Sivan Tuchman
@SpEduwonk
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Special education policy researcher using data to improve schools. Former special educator and Peace Corps volunteer. Awesome challah baker. Lover of sun.
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Joined January 2017
📣 Calling all social science researchers! We’re launching our first-ever call for research proposals. We’re looking to mobilize new perspectives and expertise to enrich our data insights, work toward our ambitious moonshot goal, and expand access. 🔗:
commonapp.org
Today, Common App launched a call for research proposals from the broader social science research community. This new process is meant to mobilize new perspectives, skill sets, expertise, and...
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24 year old Sivan listened to “Yes We Can” while riding busses and trains through Romania. I hope 20-somethings feel seen by a Kamala the way I was by Obama.
BREAKING: https://t.co/JQWy2gTfhs just dropped a new track titled "Yes She Can"—and yes, “She” is Kamala Harris. This is the anthem America needs to hear right now.
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BREAKING: https://t.co/JQWy2gTfhs just dropped a new track titled "Yes She Can"—and yes, “She” is Kamala Harris. This is the anthem America needs to hear right now.
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One of the best things coming from this Iowa poll is everyone listening to a smart woman talk about data & statistics.
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This truly made me laugh.
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Next he’s gonna blame Google Sheets for why his models suck.
Model Talk would already be published if Google Docs didn't keep autocorrecting "Selzer" to "Seltzer".
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ATTN: NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 2025 AEFP AWARDS! Please take a few moments to celebrate your colleagues, collaborators, mentees, mentors, research idols, golden unicorns, or yourself (seriously, self-nominations welcome!). We're accepting nominations for four @aefpweb awards: 1/6
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The perspective this @UpshotNYT article takes made me so viscerally angry. I have an incredibly hard time feeling bad for white men in this country who assumed their privilege post-WWII would always exist & chose not to adapt. https://t.co/ekTlVAWCJs via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
One economic question that really matters in an election year: Are others doing better than you?
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I need a magazine to do a “Get this look” piece cause I’m lovin’ everything from the French tuck to camel blazer.
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Help us explore how NCES data can better address new #education topics and emerging data access methods. Provide input for the inaugural NCES Data Users Conference. View the RFI: https://t.co/qMxFDPTXW3
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Child of Holocaust survivors: He’s different than other politicians. Trump: Hold my beer.
“I need the kind of generals that Hitler had”: In the closing days of his presidency and the years since, Donald Trump has grown more enamored of the advantages of dictatorship, and the control over the military he believes that it would deliver, @jeffreygoldberg reports:
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“I need the kind of generals that Hitler had”: In the closing days of his presidency and the years since, Donald Trump has grown more enamored of the advantages of dictatorship, and the control over the military he believes that it would deliver, @jeffreygoldberg reports:
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Ed policy power couple make the NYTimes in a story totally unrelated to education. https://t.co/WIwexeR0Dj via @NYTimes
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Firefighters in Northern California on Friday responded to a blaze that burned two homes and 15 acres.
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I'm looking forward to the future work by @takolbe @Education_AIR on special education funding to address what @MargueriteRoza @EdunomicsLab raises about data inconsistency, funding variation, & the lack of correlation between funding & outcomes for SWDs. https://t.co/vTFEqAnTrB
the74million.org
Early look at state-by-state spending on special ed reveals scattershot efforts, suggests evidence-backed reading instruction for all kids is crucial.
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"By 2021 to 2022 rates returned to trend and continued to grow in 2022 to 2023, albeit at a similar rate to pre-pandemic. This suggests some “catch-up” accounting for delayed or missed identifications but likely not enough at this point to overcome the pandemic induced deficit."
Trends in Special Education Identification During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Michigan https://t.co/niM7dETRVt "Identifications fell by 19% and 12% in the first two pandemic years"
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Looking for a paid summer internship opportunity? I'm excited to share that the application window for @RANDCorporation's 2025 Summer Associate Program is now open. Doctoral students interested in policy research are invited to APPLY TODAY. Deadline: Dec 2
rand.org
Graduate students can apply to work with RAND experts on developing solutions to today's public policy challenges. Summer associates gain practical research experience in areas such as security,...
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I think I may be the only person who talks policy with my HVAC guy.
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