Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):
Happy to see our district stepping up
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you’re an educator, allways read @mattbarnum.bsky.social
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data wapo.st/3WNMLWj
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This NPR story focuses on the hat happened here in sacramento last week – we had lots of absences because of false rumors———Immigrants are being swamped with rumors about raids Immigrants are being swamped with rumors about raids
www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
TLDR: ya done messed up a-aron
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
About the Houston school district———Is Micromanaging Classes a Recipe for School Success? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Red states, following Trump’s lead, pursue sweeping immigration measures wapo.st/3EnUiot
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Did Cal State professors ask for this? ———-Nearly 500k students across California get access to ChatGPT www.axios.com/2025/02/04/c…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
What do professors on BlueSky think if fhis strategy? Not looking to dunk on anybody – genuinely curious ——Trump Orders Could Drain Millions From Universities, but Few Protest Openly www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
University of California schools, prohibited from using race-based admissions for decades, are now admitting more Black and Hispanic students. A new group is suing, arguing the university system is cheating.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Key functions of the Education Department, which Trump is moving to dismantle https://t.co/8LkOeyYHD1
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) February 4, 2025
Bonta vows to defend California teachers, immigrant and LGBTQ+ students from Trump threats https://t.co/XG3cfQrDS9
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) February 5, 2025
My God, our district just emailed everyone a 118 page “Action Plan For Improved Student Outcomes.” Is this how Central Office staff spend their days?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is impt article. I do wonder how & if students were involved in decision. Here in CA all schools required to have at least 1 all gender rr 4 students.At our school, we turned a tchr rr into 1, so avoided logistical problem 4 stdnts. R they going to investigate every schl in our state?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Good work, C.K. McClatchy High School Students!
www.sacbee.com/news/local/e…— Lori Jablonski (@lorijablonski.bsky.social) February 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I had no idea
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A Missouri school district says the pause in federal funding for climate and clean energy programs means it can’t pay for the electric school buses it ordered. via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
— NPR (@npr.org) February 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If your state just handed $447M to vouchers for kids already in private school, spare me the “it’s too much money” excuse when it comes to educating undocumented immigrant students. Follow the law of the land—Plyler still stands.
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“I’m shocked. Shocked!” ——Do Students Suffer When a Superintendent Leaves? A New Study Has an Answer www.edweek.org/leadership/d…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Linda McMahon led WWE and the SBA. The U.S. Education Dept. may be next www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Students across our district high schools organized a walkout yesterday and converged on city hall to voice their opposition to ICE. Community members showed up along the 3mi walk from our campus to pass out water and snacks to the youth. Beautiful scenes all around.
— Manuel Rustin, Ed.D. (@manuelrustin.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New York City’s New Curriculum Gets Caught in the ‘Math Wars’ is from Ed Week.
‘The cruelty is the point’
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) February 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Good piece by president of Wesleyan University. slate.com/life/2025/02…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Inside DOGE’s takeover of the Education Department Inside DOGE’s takeover of the Education Department www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Several Democratic lawmakers were denied entry to the U.S. Department of Education on Friday. It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Received this memo from constituents abroad on a US military base who are parents in the DOD school system. They’re outraged that censorship like this is happening against military families. One asked a school official why they removed photos on the walls of Susan B. Anthony and… pic.twitter.com/Xv6172oXSc
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) February 7, 2025
“Tax-supported public schools are–yep, I am going to say it again–political institutions. Educators need to accept this inexorable fact.” ——A Fact Hard for Many Educators to Swallow: Schooling Is Political larrycuban.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/a… by Larry Cuban
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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