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When I was in the classroom, some of the most effective lessons and individual conversations I had with students about behavior didn’t focus on any single student.  Rather, they emphasized the impact their behavior had on their classmates.

Here are some of the resources I used during those lessons and conversations, along with some new additions:

Missing Classmates and Attendance Patterns in Elementary Schools is a new study. Here is an excerpt:

Findings indicate that classmates’ absences increase a student’s likelihood of being absent the following day, and these effects persist even after removing absences attributed to illness.

A number of relevant materials can be found at The Best Ways To Deal With Rudeness In Class.

New Study Finds That Using Cellphones During Lectures Hurt Exam Scores, But That’s Not The Most Important Result

Study Finds Positive Student Classroom Behavior Can Have Powerful Impact On Peers

Focusing On The Impact Classroom Disruptions Have On Others, Not On The Students Doing The Disrupting

Study Finds Unique Way To Promote Student Self-Control

Bingo! There Are Issues With This Study On Grit & ELLs, But I Am Sure Going To Use It With My Students

     

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These could be useful for a class discussion:

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At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM.

Here are the latest:

Color Joy AI is yet another coloring page generator.

Debate GPT lets you…debate a topic.

Draw To Video Generator is interesting.

Deep Song uses AI to create…songs.

Teachers are embracing AI tools to translate texts, modify reading passages, and create engaging language acquisition activities for English learners. But federal funding cuts and other issues could complicate that work.

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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Using AI to Adapt English Speaking Tasks for Mixed-Ability ESL Classrooms is from English For Asia.

Some Things Need to Be Grown, Not Graded, and Definitely Not Automated has a lot of interesting rubrics (scroll down).

The AI Wolf That Education Must Face is from Marc Watkins. I’m adding it to A Beginning List Of Different Types Of Guidance Educators Are Giving Students About AI Use In Their Classes.

I would imagine something similar might happen to teachers who use AI to grade student essays

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM

K-12 teachers r finding the time to adapt, so I suspect professors can, too——-This Year Will Be the Turning Point for AI College www.theatlantic.com/technology/a…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM

We shouldn’t be relying on AI to plan our lessons or find our teaching voice.

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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM

How Process Checklists Support Student Writing Skills in the Age of AI is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The “Best” Strategies For Creating AI-Resistant Assignments.

I’m adding this post to the same list:

The University’s Best Weapon Against A.I.: The 14th Century www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o… gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM

New substack: LLM Chatbots Are the Inscrutable Unknown Variable in Lesson Plans
dtwuva.substack.com/p/llm-chatbo…

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— Dan Willingham (@dtwuva.bsky.social) August 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM

https For $65,000 a year, a teacher-less AI private school comes to Virginia wapo.st/3HDJVPv gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM

Must read article of the day about Alph School & the next tech bro who is sure he can ‘fix’ education w/ his software—Class Dismissed. joincolossus.com/article/joe-…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM

They will try this with teachers,too

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM

     

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):

Jewish and Muslim People Face a Wave of Hate. Can Schools Turn the Tide? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/n…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:51 AM

Immigrant kids can attend school regardless of citizenship – some states are challenging this standard is from The Conversation. 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.

Since this continues to be the source of a great deal of elite misinformation, it’s worth noting that 4/4 polls this year, that I’m aware of, find that voters still tend to give Democrats an advantage on the issue of education.

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— Matt Barnum (@mattbarnum.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM

I’m adding this post 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:

Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 4:45 AM

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵https://t.co/tE6pdG0h2l

— Mica Rosenberg (@micarosenberg) March 23, 2026

San Francisco Killed 8th-Grade Algebra. Now It’s Set to Come Back. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM

California is spending more than ever on education . . . Why are so many districts going broke?
edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/california…

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— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 8:17 AM

I think this is a totally reasonable theory, but we should be clear it’s just that — a theory.

The size and direction of the effects of ed-tech and eased school-level accountability are both generally ambiguous empirically, imo.

bsky.app/profile/matt…

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— Matt Barnum (@mattbarnum.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 5:46 AM

I wonder if my old district will ever NOT be dysfunctional?

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM

Not the Onion ———Melania and the Robot www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM

Education Dept. to leave headquarters, give building to Energy Department www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM

Because they’re racists & fascists. It’s still worth reading this article, though ——Why the Heritage Foundation Is Targeting Plyler v. Doe www.edweek.org/policy-polit…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM

What to Know About the Push to Display the Ten Commandments in Classes www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 4:48 AM

Trump pressured states to limit undocumented high school students’ access to career education programs is from Chalkbeat.

This is appalling

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 5:57 AM

The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings. www.wired.com/story/a-scho…

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— WIRED (@wired.com) March 29, 2026 at 4:06 AM

Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/t… gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 4:34 AM

A judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Minnesota in-state tuition for students without legal status
apnews.com/article/minn…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM

This was an interesting point about the possibility of building a coalition with rural, red state Republicans to protect public education:

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/christian-…

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— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social) March 30, 2026 at 5:28 AM

WCCUSD must hire qualified teachers, court rules, setting statewide precedent
apnews.com/article/cali…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 31, 2026 at 4:02 AM

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

Sounds like the Gates Foundation is going all-in on AI for education. Considering the years of poor judgment they’ve shown in their school funding over the years, it tracks www.linkedin.com/pulse/doubli…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM