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):
From Chuck Nelson’s (Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s) work on Romanian orphans, we know that placement in institutions like ICE detention centers harms kids & that these effects endure.
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— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM
One of the paradoxes of this plan is that its fans should be some of the staunchest abortion access advocates out there. They’re not.
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— Jenn Borgioli Binis (@jennbinis.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 6:32 AM
School officials say missing Minneapolis girl seen in ICE detention in Texas www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
One, their description of the methodology used seems How spell indecipherable. Second, I know that Cherry has done some decent work, but will never forget how he used his earlier research to bash teachers larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/10/01/o…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families apnews.com/article/minn…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
United front: California teachers unions raise stakes in contract talks
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— Politico (@politico.com) February 7, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Smaller N.Y.C. Classes Will Cost Millions. Can Mamdani Pull It Off? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/n…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I’m adding this post to The Best Posts About Attrition Rates At So-Called “Miracle” Schools:
Miracle Children: When A School Is Too Good To Be True www.forbes.com/sites/peterg…
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— Peter Greene (@palan57.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
San Francisco Teachers Walk Out for the First Time Since 1979 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 5:27 AM
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department’s ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.
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— NPR (@npr.org) February 8, 2026 at 7:39 AM
What Jeff Bezos has done to The Washington Post is awful. Nevertheless, I found this post interesting, and am adding it to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”:
Everything Bezos has done wrt the Post in the last five years is consistent with a person who is barely paying attention and mostly sees the Post as a minor asset that shouldn’t threaten his major assets.
Take this hamfisted line below about how “data” should tell the Post how… https://t.co/Nwfstx9eAb pic.twitter.com/ryVfy8orBI
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) February 8, 2026
Mississippi is badly in need of positive stories about its schools, so while I really want to celebrate this (and to continue celebrating the hard work of teachers & students), I also know that the “Miracle” narrative obscures how our kids are demoralized by so much practice testing… 1/2
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— Josh Eyler (@josheyler.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 6:43 AM
In one year, @HoustonISD has lost nearly 4,000 immigrant students amid ICE’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
“We fear coming to school,” one student said. via @partain_claire + @nachoaguilarhttps://t.co/b6b06pE7m5
— Megan Menchaca (@meganmmenchaca) February 9, 2026
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Bomb Threats Disrupt Ohio City in Immigration Spotlight www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Schools and hospitals +44 https://t.co/YrkwvlWLCT
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) February 8, 2026
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
On Miracles in Mississippi is by Bruce D. Baker.
Smaller Classes: Mamdani Does the Math www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/n…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Millions of student loan borrowers aren’t repaying their loans — and defaults are up is from NPR.
