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):
Meta’s A.I. Smart Glasses Are Wreaking Havoc in Schools Across the Country. It’s Only Going to Get Worse. slate.com/technology/2…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Walz: “We’ve got children that a core memory for them will be their classmate being taken away. That will stick with them the rest of their lives. My hope is what sticks with them is human decency wins out, rule of law matters … “
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 12, 2026 at 8:34 AM
New data from the U.S. Education Department show the extent of international gifts and contracts to colleges and universities. n.pr/4txnSwX
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— NPR (@npr.org) February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
San Francisco teachers, district reach deal after first strike in decades
apnews.com/article/san-…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Aren’t any of them parents and understand how teens react when you tell them they can’t do something?
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Hundreds of Children Are in ICE Detention www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
School clubs, sports, tutoring vanish after midyear Trump DEI cuts www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Teachers describe immigration enforcement’s impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy
apnews.com/article/scho…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The high school student protests aren’t getting enough attention is from The Education Wars.
Fear, arrests and know-your-rights: How one school district is grappling with ICE coming to town is from The Hechinger Report.
California Sues Ed. Dept. in Clash Over Gender Disclosures to Parents www.edweek.org/policy-polit…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Sacramento City Unified School District to lay off hundreds of workers
If you don’t vaccinate your kids, you don’t go to public school. That’s the trade. If you want the benefits of living in a society, you make concessions to what the collective needs. If you can’t or won’t do that, no public school for you.
(Medical exemption is caveat. That’s a tiny population.)
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— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein
apnews.com/article/jeff…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement www.latimes.com/california/s…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The Fight for Plyler Is the Fight for All Students’ Rights is from The Century Foundation. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PLYLER DECISION NOW THAT RIGHT-WINGERS ARE PLANNING A PUSH TO MAKE MIGRANT CHILDREN PAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
How Former N.Y.C. Schools Chief Joel Klein Became Friendly With Epstein www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
In its ongoing war against higher ed—and law firms—the battles MAGA has won are those where the other side surrendered in advance. (The Columbia/UT Austin/Paul Weiss “strategy,” vs the Harvard/UCLA/Perkins Coie/etc strategy.)
Resistance is not just braver but also smarter and more effective.
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— James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) February 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM
This shift seems like something worth studying given how well KIPP has done historically.
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— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) February 14, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Different Perspectives About “Gifted & Talented” Programs:
I’m adding this post to The Best Resources Sharing The History Of Teens Organizing For Justice:
Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u… gift link
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I’m adding this post to The Best Resources To Support Schools, Teachers, Students & Families In The Face Of Trump’s Deportation Threats:
This small school district kept losing students to ICE. So it mobilized. wapo.st/4cvaYtc gift link
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I’m adding this post to the same list:
This could be very helpful to educators
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
‘A social justice issue’: London school believes it has model for Send inclusion www.theguardian.com/education/20…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Basic Questions To Ask When Making Changes in Schools and Classrooms is from Larry Cuban.
‘High School’ was amazing———Frederick Wiseman, a master of immersive documentaries, dies at 96 www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Nobody Watched People the Way Frederick Wiseman Did www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Terrible op Ed. Starts by painting public schools in apocalyptic terms, then moves to comparing them to iPhones——-Democrats, It’s Time to Embrace School Choice www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Teachers see increase in classroom behavior problems – Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/california/s…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 6:03 AM
What School Leaders Should Do When Parents Are Detained (DOWNLOADABLE) is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources To Support Schools, Teachers, Students & Families In The Face Of Trump’s Deportation Threats.
I sometimes think of an old Sacramento Bee editorial that said teachers in the high school that had test/grade/attendance entrance requirements should help the rest of us in comprehensive high schools become better teachers & get our students' tests scores up, too
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Houston ISD parents say they feel blindsided by the 12 proposed school closures.
"Miles is on the record in November saying, ‘We’re not going to do any of this,' and it’s dropped like a bomb on Thursday night."
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston…
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— Megan Menchaca (@meganmenchaca.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The National Academy of Education sent a letter to the US Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that addresses the implications for education of immigration enforcement actions impacting entire school communities. Read the letter: naeducation.org/naed-sends-l…
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— AERA (@aeraedresearch.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM
How school picture day got caught up in the Epstein files fallout www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Amendments to exempt school districts and school resource officers from the provisions of the bill failed. Education groups are still trying to determine how SB 76 could affect cooperation with immigration enforcement and school policies.
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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) February 18, 2026 at 8:15 AM
as a former corps member, I can confirm: TFA has always cared far more about the amount of impact corps members can make outside of the classroom than any work that takes place in the classroom
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— Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
What Does ‘God-Centered’ Education Have to Do with Public School? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 6:19 AM
In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o… gift link
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Hawaii Bill Would Turn Kids Into Published Authors At Kalihi Schools
apnews.com/article/donn…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 6:07 AM
At These Gaza Schools, ‘Peace Building’ Is Part of the Curriculum www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/w…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 8:56 AM
