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):
I’m adding this video to The Best Commentaries On The 60th Anniversary Of Brown vs. Board Of Education:
The High School Teacher Leading Mexico’s ‘Fashion Police’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
They Held a Rally for Charter Schools. Then Came the Backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/n… gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue | Oklahoma | The Guardian https://t.co/fHKrJMHyTn
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 21, 2025
Public school kids were already going missing. Now schools are poised to see sharper enrollment declines is from The Hechinger Report.
Colleges pull back as Trump cuts programs that help migrant students www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w… gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Back to School in Gaza www.theatlantic.com/internationa…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What happens when you think about enrollment declines from a holistic perspective? https://t.co/Wo9QORBtVm
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) September 23, 2025
“Thousands of Ukrainian schools have been destroyed in the war with Russia, forcing teachers and students underground. They’ll share their stories of keeping education alive at UNGA Tuesday.” https://t.co/lAIwmmD59W
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) September 23, 2025
Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding to UCLAhttps://t.co/FO5aYOmDPc pic.twitter.com/9sywQ8YNrj
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 23, 2025
Trump’s changes to Parent Plus student loans may limit college options https://t.co/xoo5ircgOx
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 23, 2025
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue | Oklahoma | The Guardian https://t.co/fHKrJMHyTn
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 21, 2025
I’m adding this post to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism:
NEW from me and Amie Rapaport at @futureedgu.bsky.social: New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis // www.future-ed.org/new-parent-r…
— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) September 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Thanks to the Texas Tribune for this comprehensive, fully reported account of the firing of the Texas A&M Instructor for teaching “gender ideology.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t…
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“The Trump admin says will withhold funding from CPS over an initiative to improve outcomes for Black students & guidelines allowing transgender students to play sports & use facilities based on the gender with which they identify,” writes Chalkbeat. https://t.co/8ZMitmGVcw
— UChicago Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) (@ChicagoUTEP) September 23, 2025
The Trump administration is now demanding that NYC change its policies by Tuesday night or else risk losing millions in grant funding for a handful of public schools.
— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) September 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As enrollment falls, districts mull which schools to close. The decisions have big impacts for kids apnews.com/article/scho…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Educators fired over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination are turning to federal courts to get their jobs back.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Fighting a culture war with kids school funding… shameful.
— C. Kirabo Jackson (@kirabojackson.bsky.social) September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters announced he would step down from his controversial tenure to serve as the head of the conservative group Teacher Freedom Alliance, announcing, “We’re going to destroy the teachers’ unions.”
nbcnews.to/42Mufk4— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Or some education writers/consultants versus educators, particularly educators of color, whose ideas they steal without giving credit and getting permission
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Strict rules can foster calm classrooms. But some students pay the price www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump administration to hold back grants from NYC, Chicago, Fairfax schools over bathroom policies apnews.com/article/tran…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
How LA Unified is trying to protect immigrant families during Trump’s pervasive crackdown is from CalMatters. I’m adding it to The Best Resources To Support Schools, Teachers, Students & Families In The Face Of Trump’s Deportation Threats.
Trump Bypasses Congress and Slashes Hundreds of Education Grants is from Ed Week.
What Declines in Reading and Math Mean for the U.S. Work Force is from The NY Times.
Fun times —–Trump Admin. Cuts Some Teacher-Training Grants for English Learners www.edweek.org/teaching-lea…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My last piece at WSJ looks at how traditional public schools are trying to win back students and the public in the face of intense political pressure, declining birth rates, and more competition.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ…
— Matt Barnum (@mattbarnum.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
43 student teachers——-Protesters in Mexico ram gates of military base to protest 43 students who disappeared apnews.com/article/prot…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“Too many educational leaders have chosen silence. Some tell themselves they are protecting the institution by staying neutral. Others hope the controversy will burn itself out. But history teaches us that silence is never neutral.” Important read from Ismael Jimenez. www.edpost.com/stories/amer…
— Christopher Martell (@chrismartell.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Estimating the effects of moving away from violent environments into safer areas on migrants’ academic achievement in the context of the Mexican war on drugs, from María Padilla-Romo and Cecilia Peluffo https://www.nber.org/papers/w34270
— NBER (@nber.org) September 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The government program, which began in January with the aim of fighting malnutrition, has resulted in over 5,000 food poisoning cases since it began.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Major charter school network expanding to Miami after lobbying for pro-charter state law apnews.com/article/flor…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What schools stand to lose in the battle over the next federal education budget www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Goblins AI math tutoring app clones your teacher’s looks and voice. @jonapolitano.bsky.social reports
— The 74 (@the74.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
2 days later, ICE ignored court order, raided Home Depot near our school, and that was the end of summer school attendance——Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The details in this article seem bizarre. Of course, no one has any reason to believe anything that ICE says——-Des Moines Schools Superintendent Is Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Back-to-school costs are climbing. How one school district is easing the burden is from NPR.
The Learning Curve: Is the ‘Manosphere’ Gobbling Up Young Men? is from The Voice of San Diego. I’m adding it to A Beginning List For Teachers On Dealing With ‘The Manosphere”
Sacramento City Unified School District faces unexpected $43 million deficit https://t.co/KBDqSIVw6j
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 27, 2025
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