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):
Lots of talk about helping “lost boys” as young men, mostly from the political right which benefits from their disaffection, but no action I can see to get at the source of the problem in elementary schools. @LisaBritton on the need to act. https://t.co/4d2hNTihFU @aibm_org
— Richard Whitmire (@richardwhitmir) September 25, 2025
A school in Kentucky banned phones. Remarkable things started happening. https://t.co/bP0m62zx9M
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 26, 2025
Sexual Misconduct by J.R.O.T.C. Instructors Is Pervasive, Report Finds https://t.co/CZuz6AHQH9 via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 26, 2025
16 states sue the Trump administration over threats to pull funding for sex ed on gender diversity apnews.com/article/trum…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Free speech, or something www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t…
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— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) September 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
White House considers funding advantage for colleges that align with Trump policies www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Who is Ian Roberts, the Iowa school superintendent accused by ICE of being in the US illegally? www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’m adding this post to The Best Posts About Attrition Rates At So-Called “Miracle” Schools:
“The odds are very, very strong that eventually it’ll turn out that students in MS & other ‘miraculous’ systems are being improperly offloaded from the books… That’s how educational miracles are manufactured.”
There Are No Miracles in Education https://t.co/wB10HPr3l6
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) September 28, 2025
I’m adding this video to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research:
Understanding correlation vs causation is key to interpreting research correctly. This Expert Insight by Professor Camilla Gilmore makes it simple for teachers: https://t.co/oIPwxsLIf5 pic.twitter.com/jRXvae06hK
— InnerDrive (@Inner_Drive) September 27, 2025
Health Department Moves to Block Harvard From Future Research Grants www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Des Moines revokes education license of school superintendent arrested by Ice www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The cruelty is the point, @ as @adamserwer.bsky.social wrote
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How the Supreme Court Is Remolding Education in 2025 is from Ed Surge.
New NEPC Review: @futureedgu.bsky.social report offers sound descriptions of universal voucher programs across 10 states. bit.ly/4nVjOD1
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— National Education Policy Center (@nepc.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Or how teachers view how Value Added Measurements are calculated, and who’s to say they’re wrong?
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
‘a 36-year-old former middle-school teacher’——-He’s Young, Talented and Openly Religious. Is He the Savior Democrats Have Been Waiting for? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This does not seem good———Should College Get Harder? www.newyorker.com/culture/open…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump Says a Deal Is Close With Harvard www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It was obvious from the start that turning over a public institution of higher education to dimwit ideologues would end in tears. These people are a bunch of incompetents who can’t do anything but tweet.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa…
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— Kevin Carey (@kevincarey1.bsky.social) October 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Via NYT Graphics:
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— The Upshot (@upshot.nytimes.com) October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
U.S. Dept. of Education cuts funds for foreign language and international studies for the current academic year. California universities stand to lose millions for underrepresented language learning, staff salaries and fellowships for students.
edsource.org/updates/fore…
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— EdSource (@edsource.org) October 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Trump administration says Minnesota and its governing body for high school sports are violating a key federal law against sex discrimination by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) October 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Charlie Kirk fallout hits California schools, where 20 teachers face discipline over posts
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— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘The Librarians’ Review: What Should Children Read? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/m…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
“Some” see a trap. How can not everyone see it? ——- Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Colleges should have done this months ago ——-‘NATO for nonprofits’: Groups organize to band together if targeted by Trump www.nbcnews.com/politics/don… via @nbcnews
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Education Dept. staff surprised to find email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru… via @nbcnews
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One of the demands is to freeze tuition. Which will help the rich kids and international students, since they’re the only ones at some of these schools who actually pay the sticker price www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u…
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— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich…
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— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For KINDERGARTEN! Why in the world would you even have such a program for kindergarten?——Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Take a look! ‘Reading Rainbow’ is back www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
