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This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

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):

You got accepted and didn’t even apply? Why college ‘direct admission’ is growing nationally is from The LA Times.

Is college enrollment really plummeting? is from Chalkbeat. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Showing Students Why They Should Continue Their Academic Career.

For students who rely on SNAP, school food pantries offer some relief www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM

Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u… gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Gift link here:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2…

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— Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM

Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long? www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM

California State University Embraces Direct Admissions

After a successful pilot, California is joining a growing group of states to extend proactive college acceptances to qualified students without having them apply. https://bit.ly/49DJ6Sv

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

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— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered.com) November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM

What to know about how Florida will teach McCarthyism and the Cold War

apnews.com/article/flor…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM

Examining Brown v. Board, race and ‘equal protection’ through the eyes of the modern Supreme Court www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM

“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”

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— Roland Hatzenpichler (@environmicrobio.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM

She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed apnews.com/article/scho…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM

How can Sacramento City schools find $40 million without classroom cuts? www.sacbee.com/news/local/e…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM

What an incredibly shitty take by Barro. Wow.

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— Jon Becker (@jonbecker.bsky.social) November 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM

Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that’s now a model for other cities apnews.com/article/chic…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM

Tell Students the Truth About American History www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM

All K-12 schools and colleges should be doing this——-Church and College Leaders Work to Free a Detained Afghan Student www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM

Are college students getting too many A’s? is from NPR.

International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM

A new report finds that students in juvenile detention often don’t get the special education support they need and struggle to reconnect with school after they’re released.

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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Alaska owns dozens of crumbling schools. It wants underfunded districts to take them on www.npr.org/2025/11/17/g…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM

MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author upset with use of its title in immigration crackdown

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— Politico (@politico.com) November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM

It says a lot about how much undergraduates are valued that he’s going to resign in disgrace from various high-status appointments but continue to teach.

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— Kevin Carey (@kevincarey1.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM

www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n… Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department

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— Politico (@politico.com) November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM

My statement on McMahon’s plan to dismember the U.S. Department of Education.
www.newamerica.org/education-po…

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— Kevin Carey (@kevincarey1.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. wapo.st/4i6ZRr5 gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM

There r intriguing points here but, overall, it seems 2 me more like a version of an old man yelling at kids to get off the lawn. It does complain about schools being given too much responsibility to respond 2 outside problems, but doesn’t acknowledge impact those issues have on student learning.

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM

People in this article, and other researchers, point to 2010 as year student test declines begin, but n ver seem to acknowledge that wealth disparities between ethnicities seem to accelerate then, too, post recession

— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM

This is a puzzling piece for a lot of different reasons, not the least of which is that Montclair’s post-COVID performance is *way* above national averages, and positive in both subjects. edopportunity.org/recovery/exp…

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— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM

Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM

Race is linked to who gets to take algebra, data shows www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM

Voters still tend to trust Democrats more on education is from Chalkbeat.

Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters is from The NY Times.

“Good” Doctors and Teachers (Part 2) is by Larry Cuban. I’m adding it to THE BEST ARTICLES & POSTS DISCUSSING DIFFERENCES & SIMILARITIES TO DOCTORS/TEACHERS & HOSPITALS/SCHOOLS.

Math for journalists looks useful. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research.

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