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I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful.
Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful. And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education. I may also include my own comments or related links.
This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts.
Here are this week’s sentences:
Yet despite the threats from state officials — and the pleas to students from many school administrators — the protests over immigration enforcement did not stop. Check out The Best Resources Sharing The History Of Teens Organizing For Justice
For each year from 1994 to 2023, the US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government. See The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States
Simply placing another adult alongside a pupil makes little difference if teachers do not understand how a child processes language, sensory input or classroom environments, he adds.
Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.
Digital literacy requires exposing students to inaccurate content, not shielding them from it.
People are “exactly like the pigeons,” says Peter Balsam, a professor of psychology at Columbia University.
We show that [teachers in] schools serving more disadvantaged students exhibit substantially higher rates of sickness absence, particularly for stress-related diagnoses.
The upshot is that there are more sources of support for intensive tutoring in public schools than one might think. Yes, but this article, as do most others about tutoring, ignore an obvious option – peer tutoring. See Researchers Are Finding That High-Dosage Tutoring Isn’t The Silver Bullet – Maybe Schools (& Researchers) Should Prioritize Peer Tutors, Instead?
Despite thoroughly documenting the AI-generated errors in its lesson plans, Alpha School relies on AI to test the quality of its AI-generated lessons, creating a situation where a faulty AI is tasked with fixing its own faulty generations.
But if the strong claims that are sometimes made about the harms of social media are true, it is remarkable how difficult it is to find consistent evidence to support them.
There will be no “AI” tutor revolution just as there was no MOOC revolution just as there was no personalized learning revolution just as there was no computer-assisted instruction revolution just as there was no teaching machine revolution.
What they don’t often tell you is how fun the resistance can be: the marches joyous and laced with adrenalized anger, people cheering the brass band that thumps its way down the block, chanting and pumping fists, belting out a ubiquitous profane call and response about ICE.
Schmidt said he has also seen less cheating with AI since using chatbots in his teaching. I found the same thing, though I created a lot of hoops they had to jump through in order to use it.
I replace their voices with Jackson’s words, “I am somebody.”
Black History Month is sometimes treated as little more than an opportunity for corporate branding and, maybe, school assemblies; but in the face of such erasure, observing it this February feels radical See The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History
When we include community and the collective struggle for racial justice in Black history, the work of justice reflects its inclusivity, enabling more people to bring their gifts to the work. See “Idolizing Just One Person Undermines The Struggle”
A better—and more achievable—goal would be to extend healthy longevity, adding life to years instead of years to life.
5 things to remember on your journey to excellence www.fastcompany.com/91492999/5-t…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I continue to believe that we place far too many eggs in the “it matters that you learn ________ for your future” basket and not nearly enough in the “it matters that you learn ________ for yourself right now” basket.
— Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-cars-helps-babies-to-sweat-out-toxins/
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— The Onion (@theonion.com) February 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
An important rule for teachers to follow on social media and in all public discussion: always highlight the good work your students are doing and never complain about them
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 7:45 AM
It continues to disturb me that some educators & edupundits whom I have previously thought highly of are speaking highly of Alpha School
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“The anger is way out ahead of the knowledge, so often.” What an absolutely fantastic sentence.
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— Jenn Borgioli Binis (@jennbinis.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Scripted curriculum cannot make bad teachers good, but it can make good teachers mediocre.
— Peter Greene (@palan57.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Some people should not be teaching in a classroom because they are terrible human beings
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 21, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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