@ProfJimmyKim

I am a professor of education at Harvard University where I direct the READS Lab. I use social media to share good news and serve others.

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined February 2017
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The READS Lab @hgse created the elementary science and social studies program MORE that leads to lasting academic achievement. Learn more about MORE through their new website! engagewithmore.org
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“With the abundance of educational apps available, parents and teachers are wondering whether they are truly effective in improving student learning outcomes such as math or reading test scores.” - @ProfJimmyKim & @jbgilbert1994 of @hgse At #RHSU. edweek.org/leadership/opinio…
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📢 Exciting news! 📚📊 @EconWestall and I just published a working paper and accompanying policy brief @EPICedpolicy that shed light on the effects of early literacy policies on student achievement. epicedpolicy.org/wp-effects-…

Education Policy Innovation Collaborative | The Effects of Early Literacy Policies on Student...

Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, a research center devoted to rigorous evidence about education policy. Producing research with consequence

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Kudos to @TheDrPT of @floridastate and practice partner, Gillian Stewart Gregory of Leon County Schools for being one of our 2022 Institutional Challenge Grant winners. tinyurl.com/5bsxdw8r
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This new article in @EducationNext is, to my knowledge, the first convincing evidence that the content of state academic standards matters for student learning. The fact that it focuses on the teaching of evolution just makes it more interesting. educationnext.org/costs-of-c…
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Lisa Cenca@CencaLisa20 Mar 2022
An honor to be a panelist with powerhouse team @hgse at the @AEFPConference in Denver. Professors Jimmy Kim, Carrie Conaway, Marty West and Moderator Sara Kerr - discussing ways to improve practioners’ use of evidence in schools.#HGSE #Evidence101
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Andrew Ho@AndrewDeanHo8 Nov 2021
I love this paper. Nozomi is on the job market and worth creating a position for. A creative scholar, a gifted instructor (#s52 TF ‘19), a Stats Master’s, a @Spencer_Fdn + Inequality fellowship, she’s helping us understand how policymakers use (and could learn to use) research.
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Happy to share that I'll be @hgse's academic dean as of July 1. @NonieLesaux (and @bterrylong before her) leave big shoes to fill, but I could not be more excited to be in a position to support our amazing faculty in their teaching and research. gse.harvard.edu/news/21/06/m…

Martin West Named Academic Dean

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This is a terrific article on science of reading comprehension instruction in RT. Check out figure 2 and the layered model of comprehension. Thanks to @nellduke @PDavidPearson @ILAToday
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To Our Dedicated Teachers, Every May, Teacher Appreciation Week is the kick-off to our Staff Appreciation Month celebration. I want to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for your unwavering dedication to teaching. See my full note here: cms.k12.nc.us/superintendent…
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AEFP@aefpweb16 Mar 2021
Our general session and keynote panel will be live streamed for free at aefpweb.org Tune in on March 18th at 4:15 PM EST. Learn more about our keynote panelists at bit.ly/3lhMUxn
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Excited to share a new nationally representative survey of parents out today via @EducationNext. Conducted in late-November, it offers the most detailed picture to date of how U.S. students are being educated this year. A thread with a few highlights: 1/n educationnext.org/pandemic-p…

Pandemic Parent Survey Finds Perverse Pattern: Students Are More Likely to Be Attending School in...

Majority of students receiving fully remote instruction; Private-school students more likely to be in person full time

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
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What good is hope? @PsychToday " Dare we hope for the future? And what is hope? Is it realistic? Does it help at all?" by Tyler J. VanderWeele psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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“COVID closures impact our work and accelerate our move towards scale. We are guided by the principle of service—serve children, families, and educators + service science.” @HGSE faculty @liz_city writes in Reach Every Reader blog post. reacheveryreader.gse.harvard…
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Join our colleagues @hgse on Wednesday, September 2 for a discussion on school and the family partnership. The 30 minute webinar will take place at 3 PM EDT. To learn more and to register click here: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Jeff Brown@Illini_Hiker30 Aug 2020
fortune.com/2020/08/29/covid…

One university may have the best COVID testing operation in the U.S.—and tests students twice per...

An Illinois school has radically revolutionized large-scale COVID testing.

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Bridget Long@bterrylong21 Jul 2020
What are the most important skills, knowledge and competencies we really need kids to learn this year?" @USATODAY's @emrichards shares insights from @hgse's @jal_mehta, @MIT's @bjfr and @BostonSchools' @AvashiaNeema on remote learning best practices: bit.ly/3hsup6p
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New via @EducationNext: How the Coronavirus Crisis May Improve Teacher Quality. @MichaelPetrilli @KiraboJackson @JoshuaSGoodman @chingos educationnext.org/how-corona…

How the Coronavirus Crisis May Improve Teacher Quality

Recession hiring boosts teacher quality and student learning

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READS Lab@READSLab4 Mar 2020
Interested in a public replication data file for literacy research? Check out the READS Lab dataverse dataverse.harvard.edu/datave… @ProfJimmyKim @dataverseorg
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