Maithreyi Gopalan
@maithgopalan.bsky.social
Associate Professor @uoregon | Education - Health Policy | Civil Rights in Education | Social Psychology for Policy | Recent PNW transplant and loving it!
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December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
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First, in a new brief by Dajung Sohn, @maithgopalan.bsky.social, and me, we analyze how identification rates of students for gifted and talented programs have changed over the last decade, and find persistent racial disparities across this period. Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/gt-ra...
Who is labeled as Gifted? Trends and Patterns over the last Decade in US Public Schools — AdvancED Equity
www.advancedequity.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
First, in a new brief by Dajung Sohn, @maithgopalan.bsky.social, and me, we analyze how identification rates of students for gifted and talented programs have changed over the last decade, and find persistent racial disparities across this period. Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/gt-ra...
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Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone.
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
Think the Medicaid cuts don't affect you? Think again. : It's Been a Minute
Republicans have passed President Trump's One Big, Beautiful bill, but is it built on bad faith stereotypes? The legislation guts funding for Medicaid, and for a long time Republicans have been attack...
www.npr.org
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone.
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
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In this paper, my colleagues (Maithreyi Gopalan @maithgopalan.bsky.social, Kathy Emerson, Greg Walton) and I drafted a hybrid review + empirical article. We see it as a useful reference for anyone working to help colleges and universities create better belonging opportunities for students.
June 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In this paper, my colleagues (Maithreyi Gopalan @maithgopalan.bsky.social, Kathy Emerson, Greg Walton) and I drafted a hybrid review + empirical article. We see it as a useful reference for anyone working to help colleges and universities create better belonging opportunities for students.
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Are you working in civil rights enforcement for the federal government and being made to investigate racial equity programs OR are you an organization being investigated or had your federal funds stripped for racial equity work? Message me. Signal: nhannahjones.67
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Are you working in civil rights enforcement for the federal government and being made to investigate racial equity programs OR are you an organization being investigated or had your federal funds stripped for racial equity work? Message me. Signal: nhannahjones.67
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This framing is all wrong
Our international students are not a “crucial funding source”
They are our STUDENTS
They are the reason we EXIST
We teach STUDENTS
Our international students are not a “crucial funding source”
They are our STUDENTS
They are the reason we EXIST
We teach STUDENTS
May 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This framing is all wrong
Our international students are not a “crucial funding source”
They are our STUDENTS
They are the reason we EXIST
We teach STUDENTS
Our international students are not a “crucial funding source”
They are our STUDENTS
They are the reason we EXIST
We teach STUDENTS
Depressing indeed 😕
This depressing new NBER working paper finds that while the returns to a college education are still clearly positive for everyone, the benefits for students from lower-income families have declined over time due to fewer resources going to regional institutions.
Changes in the College Mobility Pipeline Since 1900
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
May 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Depressing indeed 😕
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“One point seems to be lost:
The reason that the federal government funds science is not just to provide scientists or government bureaucrats with jobs…
We fund science because it is in our national interest to do so!”
goodscience.substack.com/p/nsf-should...
The reason that the federal government funds science is not just to provide scientists or government bureaucrats with jobs…
We fund science because it is in our national interest to do so!”
goodscience.substack.com/p/nsf-should...
May 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“One point seems to be lost:
The reason that the federal government funds science is not just to provide scientists or government bureaucrats with jobs…
We fund science because it is in our national interest to do so!”
goodscience.substack.com/p/nsf-should...
The reason that the federal government funds science is not just to provide scientists or government bureaucrats with jobs…
We fund science because it is in our national interest to do so!”
goodscience.substack.com/p/nsf-should...
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I wrote about corporal punishment in public schools for a project led by @efrankenberg.bsky.social
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
Corporal Punishment in Public Schools in the United States — AdvancED Equity
Corporal punishment has been present in public schools for decades. While certainly a diminished presence in 2025, it is still enshrined in state education statutes in at least 14 states as a legal wa...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I wrote about corporal punishment in public schools for a project led by @efrankenberg.bsky.social
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
Excited for this special issue! Send us your best work! Focus is Prek-16 and expansive to broadly construe "Civil Rights". So higher Ed folks, law and Ed, history of Ed, sociology of Ed, econ of Ed, and policy folks - all welcome!
