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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 6h

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the cover of our next book, which will be out in summer, 2026!

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 7h

All worthwhile recipients, though it's unfortunate the foundation is continuing its trend of no longer supporting community organizers challenging the status quo ----MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 7h

In Today's Political Climate, Teachers Must Center Empathy www.edweek.org/leadership/o... is new @edweek.org post

In Today's Political Climate, Teachers Must Center Empathy (Opinion)

Kwame Sarfo-Mensah offers guidance on how teachers can model courage and leadership for students.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 7h

This deaf writer offers a compelling new way to think about language www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Review | This deaf writer offers a compelling new way to think about language

In her memoir “Articulate,” Rachel Kolb explores her experience growing up deaf, focusing on communication rather than loss.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 8h

Xenophobia and bigotry are loud this morning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 8h

An example of a finding that I’m not sure we needed a study in order to know it

AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 8h

A study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis found that 1:1 tutoring is more effective than 3:1 tutoring in an online setting. @matthewakraft.com
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 8h

Very good conversation about doing big picture resistance to Trump, though nothing about grassroots community organizing

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 8h

For "Big-D Democrats and small-d democrats who want to save democracy, to get through this era and reach some sort of new normal, a critical set of approaches are deterrence and hardball," says Arkadi Gerney, who is advising Dem governors on how to fight Trump. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Transcript: Newsom and Pritzker Show How To Attack An Authoritarian

Arkadi Gerney, a Democratic strategist, says that the officials with the greatest ability to stop Trump are Democratic governors and attorneys general. And he argues they are often blunting the presid...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 11h

Some prominent education organizations not saying anything about Trump should take note———Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative says it would be “dishonorable” to remain silent in the face of President Trump’s efforts.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 11h

Dolly Parton’s sister ‘didn’t mean to scare anyone’ with prayer request www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Dolly Parton’s sister ‘didn’t mean to scare anyone’ with prayer request

Dolly Parton’s sister Freida triggered a wave of concern for the star’s health with a Facebook post. Freida later said she never meant to make it sound so serious.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 14h

You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

The struggle over regime change is about whether the aspiring authoritarians can subdue civil society. Their strategy is to play divide and conquer, rewarding friends and brutally punishing opponents. They win when society cracks, creating a self-enforcing set of expectations, in which everyone shuts up and complies because everyone expects everyone else to shut up and comply, too.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 14h

SEL Weekly Update larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/08/s...

SEL Weekly Update

I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. Also, check out “Best”…

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 14h

I Love This “Shared Journal” Activity And, If I Was Still Teaching, Would Definitely Use It In My ELL Classroom larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/08/i...

I Love This “Shared Journal” Activity And, If I Was Still Teaching, Would Definitely Use It In My ELL Classroom

As part of planning for our next book, The Better Teacher’s Toolbox, I was reviewing some of my older Education Week posts. I saw this one from over five years ago, and the idea of a …

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 21h

Civics Education Struggles, Even as Government and Politics Saturate Daily Life www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w...

Civics Education Struggles, Even as Government and Politics Saturate Daily Life

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 22h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 1d

Heroes———The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles

How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t stop thinking about this and what it says about a person.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas Attacked Israel Two Years Ago On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources About The The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/07/h...