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Jill Barshay

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Writer and Editor at The Hechinger Report

I write about education research and data for @hechingerreport. Sign up for my newsletter https://t.co/oroqzxJtXQ

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  • 1 week ago | macon.com | Jill Barshay

    The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it would continue to operate its online library, known as ERIC, after allowing it to lapse last week. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had sought significant cuts to the document repository that is used by 14 million people a year, and allowed funding to run out on April 23.

  • 1 week ago | macon.com | Jill Barshay

    Education research has a big target on its back. Of the more than 1,000 National Science Foundation grants killed last month by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, some 40 percent were inside its education division.

  • 1 week ago | hechingerreport.org | Jill Barshay

    Some of the biggest names in education research — who often oppose each other in scholarly and policy debates — are now united in their desire to fight the cuts to data and scientific studies at the U.S. Department of Education. The roster includes both Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, the first head of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) who initiated studies for private school vouchers, and Sean Reardon, a Stanford University sociologist who studies inequity in education.

  • 2 weeks ago | hechingerreport.org | Jill Barshay

    Education research has a big target on its back. Of the more than 1,000 National Science Foundation grants killed last month by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, some 40 percent were inside its education division.

  • 2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Jill Barshay

    Education research has a big target on its back. Of the more than 1,000 National Science Foundation grants killed last month by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, some 40 percent were inside its education division.

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Jill Barshay
Jill Barshay @jillbarshay
12 May 25

RT @minilek: From @jillbarshay: the NSF grant award terminations are not evenly spread across research area. The bulk of terminations, abou…

Jill Barshay
Jill Barshay @jillbarshay
7 May 25

Update: The first hearing has been postponed from this week to Friday, May 16th. A federal court in DC will now hear arguments for a preliminary injunction for two of the cases at the same time.

Jill Barshay
Jill Barshay @jillbarshay

The 1st hearing in the 3 cases where ed researchers are suing the Trump admin will take place on Thursday, asking the court to temporarily restore the studies, data collections and personnel that @DOGE and @EDSecMcMahon cut. Details here: https://t.co/vHpVr5btCD

Jill Barshay
Jill Barshay @jillbarshay
5 May 25

RT @AndrewDeanHo: NCME and five orgs are fighting ongoing erosion of federal educational data. The three suits have relative emphases on da…