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):
Corey once sent Libs of TikTok after me, but I never cheered when DeVos fired him for his porn work.
What I DO care about is that he’s working on vouchers, race and gender cultural issues, and “opposition to teachers unions” in one portfolio now
To the Right, it’s all the same issue
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— Josh Cowen (@joshcowenmi.bsky.social) February 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
www.chalkbeat.org/2017/11/21/2… This is only like seven years old, but I’m glad that it’s totally not relevant anymore.
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— mrtomrad.bsky.social (@mrtomrad.bsky.social) February 19, 2026 at 3:11 AM
A Kenyan school like no other may be an African education blueprint
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
What worked and what didn’t with a cellphone ban at a Kentucky school is from NPR.
Judge Blocks Texas Law Banning L.G.B.T.Q. Clubs in Some School Districts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Project 2025 Group Targets Undocumented Students’ Access to Free Education is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PLYLER DECISION NOW THAT RIGHT-WINGERS ARE PLANNING A PUSH TO MAKE MIGRANT CHILDREN PAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
Court Clears Way for Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
LAUSD borrowing $250 million to settle sex abuse claims — on top of earlier half billion is from The L.A. Times.
I’m adding this post to The Best Resources Sharing The History Of Teens Organizing For Justice:
This is the way to do it! ——-A school suspended 323 students after ICE protest. They protested again. wapo.st/4rYbhBi gift link
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Trans athletes face intense efforts to sideline them. These California teens are resisting www.latimes.com/politics/sto…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I want us to understand this in the context of these same people killed affirmative action using Chinese-American plaintiffs because they said helping Black people was discriminatory against Asian Americans and anti-merit. Once again: it was never about that. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Similar decision just made in the University of Texas System.
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— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 10:10 AM
And the Republican-ed Congress allows Trump to do that which he has no authority to do. Courts can’t keep up.
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— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Always shocking to see how much charter school admins. are paid. Always question their qualifications, and their ability to reject students they don’t want.
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— Nancy E. Bailey (@nancyebailey.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 7:03 AM
“Teachers resent that i-Ready strips them of the authority to design lessons based on years of experience.”
Must-read investigative report on i-Ready, the Big Tech app that is swallowing American schools—and dulling young minds.https://t.co/XYju2ONUJM
— UnHerd (@unherd) February 24, 2026
“Educators and students are witnessing an alarming rise in gender-based harassment and hostile sexism.”
Read more about this concerning trend. https://t.co/hP5UqRAG61— UChicago Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) (@ChicagoUTEP) February 23, 2026
Schools are adding adults even as they lose students. Is that a problem? is from Chalkbeat.
Justice Department Sues University of California Over Antisemitism www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
School officials wrestle with how to protect students from ICE
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— Politico (@politico.com) February 24, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Alberto Carvalho is a rising star in education. Now, he’s part an of FBI investigation www.latimes.com/california/s…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 1:22 PM
FBI raids home and office of Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Carvalho edsource.org?page_id=752038
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Lawrence Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Epstein Revelations www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 9:02 AM
US childhood literacy rates are lagging. Pediatricians could be part of the solution
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 5:46 AM
A Blow to the Phone-Free Classroom www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/s…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Wisconsin schools, teachers file lawsuit against GOP-led Legislature seeking more funding
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 24, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The district chatbot was certainly a dumb move —-FBI raids of LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho’s home and office appear tied to AI chatbot probe www.latimes.com/california/s…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
