does change in one domain relate to the other? We (@ebruch.bsky.social) propose a theory of coupled tipping & find support for our model in data over 20 yrs & 3,000 schools.

Online pub day! I examine how parents' preferences for schools and neighborhoods are intertwined, rather than independent, and talk about what those "package deal" preferences imply for racial segregation and inequality. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Understanding the “package deal”: disentangling parents’ intertwined preferences for schools and neighborhoods

Abstract. The racial segregation of schools and neighborhoods are mutually reinforcing because school districts assign students to schools based on residen

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"In a May 21...recording..., Provost Robin Forman said that when Tulane leadership met with elected officials in April, they were pressed as to why “‘Tulane has taken a stand on the chemical industry as harming communities’,” and this “left people feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable.” "

Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research

A Tulane University researcher has resigned, citing censorship from university leaders. Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the u...

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eric has excellent news in the quoted post! progress on killing the trans healthcare coverage bans in the GOP budget. but pressure still needs to be applied! the link below contains call/email templates with reference to the legislative mechanism senators could use to kill this part of the bill.🧵

Phone/Email Templates for Asking Senators To Kill the Anti-Trans Provisions with the Byrd Rule

Instructions:

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Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · last yr.

Via Axios: Democrats are trying to use the Byrd rule to strike some parts of the reconciliation bill. Chief among them: -The ban on care for transgender people in Medicaid and CHIP -the moratorium on AI regulation -REINS Act -Permitting reform -immigration fees www.axios.com/2025/05/28/t...

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel

One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...

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There are two transgender girls in the state of Maine competing in girls’ sports. There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state. Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/main...

Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience.

Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats targeting the st...

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I’m struck by the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine equality as discrimination against white people. This is a deeply racist idea that *equal outcomes* must be unfair, assuming white people are naturally at the top of the hierarchy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics

The US Education Department said it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

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And making the public school experience sh*ttier, especially for kids with disabilities and kids from low-income families and families of color. So that more families will opt for private schools or homeschooling. And funnel more public education funding into private companies' hands.

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov · last yr.

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.

Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they)@travisyork.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption. #EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social

Like many others who’ve given birth, I bled profusely afterward (enough that they had transfusion blood rushed to my room, though they didn’t use it in the end) & was given misoprostol, tho my understanding of those events is poor Terrifying & enraging From www.businessinsider.com/abortion-med...

Abortion pill prescriptions are now being tracked in parts of the US — with help from a little-known tech company

Louisiana has started monitoring abortion pills. Some other states are likely to follow suit. It could have disastrous consequences for patients.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last yr.

They don’t care how many people die as long as they can restrict bodily autonomy.

they are segregationists, attacking a monument to the civil rights heroes that destroyed segregation

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · last yr.

They're destroying civil rights history because they want to repeal the Civil Rights Act www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...

Articles like this, where Harvard is centered as the soul of US higher ed by someone who "coincidentally" graduated from Harvard, is exactly why we did all that research looking at where news article authors go to college 1/ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...