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):
How layoffs at the Education Department might affect the agency’s core functions is from NPR.
States Are Testing How Much Leeway They Can Get From Trump’s Ed. Dept. is from Ed Week.
What Trump’s Mass Deportations Could Mean for School Budgets is from Ed Week.
Professors showing more courage than their universities
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New: Inside the dismantling of the Education Department that’s already begun.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol…
— Matt Barnum (@mattbarnum.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The saga continues. The district leaders fail to rise to the occasion www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c…
— Peter Greene (@palan57.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
apnews.com/article/coll… International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
As Crises Grip Colleges, More Students Than Ever Are Set to Enroll www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A special education leader under George W. Bush says the dismantling of the Department of Education will impact students with disabilities.
(via @wbur.org)
— NPR (@npr.org) March 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Trump Administration Is Sued Over Push to Shut Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, well-funded and culture-war-driven movements helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity.
Read more: propub.li/4iAx1z4
— ProPublica (@propublica.org) March 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I’m shocked. Shocked!
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“What Linda McMahon has done is given 5,000 institutions the green light to cause massive amounts of taxpayer fraud and abuse of federal financial aid dollars financed by taxpayers,” one fired employee said. “The gatekeepers are gone.”
— The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) March 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is certainly going to make kids go to school and their parents want to bring them ——-Immigration agents attempt to detain worker at D.C. elementary school, officials say www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
— Jack Schneider (@jackschneider.bsky.social) March 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Cancel Grants to Teachers www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
New Survey Finds Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate School Staffing and Services is from The 74.
The Department of Education contends the state law violates the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act, which gives parents the right to access their children’s educational data, including reviewing records regarding sexual orientation.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Maine K-12 leaders modeling for us all
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Democratic senators say in a hearing that the Trump administration is undermining its own goal of addressing antisemitism on college campuses by firing the federal staffers who investigate civil rights issues in schools.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is so good, and yet I have zero confidence that the leaders of Columbia or most other universities will listen. I hope our K-12 leaders will show more courage
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I really, really hope K-12 leaders are seeing what happens if you don’t fight back against the Trump administration- like bullies, they just escalate
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
States Get Antsy as Education Department Layoffs Delay Millions for Schools is from Ed Week.
A Wave of New Legislation Aims to Ban DEI in Public Schools is from Ed Week.
See Which Schools Trump’s Education Department Is Investigating and Why is from Ed Week.
My student teachers have detested edTPA with a passion
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Amazing to see public school teacher Josh Weil leading in this Florida special election. Pretty sure it’s because he talks about education in a way that Dems long ago forgot how to do www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/p…
— Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
In what universe do teachers do this?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
apnews.com/article/lgbt… Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I know I’m not the first person to say this but, perhaps, instead of being angry that your kids are telling teachers about their gender identity, maybe you should reflect about why they don’t want to talk to you about it
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 11:15 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): How layoffs at the Education Department might affect the agency’s core functions is from NPR. States Are Testing How Much Leeway They Can Get From Trump’s Ed. school reform Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
