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):

Trump Education Department efforts to get DEI out of schools hit roadblock is from Chalkbeat.

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM

Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Governor’s 400-Year Edit Was Within Veto Authority www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM

https Milwaukee’s Lead Crisis: Flaky Paint, Closed Schools and a C.D.C. in Retreat://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/milwaukee-schools-lead-cdc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM

apnews.com/article/dei-… DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM

The Naval Academy Thinks Midshipmen Can’t Handle the Truth www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM

An undocumented immigrant father was arrested by immigration agents Thursday as he was taking his daughter to school in California.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM

apnews.com/article/supr… A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM

A lot of interesting stuff in this article

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM

Ugh- a group of students (all students of color) came to me at lunch asking if it’s true that Trump has banned them receiving scholarships, so they weren’t sure if they should continue applying for them. I wonder how widespread this belief is?

— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Providing money for pouches would be nice ——-As a nationwide push to ban cellphones in schools grows, Congress looks to get involved As a nationwide push to ban cellphones in schools grows, Congress looks to get involved www.nbcnews.com/politics/con…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Harvard sues federal government after Trump administration slashed billions in funding Harvard sues federal government after Trump administration slashed billions in funding www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM

New from me:

K-12 schools and leaders have, to a significant extent, been resisting Trump’s various efforts to remake education. It’s not clear how long this can last, though.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ…

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— Matt Barnum (@mattbarnum.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM

The Science of Reading people should be the most vocally and adamantly anti-Trump educators out there. They, though, generally speaking, claim they don’t want to make pedagogy “political.”

hechingerreport.org/proof-points…

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— Jenn Borgioli Binis (@schoolmarmadvisors.com) April 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM

The Supreme Court to weigh parents’ objections over books made available in a school district’s elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM

All power to the states….as long as they are doing what we want them to do ——- Trump Joins a Bitter Fight on Long Island Over a School Mascot www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/n…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM

More than 180 higher education leaders from around the country released a joint statement on Tuesday condemning the Trump administration’s efforts to control universities, a day after Harvard sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions in federal funds to the school. nyti.ms/3EJqnHM

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM

Supreme Court seems likely to let religious families opt out of LGBTQ storybooks www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM

The Legal Landscape Around DEI Is Shifting. Your Messaging Should, Too. is from The Harvard Business Review.

The False Dichotomy of Merit and Inclusion is from The Harvard Business Review.

School voucher programs like the one Idaho just created are pitched as enabling “school choice” but in reality tend to benefit families that have already chosen private schools, research has found.

By @audreydutton.bsky.social

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— ProPublica (@propublica.org) April 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Ryan Walters is an ass —- Oklahoma Will Cut Funding to Districts That Don’t Sign Trump’s Anti-DEI Pledge www.edweek.org/policy-polit…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Young people are getting it:

15 percent of young people see country on right track under Trump, poll finds wapo.st/42JLJgj gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM

Some of the most effective pushback vs Trump’s agenda involves the defense of immigrant students. Case in point: Tennessee, where a truly awful bill targeting these students, just died thanks to incredible organizing & bipartisan opposition. More please! educationwars.substack.com/p/drawing-a-…

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— Jennifer Berkshire (@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM

Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.

Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:

• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women’s/Gender Studies

And…

• Spanish

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— Jeff Yang (@originalsp.in) April 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM

One of the Most Complex Cases of the Supreme Court Term Is Also One of the Most Straightforward is from Slate.

Trump stopped federal funding to Maine over transgender athletes. Could California follow? is from The LA Times.

If You Think the School Lunch Battle is New — Go to Philadelphia is from The NY Times. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On….School Lunches?

Take a look at the list of signatories representing institutions in California.

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— EdSource (@edsource.org) April 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM

At no point did Alito—or any other Republican justice—consider the message it sends to the kids of LGBTQ parents when their peers have to walk out of the classroom to avoid exposure to families like theirs. These children will be the victims of the Supreme Court's decision.
slate.com/news-and-pol…

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— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) April 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) April 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM

When filling out the FAFSA feels dangerous
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/04/24/fafsa-application-challenges-for-children-of-immigrants-and-undocumented-parents/

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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) April 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM