Cara Jackson
@carajackson.bsky.social
Devoted to development & use of evidence to improve educational policy, practice, & outcomes. Research Manager at Center for OBC https://obc.southerneducation.org/resources/
Associate Editor https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/issue
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Cara Jackson
@carajackson.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Creating Coherence: Does Instructional Alignment Affect the Impact of Tutoring?
This study examines the impact of using instructionally aligned literacy tutoring with students in kindergarten through third grade under a Response to Intervention framework. We conducted a randomize...
edworkingpapers.com
Creating Coherence: Does Instructional Alignment Affect the Impact of Tutoring? edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1332 was featured in Overdeck's Five Studies That Inspired Our Thinking in 2025! 🎉 overdeck.org/news-and-res...
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Nice @mattbarnum.bsky.social piece describing an important new study on whether really effective (85th%ile) teachers who have a big change in school context continue to be really effective. They don't: they continue to be effective (66th%ile), but not top tier.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/17/t...
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/17/t...
Teaching as a team sport: What happens when a great teacher moves to a struggling school?
New research on a federal program found that when top teachers transferred to high-need schools, their performance dropped significantly. Teacher effectiveness may not be a fixed skill.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Nice @mattbarnum.bsky.social piece describing an important new study on whether really effective (85th%ile) teachers who have a big change in school context continue to be really effective. They don't: they continue to be effective (66th%ile), but not top tier.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/17/t...
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/17/t...
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We're at a crossroads—what's next for education policy and research?
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 for a roundtable discussion with @carajackson.bsky.social, Nat Malkus (AEI), Amber Northern (U.S. Department of Education), and @cedr.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 for a roundtable discussion with @carajackson.bsky.social, Nat Malkus (AEI), Amber Northern (U.S. Department of Education), and @cedr.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
We're at a crossroads—what's next for education policy and research?
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 for a roundtable discussion with @carajackson.bsky.social, Nat Malkus (AEI), Amber Northern (U.S. Department of Education), and @cedr.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 for a roundtable discussion with @carajackson.bsky.social, Nat Malkus (AEI), Amber Northern (U.S. Department of Education), and @cedr.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who became the leading voice of Black American aspirations after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was the first African American to gain significant traction as a presidential candidate, died Tuesday.
Jesse Jackson, a leading African American voice on global stage, dies at 84
As a civil rights activist, he joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, and Memphis. He later launched two historic presidential campaigns.
washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who became the leading voice of Black American aspirations after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was the first African American to gain significant traction as a presidential candidate, died Tuesday.
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Another reminder. Anne Frank and her sister Margot didn't die in gas chambers. They died of Typhus due to overcrowding at Bergen-Belsen women's camp, which also experienced outbreaks of tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
A reminder this happened earlier this week at Trump’s massive concentration camp in El Paso:
“The cases of tuberculosis and COVID-19, two diseases that spread through the air, have underscored concern about the conditions at Camp East Montana and other immigration detention centers.“
“The cases of tuberculosis and COVID-19, two diseases that spread through the air, have underscored concern about the conditions at Camp East Montana and other immigration detention centers.“
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Another reminder. Anne Frank and her sister Margot didn't die in gas chambers. They died of Typhus due to overcrowding at Bergen-Belsen women's camp, which also experienced outbreaks of tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
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I’m devastated to learn of the shooting in Pawtucket.
What should have been a unifying community event has now become another senseless tragedy.
Congress needs to pass commonsense legislation to end this cycle of gun violence once and for all.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
What should have been a unifying community event has now become another senseless tragedy.
Congress needs to pass commonsense legislation to end this cycle of gun violence once and for all.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
www.wpri.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I’m devastated to learn of the shooting in Pawtucket.
What should have been a unifying community event has now become another senseless tragedy.
Congress needs to pass commonsense legislation to end this cycle of gun violence once and for all.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
What should have been a unifying community event has now become another senseless tragedy.
Congress needs to pass commonsense legislation to end this cycle of gun violence once and for all.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
Going after the good Samaritans, real winning approach 🙄
Minnesota family says ICE agents faked car trouble to lure man out of home
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Going after the good Samaritans, real winning approach 🙄
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“Because there is no central listing of all terminated grants, the actual number of affected grants is almost certainly higher.” @marklieberman.bsky.social for @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Trump Slashed Billions for Education in 2025. See Our List of Affected Grants
We've tabulated the grant programs that have had awards terminated over the past year. See our list.
www.edweek.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“Because there is no central listing of all terminated grants, the actual number of affected grants is almost certainly higher.” @marklieberman.bsky.social for @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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AG Bondi claims the administration has released everything—but a new analysis suggests it's only 2%. trib.al/vjXcnXW
Investigators seized massive amounds of data from Epstein’s properties in Palm Beach, NYC, and of course, “pedophile island”—also known as Howard Lutnick’s favorite vacation spot.
Investigators seized massive amounds of data from Epstein’s properties in Palm Beach, NYC, and of course, “pedophile island”—also known as Howard Lutnick’s favorite vacation spot.
February 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
AG Bondi claims the administration has released everything—but a new analysis suggests it's only 2%. trib.al/vjXcnXW
Investigators seized massive amounds of data from Epstein’s properties in Palm Beach, NYC, and of course, “pedophile island”—also known as Howard Lutnick’s favorite vacation spot.
