Writing
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
Applied behavior analysis offers educators a rigorous framework for understanding why students behave as they do, and how to create conditions where all students can succeed.
School climate encompasses the quality and character of school life. Research shows it is among the strongest predictors of student outcomes, both academic and social-emotional.
Gifted education programs serve important purposes, but their identification systems systematically underidentify students from low-income families and communities of color.
Traditional school discipline relies heavily on exclusionary practices that research finds counterproductive. Restorative justice approaches are expanding, with growing evidence on outcomes.
After-school programs serve millions of children across the United States. Research on their effects on academic outcomes, safety, and social development reveals what quality programs provide.
Students lose academic ground during summer, and this loss compounds across years. Research documents who loses most and what programs effectively prevent this slide.
Teacher shortages are treated as a recruitment problem. The evidence suggests they are primarily a retention problem, and the causes are addressable.
Oral reading, by teachers, by students, in community, develops language, comprehension, and connection in ways that silent reading alone cannot replicate.
Gifted education programs serve a fraction of the students who might benefit from them, and identification practices often reproduce inequity. Research on what works challenges long-held assumptions.
