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):
I wrote about the furious opposition to school vouchers from conservatives in Texas & beyond. inthesetimes.com/article/repu…
— Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
GIFT LINK HERE! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u…
— Dana Goldstein (@danagoldstein.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
How a Republican plan to cut universal free school meals could affect 12 million students
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/12/house-republican-budget-would-slash-free-school-meals-for-many-students/— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) March 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
apnews.com/article/trum… The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Yes, your local public school is at risk. What happens next:
1) No personnel left to administer categorical K-12 funding
2) Those funds get block granted
3) Red states funnel the money into vouchers instead of supporting America’s most disadvantaged kids— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There are some very thoughtful comments here, and I’m thrilled to see that most people quoted would not throw teachers ‘ lives under the bus ——What We’ve Learned About School Closures for the Next Pandemic www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
How layoffs at the Education Department might affect the agency’s core functions is from NPR.
How the Trump administration’s Education Department cuts are playing out is from NPR.
What Trump’s cuts to the Department of Education mean for schools and students is from NPR.
Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n… gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Unapologetically obsessed with this today, but what happened when TANF was block-granted is a cautionary tale for K12. Per CBPP, 14 states now spend less than 10% of their TANF funds on basic cash assistance for families. Imagine what they’ll do with block-granted education funds.
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Education Department is being cut in half. Here’s what’s being lost is from NPR.
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Fun times for California teachers
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hard to overstate the devastation that will be caused over the long term by these cuts to IES and NCES. A true catastrophe. hechingerreport.org/proof-points…
— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Who loses if the Trump admin eliminates federal K-12 funding?
This would be a massive self-inflicted wound to all kids, but it would hit red states especially hard.
(Even if the $ still on the books, if Ed isn’t staffed to administer them, that will hurt kids all the same.)
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So how is lying low and not speaking up working out for you , university presidents?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“The U.S. Department of Education was established by an act of Congress, and eliminating the agency would require another act of Congress.”@BrookingsInst scholars respond to FAQs about proposals to eliminate the agency:https://t.co/5TBiebc628
— Brookings Brown Center (@BrookingsEd) March 13, 2025
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come is from The Conversation.
5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19 is from The Conversation.
Students rebel globally at military bases against Trump DEI crackdown wapo.st/4hbGpYk gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The education department doesn’t really do what people mostly think and its biggest program by far — student loan financing — can’t be sent to the states.https://t.co/oYPIBCMzCA
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 17, 2025
Which States Are Challenging Undocumented Students’ Right to Free Education is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PLYLER DECISION NOW THAT RIGHT-WINGERS ARE PLANNING A PUSH TO MAKE MIGRANT CHILDREN PAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
It would be nice if school districts provided actually useful professional development to teachers about how best to respond to AI but ours is responding similar to most – nothing
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Students rebel globally at military bases against Trump DEI crackdown wapo.st/4hbGpYk gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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): I wrote about the furious opposition to school vouchers from conservatives in Texas & beyond. inthesetimes.com/article/repu… [image or embed] — Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at school reform Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
