Bluesky says it’s getting more aggressive about moderation and enforcement techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/b...

I make a point of always reading everything Matt writes, and I’m not sure I can say that about any other education writer

Colleges pull back as Trump cuts programs that help migrant students www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years slate.com/culture/2025...

A Look Back: “Translanguaging: A Vital Tool for ELL Teachers” Is An Excerpt From Our Latest Book larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/22/a...

Video: “How Feedback Affects Performance” larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/22/v...

Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w... gift link

This is… on point!

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause ‘By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy. ‘ www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

I just realized that I used to play pickleball with the guy who’s now the punter for the Green Bay Packers. He was the University of California Davis punter at the time. He was slightly more agile than me on the court :)

“Chicky” Looks Like A Good Language-Learning AI Tool, & It’s Free (For Now, At Least) larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/21/c...

This anti-corruption strategy makes sense to me, along with the party putting enormous resources into grassroots community organizing

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

The High School Teacher Leading Mexico’s ‘Fashion Police’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

They Held a Rally for Charter Schools. Then Came the Backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/n... gift link

Use “Civic Futures” To Reimagine Your Neighborhood Or Create An Ideal One larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/21/u...

A Look Back: The New “Live Handbook” Is An Incredible Education Research Resource larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/21/a...

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/21/t...

this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen

I agree here that video gets more engagement. But I would also suggest that face-to-face broad based community organizing is the best way to influence the actual public, and is also the hardest and most time consuming way to do it

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

i will concede that if you want to influence other people addicted to X, X is worth using. but if you want to influence the actual public, text-based social media is a fool's errand.

This is the complicated question. You can win being milquetoast (2006, 2018, 2020 in many ways.) But GOP wins by being radical (2010, 2014, 2016, 2024). That creates an imbalance in governing. Dems think they must shun their base's priorities; Republicans embrace theirs.

genuinely believe that a large number of political, economic and media elites do not realize that nearly half the voting public did not vote for trump

This one looks interesting ——-The 14 Movies to Watch Out for This Fall www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Teachers are losing jobs as conservatives target lessons, speech they dislike wapo.st/4nwyxEV gift link

Or, teachers saying they don’t need another AI app to make lesson plans or to grade student work

‘We’re in the Most Dangerous Point for Free Speech in America’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o... what @jamellebouie.net said

A Look Back: A Collection Of My Posts About Resisting The Trump Administration Agenda | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/20/a...

National parks axe signs about climate, slavery and Japanese internment www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w...

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

Worth noting that Khalil (and others) who have everything to lose, have shown more bravery and commitment to free speech than elites across academia, corporate America, culture and politics bsky.app/profile/josh...

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

September Is Suicide Prevention Month – Here Are Student & Teacher Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/19/s...

A Look Back: Hundreds Of Student Handouts & 11 Chapters From Our “ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0” Are Now Freely Available Online larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/19/a...

Paulo Freire Was Born On This Day In 1921 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/19/p...

"This isn't the America I know" Black people:

This is an incredible combination of sentences by Tyler Kingkade. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The amendments don’t care about your feelings.

American Girl announced Wednesday that its 2026 Girl of the Year is Raquel Reyes, a Mexican American 10-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri. Raquel Reyes’ family owns a paleteria in Kansas City, though her family lineage traces back to another famous American Girl doll.

I will soon begin weekly virtual "tutoring" sessions simultaneously w/ 2 pre-K granddaughters on opposite sides of the U.S. In looking at various online tools, I'm thinking of Readeo or Zoom. Caribu, another popular one, doesn't allow multiple simultaneous users. Any other suggestions or thoughts?

these people are genuinely idiots

Again: Free speech is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want.

Asked to side with Democrats or Republicans on a set of 13 issues, Americans were most likely to prefer Dems on climate, abortion and LGBTQ rights. www.pbump.net/o/climate-ch...

Nikole Hannah-Jones Knows Why History Feels Dangerou www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/p...