Sara Amadon

Child, family, and health policy researcher. Senior Scientist @ChildTrends. Lover of data. Skier. Mom. And omg now I have cats! Tweets my own.

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@ARoseCasey Bravo, Rose! This is so important! And long overdue. And you're spot on about the Alumni and the broader community. That's the sticking point.

[CSCCE at UC Berkeley @CSCCEUCB]

Check out ECHOES, a new web-based history project at @CSCCEUCB about the U.S. early care and education system, inequities throughout time, and activism to change ECE. https://t.co/pOXOY6bbSn

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

Abortion restrictions will exacerbate hardships for teens of color; bisexual teens; teens who live in low-income families; and teens who live in the South, who are at higher risk of unintended pregnancy, according to a new @ChildTrends blog. https://t.co/PajOxBaOT6

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@AlisoninV @VermontDCF So sad that's what it took but shows the power of the press. So many states have moved the money out faster. 🙄😒

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

One more example of how child care is broken. Our child care workers provide critical care and deserve to be well compensated.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Today’s @washingtonpost editorial on the #childcare crisis includes this sad factoid from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: America’s child care professionals make, on average, 59 cents less per hour than its DOG WALKERS. Let that sink in.

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@MatthewAKraft I did some work on teacher perceptions and struggles during the opioid epidemic in WV. Was difficult to get it published but showed how ill equipped teachers were to deal with student issues as a consequence of individual and community trauma

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

Additional coverage of research with @BillGormley25 and @DataDHP about pre-K &high school graduation and college enrollment plus @annad_johnson w/ the findings on pre-K and self-regulation. Lots of antipoverty talk by the feds this week. Let's keep pre-K in the conversation

[The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport]

Attending preschool has a strong impact on traits such as self-regulation, according to a long-running study https://t.co/ceAqMFDgkt

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@DataDHP It's always reviewer 2....

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

I'm pretty sad I'm not teaching research methods anymore but only because I can't show this to teach correlation isn't causation.

[BABY M @maiyajambalaya]

there are tears in my eyes LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

[Jon Schwabish @jschwabish]

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I'm so excited to announce the release of a new Do No Harm Guide report on taking an equitable and inclusive approach to data. | Do No Harm Guide: Additional Perspectives on Data Equity https://t.co/z3yzR4WxKa

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

2/ And if you're in #morgantown and following the pride flags in schools debate, I think we can agree that inclusion and acceptance helps. Pride flags aren't political @WilliamKyleVass @ACLU_WV

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@ChildTrends’ new brief finds that BIPOC & LGBTQ youth & youth with disabilities who report experiences of discrimination are at a higher risk of suicide than their peers. A thread. https://t.co/OzxEeu3vze

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

1/ And if you're in #wv and are concerned about LGBTQ supports in schools note that WV has the WORST rates of suicide attempt in the US. Almost a third reported attempting suicide.

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@DataDHP Ditto!! Excited to get it out!

[Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) @Liifund]

“Children will bear the brunt of the climate burden despite having the least responsibility for causing it.”

@AngieGarling, Isabelle Donohoe, @joefretwell1 & @jvincentphd explain how to plan for & address climate vulnerabilities in the #childcare sector: https://t.co/sYu8jnIqDb

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@WilliamKyleVass I was on the board and agreed - speakers were rarely warned of anything other than to adhere to the time and being redundant.

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@weilanch @CSCCEUCB So true. Seems like a steep hill to climb which makes me feel stick. But great studies and data like yours are the way to start the systems change.

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

@weilanch @CSCCEUCB Super important and great conversation starter. What about the issues in number of hours of care? CBOs typically cover more hours so working parents send them there. Unless schools can do the same, seems this will persist.

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

https://t.co/JNChJcUC5e

[Sara Amadon @SaraAndCDprof]

What if instead of having to wait for those long term benefit estimates we can estimate from ongoing cost benefit studies that are confirming them? A paper lead by @TimBartik makes those estimates and arguments with Tulsa Pre-K. Link in comments

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

When evaluating income support programs, @HilaryHoynes, @LlerasMuney, and Anna Aizer argue in a new paper that economists and policymakers alike have paid too much attention to costs in the short term—and not enough to the benefits over the long run.
https://t.co/i5HvDKCpaA