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):
Why so many public schools are closing is from NPR.
Should We Still Label Children as ‘Gifted’? is from The NY Times Learning Network.
I’m VERY skeptical, but this is worth checking out: Eric Hanushek on the import of schooling quality declines. Read more about Hanushek here.
Why Trump’s effort to dismantle the Education Department matters very little and also quite a lot is from Matt Barnum.
State Rankings Critiqued is also by Matt Barnum.
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. ‘We just don’t know what happened to them.’ www.latimes.com/california/s…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o… gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Widespread Effects of Immigration Enforcement on Schools, in Charts is from Ed Week.
I’ve previously written about how I believe schools can deal with the reduction of ELL Newcomers larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/11/17/w…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In cities targeted by ICE, empty desks and school disruptions follow wapo.st/3XLYwwB gift link
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“The false dichotomies advanced by critics, and the apparent misunderstanding of the nature and power of inquiry-focused, constructivist education, are misleading and detrimental to the students and society that so desperately need it” https://t.co/ma23iSonoq
— Ralph Pantozzi (@mathillustrated) October 29, 2025
Roya Mahboob Seeks New Ways to Educate Afghan Girls Under Taliban Rule – The New York Times https://t.co/TqzGSlqFnz
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) November 24, 2025
What could go wrong?——-Billionaires Have a Bigger Role in Higher Education Under President Trump – The New York Times https://t.co/4q1yPO1jOC
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) November 24, 2025
Thousands of immigrant students flee @LASchools after ‘chilling effect’ of ICE raids https://t.co/TFF1Inh6p4
— LA School Report (@LASchoolReport) November 20, 2025
‘Let teachers teach’ says the administration that supports book banning, opposes teachers who want to instruct students truthfully about US history, and is against human neat instruction about racism https://t.co/YpD6TDsAWh
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) November 23, 2025
Sad to see people eagerly eat up this viral post that assumes correlation is causation.
The causal effect of school funding on outcomes is heavily studied in economics. Giving poor schools more money improves learning & economic outcomes. Sorry to burst your bubble. https://t.co/OrdHyCGYA0 pic.twitter.com/WgN0gkav0d
— Jake M. Grumbach (@JakeMGrumbach) November 15, 2025
Lessons from a Failed Texas Tutoring Program is from The 74.
What’s a College Degree Worth? It Depends on the Major is from The 74.
Some ideas from @jackschneider.bsky.social and @derekgottliebphd.com about how to make local K-12 school governance more democratic and, in the process, rebuild communities’ trust in their public schools
— David Houston (@dmhouston.bsky.social) December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A lot has happened this year. If you’d like a recap of what’s happened to education research and statistics, here’s my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points…
— Jill Barshay (@jillbarshay.bsky.social) December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Absolutely fascinating interview of Graham Dugoni, the guy who created the pouches that kids put their phones into at schools. Contains references to Foucault and Heidegger as well as unexpected insight into how school cultures change with smartphone bans.
www.the74million.org/article/from…
— Benjamin Riley (@benjaminjriley.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
School choice advocate Erika Donalds called the publicly funded schools a “national model” and defended millions paid to vendors she was tied to | @CBSNews https://t.co/mMz8hRQvfU
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 2, 2025
School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.— Brendan Cantwell (@cantb.bsky.social) December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Would more emphasis on high-stakes testing help address America’s learning woes? is by Matt Barnum.
Last month, after a CPS student’s father was detained by federal agents, her aunt showed up to her school with guardianship papers, the school’s principal said. Dad had feared this very situation and was prepared.
It’s a step more parents are considering. https://t.co/SDd7YAbXcj
— Reema Amin (@reemadamin) November 21, 2025
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Why Trump and Harvard Have Not Reached a Deal www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Give me a break ———Lawsuit Challenges a Nonprofit’s Scholarships for Hispanic Students www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Is This the End of Kids on Social Media www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
About Six Million Americans Have Fallen Behind on Student Loan Payments, a Return to Prepandemic Levels www.urban.org/urban-wire/a…
“Delinquency rates are especially high in parts of the South, with more than 1 in 5 borrowers in Louisiana, Mississippi, & Georgia past due on their student loans.”
— Paul Bruno (@paul-bruno.com) December 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Longtime GOP staffer Vic Klatt comes out of retirement to write:
Moving K–12 programs to the Department of Labor is neither smart nor conservative
fordhaminstitute.org/national/com…
— Michael Petrilli (@michaelpetrilli.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My new responds to prominent pundits who’ve been pining for the days of bipartisan education reform instead of noticing a quiet revolution in edu policy that is transforming schools and changing student outcomes for the better.
progressive.org/public-schoo…— Jeff Bryant (@jeffbinnc.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Dogs, parrots and peacocks live at this school and help ease student stress www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
From a new @ilsr report written up by @georgejoseph94 https://t.co/9TCSj4XlTH
— Alvaro Bedoya (@BedoyaUSA) December 4, 2025
I think Matt says a bunch of interesting things in this thoughtful interview — some of them reflective of what other journalists have told me & others more individual to his POV. https://t.co/Y3z5w6Ltiw
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) December 4, 2025
Quinta Brunson wants thousands of Philly kids to have free school field trips .@newskag https://t.co/2dYWzyWXG9 via @phillyinquirer
— Lawrence A Feinberg (@lfeinberg) December 4, 2025
I thought this new column from the Harvard Business Review could be useful to school leaders: 5 Ways Organizations Can Pivot with Purpose
The rise of accommodations is a legit issue to explore, but this graf conflates two different things. *504 plans* are generally for accommodations. IEPs are for needed educational services and *do not* disproportionately go to advantaged students.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
— Matt Barnum (@mattbarnum.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Meet the billionaire pushing taxpayer-funded school vouchers www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
To help homeless students graduate, New Mexico tries paying them www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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