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 nearly $7 billion approved by Congress was supposed to go to states on July 1 to support English learners, literacy initiatives, after-school programs, and more.
— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) July 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to implement widespread layoffs at the Department of Education.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court will allow Trump’s mass layoffs at the Education Department as the president seeks to close the agency.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Most teens — and girls especially — see college as key to jobs and life skills, AP-NORC poll says apnews.com/article/coll…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling apnews.com/article/trum…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the https://t.co/gWbD96XfXw. President https://t.co/WAmFeAGNkm via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 14, 2025
Dismantling the Department of Education, Without Saying Why www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Education layoffs cleared by Supreme Court hit Nation’s Report Card www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What kind of empire is Khan trying to build?——The New Way to Game Elite College Applications www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. What would that mean? www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What a Smaller Education Department Is Doing Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How school districts are preparing for a future without the Education Department is from NPR.
What massive cuts to the Department of Education mean for schools and students is from NPR.
Nearly a dozen Senate Republicans are pressing the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal education funding from a spending review.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Education Department funding freeze targets summer school and language programs that are lifelines for families www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/p…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
OPINION: The real goal of Trump’s attack on Harvard isn’t what you think, writes Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Many migrant education students are U.S. citizens. The Migrant Education Program, established almost 60 years ago, serves students whose parents work in agriculture, fishing, dairy or logging, and have moved in the last three years for work, regardless of their immigration status.
— EdSource (@edsource.org) July 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“It’s always tricky to predict the future, but in this case one prediction seems clear and obvious: Schools will struggle mightily to fulfill their basic functions in such an environment.”
— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) July 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
“here are just a few examples of what such a policy would prohibit…: Meeting with other students to socialize or study, writing an email, reporting for the student newspaper, wearing a T-shirt with a slogan, dancing, playing music, painting a picture, or praying at a sunrise service”
— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) July 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Trump has the US government in retreat from education www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/p…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
What the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will change for students, schools and colleges www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I hope Harvard maintains this position——As Harvard and Trump Head to Court, the Government Piles on the Pressure www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“California added 3,000 new classroom teachers and a significant number of new administrators despite declining student enrollment and budget reductions brought on by the end of pandemic funding…since 2018-19…including data through the 2023-24 school year.” edsource.org?page_id=736707
— Paul Bruno (@paul-bruno.com) July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I’m adding this post to THE BEST POSTS & ARTICLES EXPLAINING WHY WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE PARENT ENGAGEMENT, BUT NOT PARENT BULLYING:
The Problem With Parent Power
open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu…— Peter Greene (@palan57.bsky.social) July 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are challenging a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from Head Start.
— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) July 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Trump administration withheld $6.8 billion in education funds while it reviewed the programs for signs they were advancing a “left-wing agenda.” Officials warned states not to use money for “unallowable activities.”
— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) July 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump administration releases after-school funding www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW: Our look at how the Trump antisemitism task force and how it is pressing to reshape universities on DEI and other matters unrelated to antisemitism. It is truly packed with news and tidbits from a great team of reporters https://t.co/iW8xfUR2IJ 1/x
— Laura Meckler (@laurameckler) July 18, 2025
A Supreme Court decision clearing the way for deep staffing cuts at the Education Department promises to roil the agency’s handling of more than $1 trillion in student debt, former officials are warning.https://t.co/cBLikRjaIc
— Becca Carballo (@Becca_Carballo) July 17, 2025
Trump’s budget bill overhauls the federal student loan system. Here’s what to know is from NPR.
“I’ve been on the beat for almost 20 years,” Ms. Goldstein explained in an interview with Times Insider. “There are years where politics emerge as a bigger story line. And I just think there’s no avoiding that this is one of those years.”https://t.co/Dn4wZqSBdd
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) July 19, 2025
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