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):
Red states tell colleges: Race and gender classes are out, civics in www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Harvard Argues Cutting Off Its Government Funding Is Wasteful – The New York Times https://t.co/FjDWv9QwMv
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 3, 2025
A Stephen Miller Staffer and Tough Talk: Inside Trump’s Latest Attack on Harvard – The New York Times https://t.co/sLGSEKnwry
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 3, 2025
BREAKING: Texas Education Agency announces extension of state takeover of @HoustonISD for two more years.
The TEA has also removed + replaced four appointed members of the Board of Managers effective immediately. More via @houstonchron:https://t.co/xVrZHv5xXG
— Megan Menchaca (@meganmmenchaca) June 2, 2025
Hundreds of ‘DEI’ books are back at the Naval Academy. An alum and a bookshop fought their removal.https://t.co/haF6X53XOM
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) May 31, 2025
Trump’s budget calls for a 15% funding cut to the Education Department www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New York’s ban on Native American mascots in schools runs into Trump www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Coming soon to every Texas kindergarten classroom: “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn…
— Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com) June 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Imagine it is 2007. All academic performance talk, all the time. NCLB sanctions starting to hit. Someone reveals the future to you with this article. Hard to believe we landed here.
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In rebuke of Trump, NYC files legal brief in support of Bronx student detained by ICE
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/06/02/adams-rebukes-trump-ice-tactics-supports-bronx-student/— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don’t miss these ed items tucked away in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget revision: one invites districts to redesign high schools; another adds a billion dollars to spur growth in learning. A third is meant to help young English learners.
edsource.org/2025/high-sc…— EdSource (@edsource.org) June 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I hope CA responds the same way as the governor of Maine: “See you in court” ——-A Trump Official Threatens to Sue California Schools Over Trans Athletes www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Justice Department ratchets up pressure on California school districts to bar trans athletes https://t.co/1RqEOiH6kR
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 3, 2025
When parents start requesting witchcraft herbs and a cauldron, maybe it’s time to revisit the idea that parents always know how to best direct their children’s education.
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
More Republican-led states are passing paid parental leave for public school teachers and state employees, including Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Iowa.
some of it is post-Roe pressure to do family-friendly policy, some of it is workforce recruitment pressure
— Rachel Cohen (@rmc031) June 3, 2025
McMAHON: Here’s the other thing — where are our guidance counselors in high schoolers?
DURBIN: Good question. You’re cutting the number of counselors in these schools at the same time!
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Selling our your beliefs and not getting the job, anyway —–Pick for University of Florida president rejected after a conservative backlash www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol… via @nbcnews
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There are a lot of English Language Learners here from these countries & this order will affect many of there families. Stress 4 them as school yr ends, which means stress for us teachers ——Trump Orders Entry Ban for People From 12 Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“The cruelty is the point.” I’m sure they’ll be coming after California soon ——Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over Tuition Break for Undocumented Students www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It doesn’t work to cave to a bully——-Education Department says Columbia doesn’t meet accreditation standards. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I hope lots of other cities start taking this kind of action
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
In hearings, McMahon faces questions about the shrinking federal role in schools and colleges is from NPR.
That didn’t take long —– Texas’ undocumented college students no longer qualify for in-state tuition www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The case of a 19-year-old Mexico-born college student in Georgia who ended up in a detention center following a mistaken traffic stop shows what millions of Dreamers are facing under President Trump’s immigration crackdown. https://t.co/On3OSEHzpQ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 4, 2025
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I suspect this is going to be happening more and more, and I hope districts are developing rapid action plans to respond and support https://t.co/K6BUlHh8uR
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 5, 2025
No elite bubble is more impenetrable than the one in which elite political professionals reward each other for uttering banalities like these that are not actionable for Dems in the real world in any way, no matter how hard this bubble discourse pretends otherwise https://t.co/WhmK9zF4lZ
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) June 4, 2025
But y’all told me the Trump administration was coming down hard on Harvard to protect students from antisemitism. https://t.co/lWXsKQLxzL
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) June 4, 2025
Trump’s billion-dollar war on Harvard, explained is from NPR.
Not sure anything with a “tiny price tag” is going to work. What will work,however, is converting them into schools with Small Learning Communities, like our school was 4 17 yrs. Unfortunately, that can b pretty costly because of additional staffing needs,which is why we don’t have SLCs any longer
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What School Leaders Learned When They Talked to Families About Absenteeism is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism.
There has been a lot of discussion of “looping” in context of teachers staying with their same students for more than one grade. I have not, however, heard much about the kind of “looping” our high school does – counselors stay with the same students for all four years of their high school career.
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
First Maine, now New York. May many more follow —— Rebuffing Trump, New York Refuses to Rescind Native American Mascot Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Immigration judge grants bond to Massachusetts teen arrested on his way to volleyball practice www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce, NEPC Fellow @drshaunharper.bsky.social debunked five common misconceptions about DEI. bit.ly/3FzGdFB
— National Education Policy Center (@nepc.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“It depends on the context” revival:
“Does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard’s history department faculty count as an ideological limit test?” Takano asked.
McMahon: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.”
— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Planned U.S. visa restrictions are causing students around the world to consider going to the United Kingdom instead.
— NPR (@npr.org) June 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
LATEST: President Trump says that he will deny visas for foreign students trying to come to the U.S. to attend Harvard University, his latest attack on the prominent Ivy League college.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
It’s still pretty shocking to me that some prominent education organizations haven’t said a word about Trump’s increasingly destructive policies affecting children
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
Lee: How about the book from Ruby… pic.twitter.com/JdkyzUU9qA
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025
We’re professors. We’re parents. HISD students don’t deserve AI slop. | Opinion is from The Houston Chronicle.
Trump Administration Asks Justices to Clear the Way for Cuts to Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In Massachusetts this week, high school students took on ICE and won, learning about the power of protest in the process. I wrote about how Trump is seeding the next generation of student activists open.substack.com/pub/educatio…
— Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
California Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed Thursday that the state budget will include hundreds of millions of dollars to fund legislation needed to achieve a comprehensive statewide approach to early literacy.
edsource.org/2025/newsom-…— EdSource (@edsource.org) June 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Infowars founder declared bankruptcy after families sued him for defamation and won more than a billion dollars in damages, but Jones has yet to pay them a dime.
— NPR (@npr.org) June 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Trump admin asks SCOTUS to intervene and allow Ed Dept cuts is from NPR.
The Sacramento City Unified School District board held off on the approval of a charter school’s memorandum of understanding Thursday night in the wake of a newspaper report that a coach at the school partied with students.
edsource.org/updates/sacr…— EdSource (@edsource.org) June 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
International students scared to leave U.S., return to school after travel ban https://t.co/oH7cdWrkhO
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 6, 2025
“Just make sure you don’t take any risks in fighting against racism or for LGBTQ rights because, in those cases, our administration will throw everything we have against you to make sure you never get up” https://t.co/dKKGnHz3Jr
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 6, 2025
One trans girl’s success in track and field raises questions about the purpose of youth sports
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
