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):
Another example of the lunacy of thinking discrimination against a marginalized group won’t affect you if you’re not part of that group bsky.app/profile/gbbr…
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— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) August 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
This is ridiculous AND what does it even mean?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 3, 2026
An alphabet without an F: AI slop seeps into Teachers Pay Teachers curriculum marketplace is from Chalkbeat.
53% of Americans think it is important for U.S. schools to offer Spanish classes, the second-most common language spoken in U.S. homes.
Have you ever taken a foreign language class? pic.twitter.com/gaWpylLhg0
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 4, 2026
That’s pretty much tbe way it is and has been. Does this mean you’ll resign now?
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 4, 2026
Who should go to college? More students may benefit than we think is from Chalkbeat. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Showing Students Why They Should Continue Their Academic Career.
Boston University offers free tuition to families earning up to $200,000 www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I’m adding this post to The Best Resources For Learning Different Perspectives About “Gifted & Talented” Programs:
At my former high school, we would go into classes & recruit students 4 our advanced classes, have students observe them & have existing students talk with them. That kind of personal contact, I think, made a huge difference to the mindset students had going into those advanced classes.
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
When a Texas School Police Officer Got ‘Riled Up’ Over a Defiant Teen
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 6, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Trump Administration to Deregulate Head Start is from The NY Times.
Judge Rules Two Virginia Schools Must Change Confederate Names www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567M for Youth Harm Abatement Fund is from The 74.
Literacy software powered by AI has captured hundreds of thousands of recordings of New Mexico students. Now the state faces questions about children’s data.
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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
So that’s a yes, you are against funding to things like the Iron Dome?
Abdul El-Sayed: “I am against it, in large part because I just don’t understand why anybody thinks it’s the right thing to do to send our tax dollars abroad, to fund foreign militaries when our own kids… pic.twitter.com/52WF8ZEMUn
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 6, 2026
.@JamesTalarico: I always say that teaching middle school is the best preparation for politics. If you can handle the drama of a middle school classroom, you can handle the drama of the U.S. Senate.
I entered the classroom right after the state legislature in Texas cut $5… pic.twitter.com/vpDqosvZ7E
— Team Talarico (@TeamTalaricoHQ) August 6, 2026
‘It wouldn’t be Head Start anymore.’ Providers say HHS proposal guts preschool. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSulOW9Yp4
Pizza Hut’s Book It! program for kids is officially back this summer.
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
When Trump came to office, dozens of civil rights investigations were in the final stages at the Education Dept. They were frozen, and 18 months later, remain on ice.
— Laura Meckler (@laurameckler) August 9, 2026