Erika Lewy
@erikablewy.bsky.social
Education & CJ research at MDRC. Writing on my own
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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The dismantling of NCES is insane and will critically hobble progress in improving education - this agency is so important it existed more than 100 years before the creation of Department of Education.
Hearing that nearly all the employees in the statistics agency inside the Education Department -- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) -- have lost their jobs. Rumors that the NAEP test -- the nation's report card -- will no longer be run by NCES. This info is not confirmed.
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The dismantling of NCES is insane and will critically hobble progress in improving education - this agency is so important it existed more than 100 years before the creation of Department of Education.
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104 employees from IES
242 from OCR
325 from FSA
242 from OCR
325 from FSA
March 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
104 employees from IES
242 from OCR
325 from FSA
242 from OCR
325 from FSA
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Core ED functions include: processing 17+ million FAFSAs, providing 6.4 million students with Pell Grants, disbursing 6.4 million student loans, and managing loan repayments for 43 million borrowers. None of this happens magically, without people.
I started writing this when we expected an exec order last week, but cutting half its staff will make it hard if not impossible for ED to fulfil its core functions.
Functions that most voters, including Republicans, say they favor.
#EduSky
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
Functions that most voters, including Republicans, say they favor.
#EduSky
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
Department Of Education To Lay Off 50% Of Staff. Polling Shows Voters Oppose Eliminating The Agency
The Trump administration is expected to fire half the staff at the Department of Education today, even as polling shows voters support the work of the federal agency.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Core ED functions include: processing 17+ million FAFSAs, providing 6.4 million students with Pell Grants, disbursing 6.4 million student loans, and managing loan repayments for 43 million borrowers. None of this happens magically, without people.
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I’ve heard from an extremely reliable source that the entire National Center for Education Statistics is **gone**
New — Absolute bloodbath at US Dept. of Education in light of today’s Reduction in Force (RIF) announcement.
Hearing from department sources that offices in Dallas, Boston, New York, SF, Philly and Cleveland have all been shut down. Some staff in remaining offices fired, too.
Hearing from department sources that offices in Dallas, Boston, New York, SF, Philly and Cleveland have all been shut down. Some staff in remaining offices fired, too.
March 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’ve heard from an extremely reliable source that the entire National Center for Education Statistics is **gone**
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Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
More than 50 talented MDRC technical + qualitative researchers, grant-writing specialists and editors were laid off Friday. Experts in housing policy, criminal justice, higher ed, workforce training and k12 education. If you know of places hiring for this kind of talent, hit me up. #MDRC #EduSky
March 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
www.aera.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
This is truly nuts... Even though we knew it was coming, it still feels like a shock to know that the major source of funding for high quality education research is just... gone. Anyone heard anything about IES grants? #EduSky
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...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is truly nuts... Even though we knew it was coming, it still feels like a shock to know that the major source of funding for high quality education research is just... gone. Anyone heard anything about IES grants? #EduSky
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I somehow missed that MDRC started posting on Bluesky two weeks ago
Go give them a follow to stay up to date on rigorous evidence of what works to boost economic mobility!
Go give them a follow to stay up to date on rigorous evidence of what works to boost economic mobility!
New from MDRC's Evidence First podcast!
Economic Mobility Through Remote Sector Training: A Conversation with MDRC's Edith Yang
Full episode: www.mdrc.org/work/podcast...
cc: @socialfinance.org
Economic Mobility Through Remote Sector Training: A Conversation with MDRC's Edith Yang
Full episode: www.mdrc.org/work/podcast...
cc: @socialfinance.org
February 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I somehow missed that MDRC started posting on Bluesky two weeks ago
Go give them a follow to stay up to date on rigorous evidence of what works to boost economic mobility!
Go give them a follow to stay up to date on rigorous evidence of what works to boost economic mobility!
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Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts.
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
February 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts.
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
Hey! I'm Erika-- an interdisciplinary social scientist. I mainly study higher ed access and completion for MDRC. I'm an implementation researcher and trained anthropologist.
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hey! I'm Erika-- an interdisciplinary social scientist. I mainly study higher ed access and completion for MDRC. I'm an implementation researcher and trained anthropologist.