Larry Ferlazzo

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

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

thank you brett kavanaugh!

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

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.

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

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

Hamas Attacked Israel Two Years Ago On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources About The The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Hamas attacked Israel two years ago today. You might be interested in The “Best” Resources For Learning About The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

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...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

October is ADHD Awareness Month – Here Are Useful Related Resources October is ADHD Awareness Month. You might be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ADHD.

October is ADHD Awareness Month – Here Are Useful Related Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/07/o...

The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

Crazy

you know this guy had to have made a huge number of enemies for oklahoma republicans to want to take him down (serves him right, he sucks)

Proud that Bread and Puppet was based at my alma mater, Goddard College, for four years

Literally been asking myself this question.

But affirmative action is the true enemy of meritocracy at elite schools…

Teachers Share More Ways to Engage AI in the Classroom (Opinion) Introduce AI as a minor step in assignments because it will be present regardless.

Teachers should introduce AI as a minor step in assignments because it will be present regardless. @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

What Frederick Douglass Learned in Ireland And what Ireland learned from him

This is pretty interesting ———What Frederick Douglass Learned in Ireland www.thefitzwilliam.com/p/what-frede...

CBS buys The Free Press website and installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News.

Right wingers seem to fail upward——-CBS buys The Free Press website and installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief apnews.com/article/cbs-...

In my ongoing series, "You can buy *that* with Arizona ESA funds?"

Small animal ultrasound, $779.99

Taxpayers are subsidizing pet pregnancy care while public schools scrape for basics.

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

Interest historical read, but woefully short on practical ideas for today & doesn’t really talk about community organizing potential——How to Save the American Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

PBS Video: “What Will Earth Be Like 300 Million Years From Now?” This is a pretty interesting video from PBS:

PBS Video: “What Will Earth Be Like 300 Million Years From Now?” larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/06/p...

Fannie Lou Hamer Was Born On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources It’s Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday! You might be interested in FANNIE LOU HAMER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917 – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES.

Fannie Lou Hamer Was Born On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/06/f...

NY Times Learning Network Begins Interesting Weekly Lessons On New Research Studies Science Practice is the title of a new weekly series of lesson plans at The NY Times Learning Network. Here’s how they introduce the series:   How did nonbird dinosaurs first come…

NY Times Learning Network Begins Interesting Weekly Lessons On New Research Studies larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/06/n...

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon apnews.com/article/nati...

wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

What disingenuous framing!

A post worth reading

So say it, Hegseth.

President Truman desegregated the military in 1948. That would be when the “wokeness” began, huh?

Say it.

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The president is trying to deploy military force against American citizens based on deranged fantasies bsky.app/profile/acyn...