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Sarah Quinn

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Assistant Professor of Special Education at Eastern Michigan University 🦅 Former elementary special education teacher in CT, VT, OR ➡️ PhD @ UO 🦆 inclusion | math | single case research | teacher prep | "Whatever the kid does is the truth!" -SE

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 Calling all who teach, conduct, or are new to systematic reviews and research syntheses!

Our new tutorial in Research Synthesis Methods outlines 10 essential practices for developing and using coding manuals and forms, including solutions to common challenges.

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/rsm....

Screenshot of the first page of the article linked above

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 17h

The average data center currently uses the same energy as about 100,000 homes; the largest one under construction at the moment is expected to use the energy of 2 million homes.

NPR @npr.org · 21h

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S. n.pr/4qa6s7U

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 3d

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 3d

This is *really* fucked up.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 5d

I’m naming this a Type 3 error.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 5d

Moment of appreciation for @gitkraken.com being a delightful pun, using an excellent color scheme, and adding needed cuteness to my desktop rn.

Thanks @saratessa.bsky.social for introducing this to me and teaching me how to use it 😊

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Rachel M. Perera @rachelmarisa.bsky.social · 6d

For context, 87% of school-aged kids are enrolled in public schools in the US.*

(* a statistic we only know because of work the US Dept of ED used to do to collect vital data on our nation's schools)

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 6d

Those influencing Trump education policy aren't shy about wanting to eradicate public schools.

Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org

“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 8d

Teaching a math methods class and have discovered a new AI red flag: IEP goals related to rational numbers all include "sports stats or shopping discounts"

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 11d

25 assignments remain, two productive meetings were had, several emails and random tasks were completed, one conference proposal was turned in. Fin.

Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 11d

I have 97 assignments to grade in Canvas, two meetings, and one million other things to catch up on today. Will report back. Happy Friday.

Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 11d

It is quite literally on my calendar! :-)

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 11d

I have 97 assignments to grade in Canvas, two meetings, and one million other things to catch up on today. Will report back. Happy Friday.

Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 14d

I was featured in a teaching spotlight for our faculty development center this week :)

www.emich.edu/facdev/teach...

Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 15d

Didn't take many pictures in Minneapolis but the jack-o'-lantern spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo was an excellent (spectacular) conference side quest.

Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 18d

In Minnesota for some IRL #SCRDchat 😎

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · 29d

Proud of my friend Seulbi Lee for taking this project, conceptualized during our meta-analysis methods course at UO, and getting it out into the world! Check it out in JADD!

doi.org/10.1007/s108...

The Use of Pictorial or Graphic Representation in Reading Comprehension Interventions for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-Analysis - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

This meta-analysis examines the effectiveness of pictorial and graphic representations (PGR) in enhancing reading comprehension among K-12 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Through synthes...

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · Sep 12

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Nov 10

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · Sep 11

@drjessicaknurick.bsky.social comes to mind- but on IG!

Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · Sep 11

why is research gate emailing me about getting a green card

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Sep 9

RFK Jr has promised to release a report on the causes of autism in September. To prepare, it's a good idea to make sure we know what the common types of observational research biases are. First up: confounding by indication.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

Confounding by Indication: A Research Bias You Should Know

It’s September which means RFK Jr will soon be releasing his promised report on the ‘causes’ of autism. We can prepare by learning some key types of research bias.

open.substack.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Sep 9

No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · Sep 9

Reviewer 0 is entering my vocabulary

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anyone have any favorite resources or papers about the inclusion of students with disabilities in secondary #science classes?

#specialeducation #edusky

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnphd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Occasionally I do a peer review and when the decision letter is sent to authors, I see that the other reviews are 1-2 sentences that basically say "good job" (compared to mine which usually have 1-3 constructive suggestions along with some line edits)

Reader, am I reviewer 2? Genuinely wondering!

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Esther Lindström @estherlindstrom.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎉 New article! 🎉
Our latest in @jidr-wiley.bsky.social measures what teachers of students with IDD know about foundational word reading and how that relates to their training and classroom instruction.

#OpenAccess version here: doi.org/10.1111/jir....

@kimberlymcfadden.bsky.social

Foundational Reading Knowledge of Teachers of Students With IDD: Examining Experience, Degree and Time Use
Esther R. Lindström 1 | Kimberly A. McFadden 2 | Qiong Fu 2 | Molly J. Ruiz 21University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 2 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence: Esther R. Lindström (elinds20@uic.edu) Received: 6 November 2024 | Revised: 29 April 2025 | Accepted: 18 August 2025Funding: This work was supported by the National Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences (R324B210020) and LehighUniversity. Keywords: intellectual disability | reading | special education | teacher knowledge

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