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Marianne Rice @mariannerice.bsky.social · 23d

Check out our latest report: Educator Perceptions of HQIM Alignment, Adoption, and Implementation in Grades K-5, which captures the experiences and perceptions of district leaders, school leaders, and teachers who have implemented HQIM in Grades K-5 in TN.

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Educator Perceptions of HQIM Alignment, Adoption, and Implementation in Grades K-5: Report - Tennessee Reading Research Center

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Sep 9

The U.S. economy probably added half as many jobs in the 12 months ending in March as previously reported, according to the preliminary benchmark revision data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday. #NumbersDay
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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Sep 9

New podcast episode out this week! We're celebrating back to school talking about assessment. #SoR teachingliteracypodcast.com/e68strategic...

E68|Strategic Assessment Systems with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho

Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho discuss building a strategic assessment system in literacy education. They cover how to use data to inform reading instruction, the difference between scr…

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 9

High school students had worse scores in reading and math on national tests in 2024 than they did before the pandemic.

Only about 1 in 3 seniors were ready to do college-level work in math and reading.

Student test scores are sliding, reaching new lows

Scores for 12th-graders in math and reading continued their years-long slide, reaching new lows on national tests, new data released Tuesday show.

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Arianna Prothero @ariannaprothero.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Ed Department cancelations jeopardize more than $30 million worth of federally funded efforts in 14 states to help educators better serve students with disabilities. 1/2

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #specialeducation #teachers Story by @marklieberman.bsky.social

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?

More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

www.edweek.org

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Advocates for Children of New York @afcnewyork.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Defunding community parent-resource centers is a despicable act by the administration,” said Wexler, who worked on special education at the department for more than 35 years.

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?

More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

www.edweek.org

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hah! You used to live in the Empire State. That still counts.

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ok spelling bee friends, how do we feel about the ‘s’ in yesterday’s puzzle?

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Sep 3

🆓 🔓 Venker, C. E., & Lorang, E. (2025). Continuing the conversation about echolalia and gestalt language development: A response to Haydock, Harrison, Baldwin, and Leadbitter. Autism, 29, 821–824. doi.org/10.1177/1362...
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Continuing the conversation about echolalia and gestalt language development: A response to Haydock, Harrison, Baldwin, and Leadbitter - Courtney E Venker, Emily Lorang, 2025

Although gestalt language development incorporates some neurodiversity-affirmative strategies (e.g. embracing echolalia), it is also associated with numerous id...

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Aug 22

Oh fun!!! Post more please 😎

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Marianne Rice @mariannerice.bsky.social · Aug 21

UT Knoxville is hiring a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Literacy! Please share with anyone who may be interested! Knoxville is a great place to live and work!!! Happy to answer questions! apply.interfolio.com/172346

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Aug 8

We have the same cat!

Two tabby cats with their heads snuggled together and one paw around the other’s neck.

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Jul 20

My grandma called green peppers mangos. I’m still trying to figure out why because she has never seen or heard of the mango fruit.

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Jul 19

Just incredible work, Marianne! Every time I am working on a project and I run into a question I really wish someone would answer in research, you come out with a paper on that topic. I will use this immediately. Thank you!!

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Sarang Shah @sarangshah.com · Jul 13

Did Citizens United increase the propensity to form corporations, and LLCs in particular, to conceal one's identity when spending money in politics? Using a diff-in-diff design, I find the answer is "yes, it did!". See working paper (now on SSRN!) below.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Limited Liability, Full Anonymity: LLCs as Dark Money Vessels

Did Citizens United increase the propensity to incorporate, especially easy-to-form limited liability companies, to conceal the identities of those seeking to i

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Jul 13

I am so very proud of @valentine-k.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 International Literacy Association Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award!! Katie ALSO won the APA Division 16 Outstanding Dissertation Award. VERY well-deserved. www.literacyworldwide.org/get-involved...

Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award | International Literacy Association

The Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award is given to ILA members who have completed dissertations in any aspect of the field of reading or literacy within a certain time period ...

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Jun 28

Big day on the farm today. In December my family sold the cows, today they are taking down the silo.

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · Jun 22

Keep the punctuation jokes coming

CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · Jun 22

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Jun 15

Is this the inflation I’ve been told about?

The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · Jun 15

C.E.O. pay increased last year, and the disparity with what employees are paid is the highest since companies began reporting this measure.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Jun 15

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jun 5

This is an insane chart

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jun 4

Enroll and learn how to analyze structured data, how to use multilevel models to include predictors measured at different levels and how to effectively convey complex data information using data visualization data workflow management using R. More info: myumi.ch/egwxJ

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #RStats

ICPSR Summer Program Workshop Announcement, Online, Multilevel Analysis with R, July 21-25

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · May 31

its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Karen Vaites @karenvaites.bsky.social · Jun 1

At the Education Writers conference, @ehanford.bsky.social compared reading scores for students in Maryland and Mississippi, among students eligible for free & reduced lunch.

It’s striking.

MS is now the leading state for underprivileged student reading performance.

Via @alecmac.bsky.social

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · May 31

Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.

But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."

Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science

It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.

www.motherjones.com

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