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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):

You have got to be kidding me…. https://t.co/eVVH78f6bs

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 26, 2026

 

To Recruit Teachers, School Districts Are Building Homes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 5:59 AM

‘We Are Not Learning Anything’: India’s Gen Z Rage Is a Test for Modi www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 5:55 AM

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 5:45 AM

Big banana shortage avoided in school cafeterias this year www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 5:42 AM

2026: “I feel like I’m in an oven,” said one of them, Raya Petrova, 7, whose teachers were desperate to keep their London classrooms cool without air-conditioning. “It is really hot.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/w…

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— Nick Covington (@covingtonedu.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM

 

“By settling, you will not avert a crisis; you will create one. And it will not be the “board” that is remembered, but each of you, individually. Just like in Orban’s Hungary.” —- Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequences wapo.st/3RW4HPo

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM

I’m adding this post to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy:

Its tremendous previous “success” in K-12 grant-giving makes me wonder how successful they’ll be ———- Gates Foundation Bets on Credentials, AI to Reach Students Before 2045 Sunset www.the74million.org/article/gate…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 29, 2026 at 10:27 AM

I think this is correct. It’s unfortunate that some people who are still complaining about “closed schools” haven’t figured it out yet and are still living in the past.

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM

A school district in upstate New York is pausing plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns. n.pr/4fnFpTi

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— NPR (@npr.org) July 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM

I am sooooooo tired of people who worked remotely during COVID’s peak complaining about school staff who also wanted to work remotely because of safety concerns https://t.co/T4pKEQl9GL pic.twitter.com/akdi1qNEg0

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 29, 2026

Not far from the truth. Just this week the teachers’ union in my former dysfunctional district had to negotiate a contract that appears to have saved it from a state takeover.

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM

Texans Try New Tactic to Remove Ten Commandments From Schools: Texas Law www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM

Senate education committee blocks parts of Trump’s Education Department breakup

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— Politico (@politico.com) July 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM

The Classical Learning Test, which pitches itself as a rigorous alternative to the SAT, has become a go-to remedial test in Florida, allowing students to graduate by doing simple math problems.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e…

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— Erica Meltzer (@ericameltzer.bsky.social) July 30, 2026 at 3:14 PM

 

Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM

GOP’s education tax credit puts Democratic governors in a bind

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— Politico (@politico.com) August 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM

     

I have created several free AI chatbots.  Each of them draw only from a knowledge based of resources I have vetted, and I am open to hearing suggestions of others who should be added to them.

All you have to do is ask them which experts are in their knowledge base, and they will also tell you how to suggest additions.

Here they are:

Parent Engagement In Schools Expert Companion

Classroom Instruction Expert Companion

ELL Teaching Expert Companion

Creating Change Expert Companion

Education Policy & Research Expert Companion

     

Minutemic is a free sites that poses a daily question. You then have one-minute to record your response.

It uses AI to evaluate your answer using the categories you see in the above image, along with providing suggestions for improvement.

You’re then given a chance to try again.

It doesn’t evaluated pronunciation, but I do like its other categories.

I’m adding it to The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting English Language Learners.

     

James Baldwin was born on this day one-hundred-and-two years ago.

You might be interested in JAMES BALDWIN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1924 – HERE ARE RELATED RESOURCES.

     

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Hiroshima was bombed on August 6th and Nagasaki on August 9th.

If you in school and teaching about these tragedies, you might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About The Atomic Bombings Of Japan.

You might also find this useful: The Best Sites For Learning About Nuclear Weapons