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I thought readers might, or might not, find this new weekly post useful.

I’m planning on highlighting several sentences, with links to their sources, that I found interesting/concerning/useful.  And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education.  I may also include my own comments or related links.

This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts.

Here are this week’s sentences:

During his kid’s hybrid class, a kid’s apt building was raided onscreen.

“Remember your why” … are the three worst words any administrator or professional development trainer has uttered in the past decade.

A family’s bank account matters more than a wedding ring. (also see The Best Articles Questioning The View That Single Parents Are A Problem)

“I want to be able to play on the team with my friends, and that’s all I’ve wanted to do,” she said.

You’re not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. (see my Ed Week series on what’s happening in Minnesota)

At Lenape High School in Lenape, N.J., teachers can choose their own PD and find experts on campus to teach them new skills.

Student and teacher survey measures most strongly connected with attendance included relationships with peers and teachers; finding value and meaning in classes; sense of safety; and teacher-parent relationships. (see The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism)

Try to teach something to someone who doesn’t really want to learn it, who doesn’t really think they can learn it. (This is why continue to “teach” in my retirement, albeit as a volunteer tutor in Juvenile Hall and with ELLs at an elementary school)

Schools can be places where students understand one another, or they can become places of intense surveillance.

“Before it was always just about putting out the fire, but now it’s about celebrating wins.” (also see The Best Resources For Learning About How Class Size Does Matter)

Several of Minnesota’s largest school districts, including those of Minneapolis and St. Paul, are offering students the option to learn remotely amid a federal immigration crackdown that has left many families on edge. (I saw that a fair number of “Open School” fanatics who are still complaining about distance learning during COVID were having a fit over this over social media.  They don’t understand what a nightmare hybrid learning is for teachers, and the sacrifice they are making to support their students.  Or, maybe they understand it, and just don’t care?)

I miss believing that we Americans could never be led by a fearmonger to commit atrocities he claimed were necessary and good.

When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.

In Davis, CA

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM

“Arresting the dancing giraffe. Is that the right side of history?”

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM

In the world as we’d like it to be, hiring and training adult tutors is the perfect. In the world as it is, I’m convinced that peer tutors is the good, and a win/win for everyone

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM

I’m sure there’s a secret cabal running the protests, and that they have secret handshakes and everything

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM