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UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work @uwsocialwork.bsky.social · 8d

The Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work welcomes you to attend our 2025 PhD of Social Welfare Information Session on October 22nd from 12-1pm CST. This is a great opportunity to gain insights and ask questions about the program. Register here: forms.gle/vENsGdGj6fBW...

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Alejandra Ros Pilarz @arpilarz.bsky.social · Jul 28

Please consider submitting an abstract!

Social Service Review @socservreview.bsky.social · Jul 25

Call for papers!

*The Next 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of SSR*

To celebrate 100 years of SSR in 2026, the journal will publish a collection of thought-provoking papers exploring the history, current state, and future of social work and social welfare.

Abstracts due September 15!

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

“The Price of Parenthood: Childcare Costs and Fertility”, which is @abigaildow.bsky.social’s excellent JMP is a really interesting look at the link between childcare and birthrates

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Alejandra Ros Pilarz @arpilarz.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited for this paper to be out! Mothers’ work schedules matter for child and family wellbeing, but we know little about how these have changed over time. We find that while, on average, rates of mothers' nonstandard schedules have been stable over time, trends vary substantially across subgroups.

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jun 10

“Trends in Mothers’ Work Schedules, 1988-2019”: @arpilarz.bsky.social & Walther find ↑ gaps in “the propensity to work nonstandard schedules by...education, family structure, and race & ethnicity.” @uwsocialwork.bsky.social @irpwisc.bsky.social @cdeuw.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 7

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵

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Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Apr 2

Head Start, which serves over 800K children and their families all over the country, was hit hard today by the HHS layoffs.

<1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff.

nhsa.org/press_releas...

NHSA Expresses Deep Concern Over Administration Shuttering Regional Offices

NHSA is deeply concerned about the closing of regional offices and HHS's reorganization without open communication or a clear plan for how the administration intends on supporting Head Start.

nhsa.org

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Mar 31

US faculty and anyone who cares about academic freedom:

I urge you to check out @wearehighered.bsky.social

* read through compelling letters signed by thousands of faculty

* learn about upcoming actions in which you can participate

* spread the word to encourage others to get involved, too !

We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · Mar 30

Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org

We Are Higher Ed

www.wearehighered.org

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · Apr 2

Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word

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UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work @uwsocialwork.bsky.social · Mar 24

Did you know that roughly one-third of children and families receiving Head Start services live in the Big Ten states? @arpilarz.bsky.social contributes to a new brief on the benefits of Head Start and how it serves children and families in Big Ten states. btela.osu.edu/our-work/hea...

Head Start and Outcomes for Children and Families: How Head Start Serves the Big Ten States - Big Ten Early Learning Alliance

BIG TEN EARLY LEARNING ALLIANCE BRIEF Number 3 — Winter 2025 Anna J. Markowitz, Alejandra Ros Pilarz, David Purpura, Terri Sabol, & Dawn Thomas Overview The Big Ten Early Learning Alliance brings toge...

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Feb 26

As federal research grants continue to be frozen, and NIH staff is being gutted, please note this study was funded by federal research grants, including from NIH. If they continue with staff cuts, and continue to freeze new awards, this is just one example of what we lose.

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Feb 26

THIS IS HUGE! A cancer vaccine developed by Yale University and DFCI shows MAJOR promise. Results of an early-phase trial reveal ALL patients with ADVANCED stage kidney cancer had successful anti-cancer immune responses AND have remained CANCER-FREE approximately THREE years after treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Tim Bartik @timbartik.bsky.social · Feb 20

My new report, on shorter-run economic benefits of Michigan's state pre-K program, was released today by @upjohninstitute.bsky.social . This links to the Research Highlights page, from which you can access the full report: www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program yields positive economic return

www.upjohn.org

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Alejandra Ros Pilarz @arpilarz.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thank you!

Alejandra Ros Pilarz @arpilarz.bsky.social · Feb 11

Does anyone have any info on when the SIPP online codebook will be back up? Or happen to have a downloadable version of the codebook? This is for the 2014 and later panels, which only had the online interactive codebook.

Screenshot of the Census website for the SIPP online interactive codebook saying that the site is down for maintenance.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Feb 8

this is the development that most fills me with dread www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

Tent City Rising at Guantánamo Bay (Gift Article)

These are the first independent images to emerge from the migrant operation that the Trump administration has begun at the Navy base.

www.nytimes.com

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Feb 6

Updates to google doc: a spreadsheet for data at risk (It is a WIP). Info from ICPSR about their efforts. Added headings for accessibility. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Data Rescue Efforts

Data Rescue 2025 Efforts and More Updated 2025-02-06 These suggestions come from various sources, including IASSIST, RDAP, Data Curation Network, BlueSky, LinkedIn, and others. A librarian at a unive...

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Feb 5

COPAFS (copafs.org) has drafted a letter to Senate and House leadership. You can sign on as an individual or institution. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics

The Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS) is devoted to educational activities and to preserving the public good represented by federal statistical collections.

copafs.org

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Feb 6

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.

Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background

Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background

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UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work @uwsocialwork.bsky.social · Feb 5

Associate Prof @arpilarz.bsky.social quoted:

“If you’re eligible for a subsidy and there’s just no child care in your community, or no providers that accept subsidies, that’s going to make it a lot harder for you to actually participate in (Wisconsin) Shares."

Wisconsin child care costs soar, but thousands miss out on state aid

Child care costs more for some families than housing. Despite the strain, 39% fewer children receive state aid than 13 years ago.

captimes.com

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Hilary Wething @hilwething.bsky.social · Feb 5

DATA RELEASE WHEN DATA FEELS SCARCE!
Check out data.epi.org -a data repository with 78,000+ series on topics like employment, wages, poverty, and inequality. You can get many measures by gender, race and state!

I've been working with our @epi.org team to build this and am so proud of the result

Topics - EPI Library

The EPI Data Library offers comprehensive, up-to-date labor data from Economic Policy Institute analysis, covering wages, inequality, and economic trends across demographics.

data.epi.org

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Feb 3

The Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) page of the Population Dynamics Branch of the NICHD is now dead.

A "page not found" screen for the NICHD's PDB funding opportunities.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Feb 3

I'm just a simple country public administration professor so maybe smarter people than me can explain if these options can't work and if others are better, but there is no strategy that involves waiting for something bigger than right now.

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · Feb 2

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

www.nytimes.com

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Jan 31

From a census employee

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