Now that #AERA2025 has concluded, sharing our AERA Open special topics call for proposals, "Centering Civil Rights Protections in Schools in the US" that I'm co-editing with @maithgopalan.bsky.social. Please share widely & reach out with questions. Due May 15.
www.aera.net/Portals/38/S...
www.aera.net/Portals/38/S...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Excited for this special issue! Send us your best work! Focus is Prek-16 and expansive to broadly construe "Civil Rights". So higher Ed folks, law and Ed, history of Ed, sociology of Ed, econ of Ed, and policy folks - all welcome!
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How federal investments in education research help students succeed www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
How federal investments in education research help students succeed
Researchers discuss how federally funded research projects have helped identify and scale programs that improved student outcomes.
www.brookings.edu
April 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How federal investments in education research help students succeed www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
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Essential reading to know your rights. One thing to know is that no matter who you are, immigration officers can search your phone upon entry to the US.
What Rights Do Immigrants, Citizens, Green-Card Holders and Visitors Have? (Gift Article)
The expansion of immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration has thrown the status of some rights into question. See what is unchanged, what is expanded and what is in dispute.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Essential reading to know your rights. One thing to know is that no matter who you are, immigration officers can search your phone upon entry to the US.
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SSRI associate director @efrankenberg.bsky.social & @maithgopalan.bsky.social wrote a piece for @us.theconversation.com about how big cuts at the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will affect vulnerable students for years to come.
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Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come | Social Science Research Institute
By Erica Frankenberg, Penn State and Maithreyi Gopalan, University of Oregon, for The Conversation
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March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
SSRI associate director @efrankenberg.bsky.social & @maithgopalan.bsky.social wrote a piece for @us.theconversation.com about how big cuts at the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will affect vulnerable students for years to come.
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A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025
March 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025
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For folks at #AEFP2025 till the end, join us TODAY @ 11:45a for a policy dialogue session about 60 years of federal civil rights enforcement. Bring all your questions about OCR and civil rights!
March 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For folks at #AEFP2025 till the end, join us TODAY @ 11:45a for a policy dialogue session about 60 years of federal civil rights enforcement. Bring all your questions about OCR and civil rights!
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Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.
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...
March 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.
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Short article with @maithgopalan.bsky.social assessing the stakes of changes & budget cuts affecting the Office of Civil Rights in the US Dept of Education. Students' full access to schools & universities will be harmed, as will research to understand inequality.
theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
The layoffs further complicate staffing shortages at the Office for Civil Rights, which plays a vital role in promoting a fair education for public school students.
theconversation.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Short article with @maithgopalan.bsky.social assessing the stakes of changes & budget cuts affecting the Office of Civil Rights in the US Dept of Education. Students' full access to schools & universities will be harmed, as will research to understand inequality.
theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
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Worth pointing out amidst Trump/McMahon's firing of half of ED's Office for Civil Rights yesterday that the agency was already staggeringly under resourced.
OCR's budget had remained flat over the last two decades while its caseload quadrupled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
OCR's budget had remained flat over the last two decades while its caseload quadrupled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division (Gift Article)
Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Worth pointing out amidst Trump/McMahon's firing of half of ED's Office for Civil Rights yesterday that the agency was already staggeringly under resourced.
OCR's budget had remained flat over the last two decades while its caseload quadrupled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
OCR's budget had remained flat over the last two decades while its caseload quadrupled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Stop by at #aefp to learn more about @uoregon.bsky.social coe's MS in Education Policy and Leadership (EPoL)! The ducks are almost gone - the best swag at this year's conference 😁
March 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Stop by at #aefp to learn more about @uoregon.bsky.social coe's MS in Education Policy and Leadership (EPoL)! The ducks are almost gone - the best swag at this year's conference 😁
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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.
Have also been hearing that about half of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within ED gone! Insane!
🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption.
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Have also been hearing that about half of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within ED gone! Insane!
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🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption.
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption.
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
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Come to the Joint Community Group Happy Hour on March 14th from 6-8pm during the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference. All are welcome! Details are below. 🥂
March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Come to the Joint Community Group Happy Hour on March 14th from 6-8pm during the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference. All are welcome! Details are below. 🥂