Adrea Truckenmiller
Farm girl turned education researcher. Seeking better answers in reading, writing, and language for students and schools. PA/NY/FL/MI
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerTomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerHistory will be made and space will become a little more inclusive TODAY when my friend Michi Benthaus will become the first ever wheelchair user to leave our planet’s atmosphere (and only the second German woman to do so). Watch LIVE from 10am CST / 5pm CET here: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-37
- So many educators I talk to want to know the most effective ways to teach & assess writing. I wanted to know too. I’m psyched to share what we’ve found over 15 years. I’m most excited to share it at the amazing Planet Word Museum! @thereadingleague.org
- Source: Vox When I visited my rural PA family, data centers were all they talked about. If people want the rural vote, listen to their concerns about data centers.
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerWe're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerAs RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
- Reposted by Adrea Truckenmiller"Fifty years ago, Ed Martin helped write the law that made clear to all states and all public schools: Children with disabilities deserve better. The law, he says, was "an affirmation of the values of the country." He hopes that's still true." www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
- This indiscriminate dismantling of education research has been plaguing my colleagues & dear friends all year. Eliminating the penny spent on education research will do nothing for the federal debt but will continue US decline in world rankings.
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- www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... fantastic article about the reach (and not) of invention. Made me think a lot about education invention and what we need to do
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerYou can't see DLD (Developmental Language Disorder ) so what does it look like in the classroom? DLD can look like ADHD but you'll also notice that children with DLD have difficulty using words and sentences and understanding, even when they are focussed. radld.org/dld-educatio... #DLDday
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- New podcast episode out this week! We're celebrating back to school talking about assessment. #SoR teachingliteracypodcast.com/e68strategic...
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- Ok spelling bee friends, how do we feel about the ‘s’ in yesterday’s puzzle?
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- I am so very proud of @valentine-k.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 International Literacy Association Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award!! Katie ALSO won the APA Division 16 Outstanding Dissertation Award. VERY well-deserved. www.literacyworldwide.org/get-involved...
- Big day on the farm today. In December my family sold the cows, today they are taking down the silo.
- Keep the punctuation jokes coming
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerOver the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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- Reposted by Adrea Truckenmillerits crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerCutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerSo: In 2017, Congress made this happen: NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still: 💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets. 📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerThe goal is plainly and literally to cut the number of people involved in basic science in the US by 70%
- These funds are literally pennies in the grand scheme of the federal budget. But a $2M grant, like the one I have, and is slashed from this budget, created an innovative writing system & funded 4 new education scientists to get their PhDs.
- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerYou have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
- Happening tomorrow 5/21, we'll be talking about how school psychs can support writing achievement. Register here. lnkd.in/e87WRYbX
- Reposted by Adrea Truckenmiller"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
- Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...
- Everyone needs to be talking about this. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerThe 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy. These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households. If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
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- Where’s the healthy part? www.reuters.com/business/hea...
- The chainsaw isnt just a metaphor www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
- School offers peek at 'science of reading.' www.bridgemi.com/talent-educa... via @bridgemi.com
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- So excited to be in Chicago for #TRLsummit2025! I learned some fantastic ways to translate research today & looking forward to more tomorrow.
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerUpdate to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose Now includes that info by state legislative district as well. poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
- Congratulations, Dr. Toste! Excited to see the journal continue to have phenomenal editors!
- Joining forces with @thereadingleague.org as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Reading League Journal! I transitioned into the role in December, but the upcoming spring issue will make it officially official as the first issue under my editorship. Woohoo! #ItTakesALeague 🤓📝📚
- I went to get a digital journal article from the library & found that it was no longer available because DOGE decided to cancel most of ERIC (the database of education journal articles that schools & researchers use to improve education practices). Y'all, this is tantamount to book burning.
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- Reposted by Adrea TruckenmillerMore in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory
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