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So grateful for the opportunity to spend the day with faculty and students at UC Merced! Great discussions + hearing about important and innovative work + the Sierras? If anyone needs a reminder, the UC is pretty awesome. Thank you @elifisbell.bsky.social for the invitation!

This Thursday we are hosting a webinar on Early Literacy Screening in CA. We have a great panel of speakers lined up - please join us! Register Here: bit.ly/4gWAR3y

Nicole McNeil@nicolemmcneil.bsky.social · last yr.

Want to talk about “efficiency” in education? “education markets often reward programs with the best marketing, not the best results . . . pseudoscientific programs gain traction through compelling narratives rather than evidence.”

How IES Helps Students and Educators. theconversation.com/helping-teac...

Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · last yr.

DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance

The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...

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Y’all I found out why they need all that IES money back: “Renaming Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty cost more than $6 million, excluding state Department of Transportation sign changes.” www.fayobserver.com/story/news/m...

Defense secretary announces renaming Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg, again

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo Monday to rename Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg, after Pfc. Roland Bragg.

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View from my office this evening

Just got back from visiting my folks in Newland, and the Christmas tree pride is real. 🎄 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...

Saving Christmas in North Carolina, One Tree at a Time, After Hurricane Helene

The storm upended the Christmas tree industry in the state’s western region. Now, farmers and residents are eager for the comfort of the season’s rituals.

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Educators in CA we would love to hear from you! Help us plan for new content to share on arrayalearning.org by filling out this survey: uclaed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

PK-12 Teacher Survey || UC/CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning

We are recruiting pre-service and current pre-K - high school educators to help us understand how educators think about the diverse learning and behavioral needs that are observed in students.

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Looking forward to our UC|CSU Collaborative Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Summit this Monday at CSU-DH. Check out this awesome line up of speakers connecting research, policy, and practice: ca-diverse-learning.org/events/neuro...

Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Summit - UC|CSU Collab

The summit is focused on highlighting the connections between neuroscience research, practice, and policy.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 3y ago

Registration and submissions for the 2024 IMBES meeting are both open! You can register at the Early Bird rate until May 1st, 2024 (imbes2024.org/registration/). Abstract submission deadline is February 1st, 2024. Come join us in Leuven!

IMBES 10 – 12 July 2024 in Leuven. Distinguished keynote speakers for this event, namely Stanislas Dehaene (Unicog, Paris), Jennie Grammer (University of California LA, US), and Duncan Astle (University of Cambridge, UK). imbes2024.org

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Dr Pawel (Paul) Matusz @paulmatusz.bsky.social · 3y ago

New issue of Mind, Brain & Education ! Devoted 100% to the Special Issue on Executive Functions & Dyslexia - a whopping collection of 19 (!) articles, from Dyslexia Foundation's 2022 Symposium. Edited by Astrid Zuckerman, Peggy McCardle & Laurie Cutting: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1751228x...

Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 3y ago

Come work with me as a Project Scientist for the UC/CSU Collaborative!

Assistant / Associate Project Scientist (Collaborative)

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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My Dept is hiring at asst or associate level, casting a broad net over cognitive/developmental and/or neuroscience. See full description and apply at apply.interfolio.com/132419

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Jamie Jirout @jamiejirout.bsky.social · 3y ago

Fayetteville same.

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UVA School of Education and Human Development is hiring an assistant or associate level faculty member in education and neuroscience!! Join me and my wonderful colleagues and students! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/130913

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3y ago

Attention anyone concerned about the destruction of West Virginia University. This is the same playbook, in the UNC system.

Elif Isbell, PhD @elifisbell.bsky.social · 3y ago

University of California Merced - Assistant Professor position in Quantitative Psychology. Apply by October 28, 2023, to ensure full consideration. Please share widely! aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01611

Pam Davis-Kean, PhD@umpamdk.bsky.social · 3y ago

Teaching methods this quarter. The general progression is from an attitude of “I know how to science!”, transitioning to a sort of existential research crisis, where folks start to question if they can really study or believe anything . . . but that’s when the interesting work begins.

“When I see a surprising finding, my default is not to believe it,” he said of published papers. “Twelve years ago, my default was to believe anything that was surprising.” Kahneman www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/b...