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):
The State of Public Education in 2025 in Five Charts is from Rand.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A Conservative Canadian Province Backs Off a Book Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When asked about whether he would send National Guardsmen to protect against school shootings, President Trump says he instead “sort of liked” the idea of letting trained teachers who have served in the military carry weapons.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is truly as bad as you can imagine it is
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don’t carry disease, and they don’t jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still grappling with whether to keep kids with lice in class.
— NPR (@npr.org) September 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Students without legal status are dropping out or delaying college as states revoke tuition breaks apnews.com/article/undo…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
apnews.com/article/harv…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Texas AG goes step further in push for Christianity in public schools www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“California groups … are generating letters and emails to districts for parents to use to demand that school leaders proactively remove children from classes where there might be any mention of gay or transgender people, same-sex marriage and other related topics.” www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
NEW: Northwestern University president Michael Schill resigned today, becoming the latest casualty of Trump’s war on higher ed
— Axios (@axios.com) September 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the sales pitch for New Orleans’ education miracle is falling flat. An eye-opening new book by parent advocate Ashana Bigard explains why open.substack.com/pub/educatio…
— Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Trump administration is using decades-old laws, meant to prevent discrimination, to threaten school districts and states with cuts to vital federal funding.
— NPR (@npr.org) September 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Yet another profile in courage —–College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Be Best, bots: Melania Trump and tech CEOs discuss saturating US schools with AI www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As the new school year begins, mixed immigration status families face heightened fears about ICE enforcement near schools, creating anxiety that extends far beyond the classroom.
— NPR (@npr.org) September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Los Angeles Schoolteacher Leading the Fight Against ICE
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/i…— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The shortfall for California is reported to be more than $625 million, a decline of 72%.
— EdSource (@edsource.org) September 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I Was a D.E.I. Skeptic. Here’s What Changed My Mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NEW: Our look at the many hurdles facing Harvard despite a resounding win in court.
And we tucked in some news: This week the Educ Dept quietly disclosed plan to rewrite civil rights regs to “streamline” process of denying funds to schools in violation. https://t.co/51FNO1CJA6
— Laura Meckler (@laurameckler) September 5, 2025
Hmm, no
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands apnews.com/article/scho…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Before you read this infomercial, maybe check out how the state of Pennsylvania denied licensing to this outfit because ““There is no compelling evidence that Unbound Academic’s proposed programs will enable students to meet academic standards.” www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia…
— John Warner (@biblioracle.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just published: The Education Department told Congress today it’s continuing hundreds of federal special education grants that appeared poised for termination.
But 25 recipients of IDEA Part D grants, worth $15 million combined, are getting cancellation notices. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea…
— Mark Lieberman (@marklieberman.bsky.social) September 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Girls fell behind boys in math during the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost groundhttps://t.co/SunoLM4vXN
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 5, 2025
Just make sure you’re not reading about LGBTQ people, racism and anything, or anything that questions the MAGA world view https://t.co/eWg7OFfumN
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 6, 2025
