This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
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):
Kids today are dumb & getting dumber. Schools are collapsing due to a lack of standards. Students are the equivalent of the subprime mortgage-backed securities that caused the Great Recession. IOW it’s time for another round of public education panic. educationwars.substack.com/p/the-school…
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— Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) January 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Pay teachers more, 311 for parents, move district boundaries: How Mamdani could improve NYC schools is from Chalkbeat.
Here’s what we know, and don’t know, about declining test scores is by Matt Barnum.
Who Are the Nation’s Top Education Scholars? is from Ed Week.
It’s mind-boggling to me that my former district has been so dysfunctional for so long
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Minneapolis schools will offer remote learning amid federal immigration enforcement
apnews.com/article/immi…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Yes, “remember your why” is pretty useless —-The Three Worst Words You Can Say to a Teacher www.edweek.org/teaching-lea…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Based on the groups she funds, this could be a very good thing——-Bill Gates Makes a Multibillion-Dollar Divorce Payout www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/b…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Her line about “patriotism” is clueless. Just straight up, Route 1, boring, old schoolmen idiocy.
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— Jenn Borgioli Binis (@jennbinis.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 5:09 AM
The Supreme Court tied last year on whether charter schools can be religious. New schools in Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Colorado are setting up test cases.
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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Former Uvalde Teacher’s Testimony Throws a Trial Into Chaos www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Newsom’s K-12 school proposal would shift more power to governor, Board of Education
apnews.com/article/gavi…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Is college worth it? This quiz shows the reality. is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Showing Students Why They Should Continue Their Academic Career.
How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best is from The NY Times.
Schools in Occupied Ukraine Aim to Turn Children Into Russian Nationalists is from The NY Times.
My old district seems to be incapable of doing anything right on its own
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“Anyone can impose mandates, especially with practically a free hand by the state.
Only leaders can get others to follow and sustain changes long after the change agent is gone,” @houstonchronicle.com columnist Lisa Falkenberg writes.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston…
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— Megan Menchaca (@meganmenchaca.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Mamdani’s Schools Chief Begins Shaping Agenda Around Rigor and Equity www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/n…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 7:11 AM
If You Can’t Teach Plato in a Philosophy Class, What Can You Teach? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM
High school students fix up cars, then hand the keys to single mothers www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 6:55 AM
He Was Homeschooled for Years, and Fell So Far Behind www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
“the trend on the right has been to behave as if the goal of education policy is to dismantle teacher unions” open.substack.com/pub/matthewy…
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— Conor P. Williams (@conorpwilliams.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Look at these heroes. And the oldheads want us to believe that younger generations are cynical about America, that they’re giving up on the project.
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— Conor P. Williams (@conorpwilliams.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Here’s what Lindsey Burke, a top Trump administration official and Project 2025 author, told us about funding cuts, students with disabilities, and more.
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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) January 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Trump administration opens 18 new probes over trans athletes www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
