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Sentences Of The Week | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Sentences Of The Week | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

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I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful.

Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful.  And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education.  I may also include my own comments or related links.

This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts.

Here are this week’s sentences:

And coaching your child to name their emotions can strengthen those social-emotional and self-regulation skills that are integral to building positive relationships with classmates and teachers.

I was really reminded of how incredible it is to watch teachers’ brains process about eleventy billion different inputs at the same time. See The Best Research On How Many Decisions A Teacher Makes Each Day

Police departments across the U.S. are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist President Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by The 74 reveals.

Researchers found that people who used the punctuation mark [exclamation points] were viewed more positively than people who didn’t and were preferred as collaborators. I always used exclamation points when giving students written positive feedback, or sending emails.

A precocious kid who is bored in a gen-ed classroom might need gifted education, but decades of data and research suggest it’s more likely that he and everyone else simply need fewer classmates, so that his teacher can give each student more individualized attention. See The Best Resources For Learning Different Perspectives About “Gifted & Talented” Programs and The Best Resources For Learning About How Class Size Does Matter

A careful parsing of the data suggests that America’s top colleges are still filled largely by students from advantaged backgrounds.

When students can’t be sure whether a picture of their teacher’s cat is real, we are facing something much bigger than a student using ChatGPT on a history assignment.

Superintendents too often blame individual teachers for problems that stem from systemic issues.

“All children belong in their homes with their families, at school with their teachers, at the park with their friends, and in the communities in which they live and are part.”

“It felt like we were being occupied by the federal govt, & I started returning to reading about the Boston Massacre.”

“In America, you cannot expect that the people are going to be okay with masked, unidentified people running you off the road and coming to your vehicle at gunpoint like we saw in St. Peter, Minnesota.”

A speech pathologist described tearful meetings with immigrant parents fearful that signing documents to get their child special education services would draw the attention of immigration enforcement.

The second warning was subtler and more disturbing: that efficiency itself would erode human dignity.  This sentence comes from an article about the consequences of Artificial Intelligence, but it can also apply to many other areas, including education.

But in its original formation, the Monroe doctrine was a statement of pan-American solidarity – much closer to Bad Bunny’s than Donald Trump’s.

Resistance is not just braver but also smarter and more effective.

This www.propublica.org/article/ice-…

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— Bruce D. Baker (@schoolfinance101.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 7:09 AM

I’m sorry, but in the face of all the challenges facing education, teachers, students and their families, it’s difficult for me to be very concerned about this alleged consequence of grade ‘inflation

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM

“Issues”

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Once again, an example of the old community organizing adage that suggests your opponent can do some of the best organizing for you

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM

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