
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):
“In a bind” might be an understatement
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Not going to be a great summer for many students
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A new article from Which School Advisor includes some of our research, examining the impact of the IB Diploma on post-secondary success.
Read the article: whichschooladvisor.com/uae/guides/d…
Read our research: consortium.uchicago.edu/publications…
— UChicago Consortium on School Research (@uchiconsortium.bsky.social) July 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Education Sec. threatens California with legal action over transgender sports law www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-… via @nbcnews
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Yes! ——-California refuses to comply with Trump administration demand to bar female trans athletes www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports is from The NY Times.
It is not pretty. This article does a good job describing its destructive implications for California, and then multiply by fifty
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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— Bobson Wong (@bobsonwong.com) July 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Education Department has dismissed thousands of civil rights complaints this year at an “unheard of” pace.
It’s done so at such a rapid clip that former officials and advocates are concerned about a core agency function amid Trump admin plans to make deep staffing cuts.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
About a month before school starts, Oklahoma’s state supt says districts must provide free meals to all students with no new funding. Leaders say he doesn’t have the authority to make such a demand.
— Evie Blad (@evieblad.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good newrepublic.com/article/1967… via @newrepublic.com
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on LGBTQ+ policies and that the targets held a variety of political views.
— NPR (@npr.org) July 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Per draft proposal, Trump’s Dept of Ed preparing to end Public Service Loan Forgiveness for those employed at orgs involved in “illegal activities.” “Illegal activity” would include work w/ undocumented immigrants, trans patients, “terrorism” (label Trump often applies to pro-Palestinian activists)
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
they want to destroy higher education and do as much as they can to segregate what remains. basically, then the clock back to before the 1960s, when university education was reserved for a small slice of the public.
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) July 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Tax bill also delivered huge education changes wapo.st/4kwA2jO gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Trump administration to block undocumented kids from enrolling in Head Start www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sigh
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The culture wars are coming for teacher licensure, so that’ll be great I’m sure.
— Paul Bruno (@paul-bruno.com) July 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
More college students now learn entirely online than completely in-person is from NPR.
Maryland aims to help former fed workers find jobs — and ease teacher shortages https://t.co/0cNBNSnpZZ
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 13, 2025
Sick Children Will Be Among the Victims of Trump’s Big Bill | The New Yorker https://t.co/gEkO7oJeOV
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 13, 2025
How Trump’s crackdown on universities is affecting the world https://t.co/ZTXuCQbnyk via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 13, 2025
As long as they don’t discuss systemic racism, Native American genocide, LGBTQ people or question American exceptionalism https://t.co/klHz5mkRlM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 12, 2025
Trump wields his ‘secret weapon’: College accreditation https://t.co/Prs9eawWQ7
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 12, 2025
Columbia and Trump Near a Deal, With School Possibly Paying Millions https://t.co/8ygnb1GKxS via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 12, 2025
New Student Loan Limits Could Leave Some Short. Who Will Help? – The New York Times https://t.co/vKLoQfmKOS
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 12, 2025
A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rageshttps://t.co/a9LzlpX5S1 pic.twitter.com/JIvfOjN3K4
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 10, 2025