Shout out to my UNLV CREA team!

💫Today we launch the Segregation Explorer!💫 Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991. edopportunity.org/segregation

It's out in the wild! Where do teachers come from? The Long and Winding Road: Mapping the College and Employment Pathways to Teacher Education Program Completion in Washington State - Dan Goldhaber, John Krieg, Stephanie Liddle, Roddy Theobald, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00…

He leaves us with a lasting reminder: to work hard and find joy in this great game, and this extraordinary life. Say Hey, Willie Mays. The best there ever was. 💐

Willie was my hero. RIP Say Hey Willie

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My center is expanding by hiring a full-time senior research associate. A doctoral degree is required, and we are seeking someone with strong quantitative skills with a background in quasi-experimental analysis. Reach out with questions! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNLV-Ext…

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This is honestly still so wild to me. I can’t imagine this happening to any other religion. Would love to see an example.

Jake Retzlaff, the Jewish quarterback for BYU's football team, told me he's been shocked by how often he hears anti-Mormon chants like this—and by how little outrage it ever seems to provoke. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

One year ago, we faced an unimaginable tragedy, and the lives of three beloved faculty were taken from us. As we reflect on the legacies of Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, Patricia Navarro Velez, and Naoko Takemaru, we will always remember the impact they had on us. unlv.edu/unlvstrong

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DOGE came for ED last week. I ran down the receipts on IES, & have some top lines in AEIdeas. The $881M in terminated IES contracts is not $881M. The actual value depends on the definition, but I put it at $590M. Realistic savings are $197.6M, minus final billing.

Some thoughts in The 74 (w/Ashley Jochim, Robin Lake, and Andrew Rotherham) about the "shock and awe" at IES, the IES mission, and how we move forward more constructively. Mend, Don’t End, the Institute for Education Sciences The 74 the74million.org/article/mend-d…

I’m cool with F BYU if you are so inclined but F the Mormons isn’t a basketball thing, it’s a bigot thing.

Regarding the profane anti-Mormon chants from Arizona fans tonight: Wildcats guard Addison Arnold is a member of the Church. He's a returned missionary and a grandson of former BYU coach Frank Arnold. Those chants are always awful, but even worse when one of their players is LDS

My latest on Nevada’s switch from their old funding plan to a weighted student funding plan. Good first-year effects, but not necessarily for the students intended to benefit from the weighted portion of the plan. Some work to be done in appropriately targeting the funds.

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Our book is now published! You can order it here: hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682539613/… Sarah W. Lenhoff and I would be very happy to talk to anyone who's interested in learning more, or who'd like to discuss some of what they've read.