Investigators seized massive amounds of data from Epstein’s properties in Palm Beach, NYC, and of course, “pedophile island”—also known as Howard Lutnick’s favorite vacation spot.
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Today, I’m launching DAAF, the Data Analyst Augmentation Framework: an open-source, extensible workflow for Claude Code that allows skilled researchers to rapidly scale their expertise and accelerate data analysis by 5-10x -- *without* sacrificing the transparency...
github.com/brhkim/daaf/...
github.com/brhkim/daaf/...
GitHub - DAAF-Contribution-Community/daaf: DAAF, the Data Analyst Augmentation Framework: An open-source, extensible workflow for Claude Code that allows skilled researchers to rapidly scale their exp...
DAAF, the Data Analyst Augmentation Framework: An open-source, extensible workflow for Claude Code that allows skilled researchers to rapidly scale their expertise and accelerate data analysis by a...
github.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Today, I’m launching DAAF, the Data Analyst Augmentation Framework: an open-source, extensible workflow for Claude Code that allows skilled researchers to rapidly scale their expertise and accelerate data analysis by 5-10x -- *without* sacrificing the transparency...
github.com/brhkim/daaf/...
github.com/brhkim/daaf/...
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Don’t miss the second webinar in our series on Feb. 25 at 2pm ET: “Research Evidence Against Dismantling the U.S. Education Department: How to Strengthen Support for Students with Disabilities.” Register here: bit.ly/4aeD3ni
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Don’t miss the second webinar in our series on Feb. 25 at 2pm ET: “Research Evidence Against Dismantling the U.S. Education Department: How to Strengthen Support for Students with Disabilities.” Register here: bit.ly/4aeD3ni
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VERSION 2.0 of the Segregation Tracking Project is here!
New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more!
edopportunity.org/segregation/
New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more!
edopportunity.org/segregation/
The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford | The Segregation Tracking Project
Use our visualizations to explore educational opportunity in your school & community.
edopportunity.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
VERSION 2.0 of the Segregation Tracking Project is here!
New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more!
edopportunity.org/segregation/
New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more!
edopportunity.org/segregation/
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"a one standard deviation increase in student disadvantage raises overall and stress-related sick leave by 3.6% and 8.7%, respectively. Survey evidence indicates that these effects operate through classroom conditions rather than workload or organizational differences" www.nber.org/papers/w34841
Classrooms as Workplaces: How Student Composition Affects Teacher Health
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM
"a one standard deviation increase in student disadvantage raises overall and stress-related sick leave by 3.6% and 8.7%, respectively. Survey evidence indicates that these effects operate through classroom conditions rather than workload or organizational differences" www.nber.org/papers/w34841
Celebrate presidents' day by voting for @jscottclayton.bsky.social!
Elections are open for our next slate of incoming board of directors! Electronic ballots will be sent via email. Check your email associated with your AEFP membership to vote. Voting ends TOMORROW at midnight PT. Learn more about the candidates: aefpweb.org/candidates
February 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Celebrate presidents' day by voting for @jscottclayton.bsky.social!
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
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"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."
Today in "what are we even doing here?"
Arresting this guy was a ridiculous waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Arresting this guy was a ridiculous waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Judge Ends Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Today in "what are we even doing here?"
Arresting this guy was a ridiculous waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Arresting this guy was a ridiculous waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
This week marks a year since DOGE took a torch to the Institute of Education Sciences contracts.
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who still believes in #EdResearch as a public good.
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who still believes in #EdResearch as a public good.
a blue heart with the words happy valentine 's day
Alt: a color-changing heart with the words happy valentine 's day
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This week marks a year since DOGE took a torch to the Institute of Education Sciences contracts.
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who still believes in #EdResearch as a public good.
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who still believes in #EdResearch as a public good.
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The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
A joint statement on the decision to drastically restructure and effectively dismantle the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
Joint Statement from the Data Foundation and Results for America on the Restructuring of OPRE at ACF
A joint statement on the decision to drastically restructure and effectively dismantle the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
datafoundation.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
A joint statement on the decision to drastically restructure and effectively dismantle the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
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We need to talk about how a guy named Bruno (namely @paul-bruno.com ) published an article titled "We Need to Talk About How We Compensate School Staff" muse.jhu.edu/issue/54902 \
(standing ovation, Paul)
(standing ovation, Paul)
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
We need to talk about how a guy named Bruno (namely @paul-bruno.com ) published an article titled "We Need to Talk About How We Compensate School Staff" muse.jhu.edu/issue/54902 \
(standing ovation, Paul)
(standing ovation, Paul)
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
"...impossible to ensure that A.I. tools on campus are being used responsibly, both to support education and to prevent harm."
I'd like the AI-free option, but would also welcome a collective of universities joining forces to demand AI companies provide the data needed to ensure responsible use.
I'd like the AI-free option, but would also welcome a collective of universities joining forces to demand AI companies provide the data needed to ensure responsible use.
I've said it before, but the first school that promotes itself as "AI-free" is going to corner the market on folks committed to learning. (gift link)
Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
"...impossible to ensure that A.I. tools on campus are being used responsibly, both to support education and to prevent harm."
I'd like the AI-free option, but would also welcome a collective of universities joining forces to demand AI companies provide the data needed to ensure responsible use.
I'd like the AI-free option, but would also welcome a collective of universities joining forces to demand AI companies provide the data needed to ensure responsible use.