Victor Wembanyama wants to set the NBA’s moral standard. It can be a burden www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...
Larry Ferlazzo
@larryferlazzo.bsky.social
A high school teacher for 23 years to ELL & English-proficient students, community organizer for previous 19 years, author or editor of 13 books on education, Ed Week teacher advice columnist, committed - though mediocre - basketball and Pickleball player.
The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...
Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analyst
A quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi...
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This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/10/10/t...
This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom
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 CLASSRO…
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The Best Resources For Learning About The Student Protests In France larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/10/10/t...
The Best Resources For Learning About The Student Protests In France
The more I read about the high-school student-led protests in France, the more I’m impressed by them. Here are some resources to help learn about them. You might also be interested in …
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This Is Extraordinarily Excellent Advice On How To Use AI For Written Translation To Non-English-Speaking Parents/Guardians larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/10/10/t...
This Is Extraordinarily Excellent Advice On How To Use AI For Written Translation To Non-English-Speaking Parents/Guardians
It can obviously be a challenge for teachers to communicate with non-English speaking parents/guardians if the teacher doesn’t speak their home language. You can find lots of suggestio…
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On a remote Greek island, empty classrooms signal a crisis across Europe apnews.com/article/gree...
On a remote Greek island, empty classrooms signal a crisis across Europe
Greece’s remote islands are becoming a warning sign of Europe’s population decline, as falling birth rates and youth migration threaten schools and local communities.
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“Extra credit does more harm than good.” Educators share their thoughts on the practice. @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
Should Teachers Offer Extra Credit? Yea or Nay? (Opinion)
Educators discuss whether extra credit warps grading or reinforces skills students will use later.
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Google Unveils An AI Game-Creating Tool That MIGHT Be Useful To ELLs, But It’s Certainly Not A “Game-Changer” larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/10/09/g...
Google Unveils An AI Game-Creating Tool That MIGHT Be Useful To ELLs, But It’s Certainly Not A “Game-Changer”
Google has a decidedly mixed track record in applying its AI capabilities towards something useful educationally. In fact, as many educators know, they actively using it to harm students by …
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‘Nobody is listening to us’: on the school protest frontline, I heard why France’s students feel disowned www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Nobody is listening to us’: on the school protest frontline, I heard why France’s students feel disowned | Alexander Hurst
Fixing the broken education system will be just the start. The biggest challenge for an aloof political class is to finally pay attention to an abandoned generation, says Guardian Europe columnist Ale...
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In Italian cities, high-school students have reportedly begun occupying schools with their own slogan: “Let’s do like in France.” This is a great piece ------- What’s Driving the French Student Protests www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The French Student Protesters’ Demands Are Extremely Clear
A growing movement has mobilized France’s youth against diminished school conditions and accumulating problems—and provided, for its detractors, a pretext for blaming the country’s ills on febrile ado...
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A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech apnews.com/article/gaza...
A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech
A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance.
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Deeply American sentence (from Davy Crockett’s wikipedia page)
The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
Opinion | I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem. (Gift Article)
If we make screens the villain, then we let the people who control children’s health care — Congress, insurers and health systems — off the hook for their failures.
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I’ve Created Five Free Chatbots For Teachers & Others, And Some Have Become Quite Popular – Here Links To All Of Them larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/10/09/i...
I’ve Created Five Free Chatbots For Teachers & Others, And Some Have Become Quite Popular – Here Links To All Of Them
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…
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It Seems To Me That Anyone Who Says They Are “Data-Driven” Should Read This Article larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/10/09/i...
It Seems To Me That Anyone Who Says They Are “Data-Driven” Should Read This Article
Being “data driven” seems to be a mantra for many in education. Personally, I’m more for being “data-informed” (see The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be…
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Ossoff: "I absolutely believe that Mike Collins would have been among those standing in the schoolhouse door ... Here in Georgia, where we are so proud of our legacy as the cradle of civil rights, I'll be damned if I'm gonna let a man like Collins win this race and represent GA for the next 6 years"
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d agoThe news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV.
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed apnews.com/article/fort...
Oh Really? Man's Confused Reaction
ALT: Oh Really? Man's Confused Reaction
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The Wave of Student Protests Roiling France www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
The Wave of Student Protests Roiling France (Gift Article)
Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.
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come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoJD Vance on H-1B recipients: "It's one thing if you were to bring in a person like Elon Musk. I think 99% of American citizens look at somebody like Elon Musk and say, 'if that person wants to come in and build something great in the US, we support that.' But if you're bringing in an accountant... "