Kate Callahan

Executive Director of Research for Action, Education Researcher, Professor, Mom, Vegetarian, Aspiring to Abolish Inequity in Education

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

After 30 years of disinvestment in higher education, the cost to attend our colleges and universities has skyrocketed.

We needed to do better.

That’s why @PDESecretary and his team went to work — and presented a blueprint to make higher education more affordable and accessible for all Pennsylvanians.

And after Democrats and Republicans came together, we invested more in our HBCUs, community colleges, and @StateSystem institutions — all while investing more money in new scholarships to help bring down the cost of higher education.

[Donna Cooper @DonnaRCooper]

With a $15 billion state surplus Senate leaders have all the resources they need to make sure every student reaps the benefits of a great teacher! @PASenateGOP

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

@Sax_Blue kicking off a powerful gathering @CCPedu celebrating the success of Philly’s OG college promise program - the Catto Scholarship- happy for @Research4Action to be partnering with CCP and @SethJac on this event!

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

Black teachers want a seat at the table to influence what their students experience.

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

Insightful recommendations for strengthening the teacher pipeline from Black teachers.. “what we need as new teachers is mentors for two years, and with someone with at least 15 years of experience”

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

Rich findings from Black teacher researchers, lifting the voices of Black educators

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

Grateful to be attending the closing event for our Black teacher participatory action research study and hearing the powerful accounts of Black teacher researchers from Philadelphia and Detroit.

[Saxon @Sax_Blue]

💪🏽 @Research4Action

🌄 Come take this walk with me

💪🏽 Everything Must Change

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

So excited to share these insights and and the accompanying podcast episode narrated by @jearldavis and featuring @selmekki Thankful to my colleagues and our partners @ImpactEDphl @BarraFdn @Research4Action @Sax_Blue @NoraPReynolds @claire_rk @chrissatullo @shaibenyaacov

[Kristen Graham @newskag]

Pa's system of funding education is unconstitutional, Commonwealth Court finds in a landmark decision, w/implications for #PHLed and every other district in the state. This truly could re-shape public education in Pa. @maddiehanna & I will have much more: https://t.co/miBRfQUUtD

[Sean Vannata @SeanVannata]

When I took the Keystones in 2012, a teacher told me it might count towards graduation (thankfully, it didn’t 😅)

10 years later, a new graduation policy is making Keystone exams high stakes and changing the requirements for high school graduation. Check it out #PHLed

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

Keystone pathway to graduation? Looks more like a chokehold for @PHLschools students!

[Philadelphia Education Research Consortium @PHLedResearch]

How might new graduation requirements impact #PHLed students?

📢 Historical data shows that only about 1/3 of @PHLschools students would have graduated through the new Keystone pathways.

Read to learn more about Act 158 and its implications for #PHLed: https://t.co/wenSlm7BUi

[David Lapp @davidblapp]

Terrific report from @childrenfirstpa and @pa_charter nicely parallels new @Research4Action report on fiscal impact of PA cyber charter school growth due to the pandemic, available at https://t.co/E7t5koT7BX

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

@rachelnpr @MorningEdition Love that you are doing this story @rachelnpr it resonates so closely with my career as a mother of five. I recently became an ED post-pandemic and am determined to not only be my whole parenting self but also create an organization where my staff feel the same.

[David Lapp @davidblapp]

👏👏 "Retaining beginning teachers is also a critical part of the process. That means improving the atmosphere in and around schools and, critically, providing support for beginning teachers."

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

This is awesome! Congrats and thank you to the @IthakaSR team for such impactful research that will advance opportunities for so many students. #researchthatmakesthedreamwork

[Alexandra W. Logue @LexaLogue]

New York State's @GovKathyHochul has now signed legislation that bars NYS colleges from withholding transcripts to collect student debt, thanks to research by Julia Karon, @jamesdeanward , Cappy Hill, & @MartinKurzweil of @IthakaSR :
https://t.co/tQlZ0RX5tB #highered

[InformEd States @InformEdStates]

🚨NEW POLICY BRIEF🚨
States use a range of mechanisms to allocate funding to public higher ed, but nearly all research has focused on performance funding. Our work looks at how different mechanisms influence enrollment and completions. https://t.co/w0aMDcmTRr (1/)

[Kate Callahan @mkatecallahan]

Happening tomorrow @FDRpark Going to be a beautiful day!! Pre-registration NOT required - All Are Welcome!!!