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):
Harvard and White House Move Toward Potential Landmark Settlement www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Free AI training comes to California colleges — but at what cost?
apnews.com/article/info…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s probably worth reading the article. The subtext throughout is a generation of younger conservatives who seem to genuinely resent the advancement of black people. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u…
— John Warner (@biblioracle.bsky.social) August 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
UCLA and Newsom go to battle with Trump over grant freezes, $1-billion fine – Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Adding bus stops, serving biscuits and gravy, and catching butterflies: How schools are tackling absenteeism is from The Hechinger Report. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism.
Teachers Have Become AI Super-Users www.theatlantic.com/technology/a…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This is from the daily Chronicle newsletter, and I just want to point out that the “reformers” should be viewed as “collaborators,” and you cannot agree with Trump criticisms because Trump’s criticisms are transparent B.S. Risking dictatorship because you don’t like left faculty is quite the play.
— John Warner (@biblioracle.bsky.social) August 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Immigration agents handcuffed and drew guns on a 15-year-old San Fernando High School student Monday morning after pulling him from his family’s vehicle, according to Los Angeles Unified School District officials.
— EdSource (@edsource.org) August 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The records are among thousands of pages released by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District following a yearslong legal battle to withhold documents connected to one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A coach detained. A friend gone. As kids confront immigration realities, they’re learning to stand up www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
These college leaders are keeping the heat on in battle with Trump administration – despite settlements by prominent schools www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Schools to open with unprecedented protections for children and their parents amid ICE raids – Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Trump Administration Violated Order on U.C.L.A. Grant Terminations, Judge Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Harvard and the Trump administration are nearing a settlement including a $500 million payment apnews.com/article/harv…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Two or three years ago — not too long before she started at @MotherJones — The Grade commissioned this thought-provoking piece from @metraux_julia about how we write (and think) about disabled kids:
Should the term “special education” be retired? https://t.co/EBdQBa4LME
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) August 13, 2025
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— Anarchy princess (@SatireAP) August 12, 2025
Trump’s immigration crackdown is raising fears as the school year gets underway in Los Angeles www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster apnews.com/article/scho…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Most Democratic governors have yet to say whether they will opt their states into the new voucher-like scheme backed by federal tax credits. One advocate likened the situation to making lemonade out of lemons ‘shoved down our throat.’
— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) August 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
All districts should do this. There was an ICE raid half a mile from my old school the first morning of summer school- attendance plummeted for rest of summer———Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
“It’s frankly astonishing to me that anyone would propose the massive sort of spending that we’re talking about in these school voucher programs with, at best, minimal accountability.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/13/t…
— Nick Covington (@covingtonedu.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Judge strikes down key parts of Florida law that led to removal of books from school libraries apnews.com/article/flor…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges
apnews.com/article/trum…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A common paradox holds true in this poll: Americans have low confidence in the nation’s schools, but they tend to approve of what is happening in their own communities, with 40% of respondents grading them highly.
— EdSource (@edsource.org) August 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
— Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein) August 15, 2025
I hope many more follow———Virginia schools defy Education Dept. to maintain transgender policies www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
www.abc15.com/news/local-n…
— Bruce D. Baker (@schoolfinance101.bsky.social) August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.
— NPR (@npr.org) August 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This back-to-school season, educators prepare for ICE encounters wapo.st/3HD1mQ5 gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Business-driven Policies in Public Schools (Part 3) is by Larry Cuban.
Some workers would be excluded from student loan forgiveness program for ‘illegal’ activity apnews.com/article/stud…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Sacramento students head back to school as federal ‘attack on education’ persists amp.sacbee.com/news/local/e…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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