Sarah Nixon Gerard

current education researcher & mama, former PreK teacher & Hill staffer. seriously loyal Rhode Island native. opinions my own.

[Claire Christensen @research_claire]

Can text messages improve your parenting skills? Grab some ice cream with me and my bestie as I fill her in on surprising findings from a new @SRI_Education study by @elisa_b_g and @SNixGerard. Full report: https://t.co/0q9rPl4tag
#parenting #Researchpaper

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

Super informative thread. Let’s have some more housing instead of historic parking lots, pls

[SRI_Education @SRI_Education]

Find us at #SREE2022!

Education researchers @Grindato, @elisa_b_g, @rebeccajgriffit, @SNixGerard, @xinweiphd, @ela_joshi, @carrie_parker, @GaylorErika, Krystal Thomas, Dominique Tunzi, Madeline Cincebeaux, & Daniela Saucedo will be presenting!

Register➡️https://t.co/kxo0HzuRsP

[SRI_Education @SRI_Education]

Informational text can provide background knowledge and vocabulary essential for reading comprehension, according to new research found on @MollyOfDenali by SRI EDU researchers @SNixGerard @elisa_b_g @research_claire with our partner @cct_edc.📖Read more↓https://t.co/jNGWt36sy0

[edc.org @EDCtweets]

New research from EDC and @SRI_Education show that children can learn informational text skills from educational media. The research is based on @MollyOfDenali and highlights the efficacy of free public media to improve children’s learning outcomes: https://t.co/OqmEmtvbMG

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

@soendker I have no words.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

@dlortega @AndrewMGerard @aniseh_bro My plant baby is alive and she looks gorgeous!! Fingers crossed you get some coffee cherry flowers on her this spring 😍🪴.

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

What does it look like when a YouTube video effectively supports a child’s learning about analyzing shapes? Sorting? Addition? We’ve logged a lot of hours watching YouTube and thinking about these questions!

[SRI_Education @SRI_Education]

ICYMI: SRI’s @SNixGerard poster w/ @CCT_EDC colleagues “Developing Play-Based Hands-On Tasks to Assess Young Children’s Understanding of #Science & Engineering” based on a recent Ready to Learn study at #LearnPlay22. @SRCDtweets

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

New rule: all conferences must include multiple Lego-based sessions. Super fun + immediately got us talking while building. This task: create an obstacle course while eating breakfast 🏗. Kudos, @SRCDtweets #learnplay22

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

Loved getting to share our process for developing these hands-on #science assessments for 4 & 5 year olds at #learnplay22! Bonus: unlocked a new Parenting level by incorporating a video of my own adorable 4 yo doing 1 of the tasks with me. 🏗 Full report: https://t.co/nfuwtRvd87

[SRI_Education @SRI_Education]

Check out SRI’s @SNixGerard poster w/ @CCT_EDC colleagues “Developing Play-Based Hands-On Tasks to Assess Young Children’s Understanding of #Science & Engineering” based on a recent Ready to Learn study Friday at 5:45 at #LearnPlay22. @SRCDtweets

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

@breniel_lemley Yay! Can’t wait to congratulate you IN PERSON tomorrow about this!

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

Excited to be here in St. Louis for my first in-person conference in more than 2 years! Let’s see if we all remember how to talk to other humans 🤓 #LearnPlay22

[SRI_Education @SRI_Education]

Check out SRI’s @SNixGerard poster w/ @CCT_EDC colleagues “Developing Play-Based Hands-On Tasks to Assess Young Children’s Understanding of #Science & Engineering” based on a recent Ready to Learn study Friday at 5:45 at #LearnPlay22. @SRCDtweets

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

Meeting @AndrewMGerard wasn’t the reason I went to @McCourtSchool for an MPP, but it sure was a nice bonus 🥰 #HoyaSaxa

[McCourt School @McCourtSchool]

From orientation, to math camp, to opportune meetings at the tombs - love is definitely in the air at the McCourt School this #ValentinesDay! These are the stories of 4 alumni couples whose relationships began on the hilltop❣️

https://t.co/YQb2P1nSXJ

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

For my 4-year-old, I watched his face go 🤯🤯🤯 over escalators, moving sidewalks, & all the PEOPLE in just our first 15 mins in an airport. It was a thrill & a bit heartbreaking to realize how many small novelties he’s missed in the last 2 years. 2022 resolution: more novelties!

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

I also recently flew for the 1st time since Before Covid, & this rang so true. About airport logistics: “[t]here was so much to take in — I felt as if I’d been watching the same show for two years and someone just changed the channel.”

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Travel is not only an escape but also a search for novelty, Melissa Kirsch writes in our first Saturday edition of The Morning. https://t.co/A6lQI5i9TP

[Sarah Nixon Gerard @SNixGerard]

Harry Reid was such an example of how to be both tough as nails & kind. I’ll never forget when he stopped a Capitol tour group I was leading to ask about their visit & talk about what was happening in the Senate that week. That small kindness absolutely made their day.

[SRI_Education @SRI_Education]

We’re so excited to be leading evaluations of two mobile messaging programs intended to improve responsive caregiving, attitudes, knowledge & confidence of parents of young children. @elisa_b_g @SnixGerard @research_claire
More here: https://t.co/yHRtOb51g8

[Meg St-Esprit @MegStEsprit]

As my 10yo got his @pfizer vaccine tonight he was nervous but kept whispering his (high risk) best friend’s name over and over. And I have zero regrets that my kid was scared and yet did something out of love for another person anyways.