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larryferlazzo.bsky.social
High School teacher for 22 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.
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$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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Is this as fun a game as it sounds like it could be? ------I Love This Scandinavian Yard Game (And I Don’t Even Have a Yard) | Wirecutter www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

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This is awful. Also, read the article to see how the school & community is organizing to support the student. Universities could learn from them ---- 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student detained by ICE, district officials say www.wcvb.com/article/milf...

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In a legislative session marked by political division and increasingly polarized rhetoric, the Texas Dream Act endured. The win affirms that all Texas high school graduates—regardless of immigration status—will continue to have access to higher education. immigrationimpact.com/2025/05/30/t...

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Stephen Miller said recently that American scientific achievement in the mid-20th century owed little to immigrants, given immigration quotas at the time. Someone should tell him that from 1945- 1974, 16 of the 30 U.S. winners of the Nobel in physics were immigrants www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

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“We’re closing the door on some of the filth read before the Committee over the past two years.” So these people haven’t read any books. He’s not even familiar with Romeo & Juliet, he admits. They’ve passed a whole book banning bill based on excerpts of books they heard in committee hearings.

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The Sumner caning story illustrates 2 community organizing principles- one, the action is in the reaction and, two, sometimes your opponent does your best organizing for you——-What we can learn from the senator who nearly died for democracy www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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One Tech Tip: Don't want chatbots using your conversations for AI training? Some let you opt out apnews.com/article/ai-g...

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Netflix announces premiere dates, plural, for the final season of ‘Stranger Things’ www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/e...

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The group OSB, which stands for One Strong Brotherhood, posts videos conquering a range of activities from puppy yoga to dance classes and pilates. Their goal is simple: break the mold of how people perceive young Black men.

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June 8th Is World Oceans Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/06/01/j...

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The Hajj Begins On Jun 4th – Here Are Related Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/06/01/t...

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New Study Reinforces My Experience Of Feeling That Having A Growth Mindset Makes Me A Better Teacher larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/06/01/n...

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Two refugee families. Two very different experiences under Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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Living to Die Well www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

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#PairedTexts 1. Actor and Broadway performer Patti LuPone's apology 2. Senator Jodi Ernst's apology bsky.app/profile/keit...

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My God, I just wrote several lines in cursive on a card for the first time in I don't know how many years, and it was surprisingly challenging.

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Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard’s fate, source says www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...

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Monday morning quarterbacks should give this a read. We are still learning about mortality & morbidity impacts of schooling & mitigation decisions.

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Repost with the five shows you would happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life as your sole TV diet Lost From Slow Horses The Office Saturday Night Live

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Or, thank you to the district assigned evaluator for your helpful comments, even though you don’t know me, my students or my school

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apnews.com/article/mass... Trump's education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban

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The Tulsa Race Massacre Happened 105 Years Today – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/31/t...

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NEWLY REVISED: The (Few) AI Tools I Use Regularly & How I Use Them larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/31/n...

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Commentator says his students now have a more difficult time handling long pieces to read, but do a much better job of recognizing patterns than students from years ago. What do you think? I'm not sure I see that ---On the decline of reading (from my email) - marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

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Was This The Biggest Teaching Mistake I Made This Year? larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/30/w...

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that’s right

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Today in class: “Are you mad, Mr. Ferlazzo?” “No, do I sound mad?” “Yeah, a little bit.” “It’s because he’s old. All old people are mad”

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This wild- the Fresno Supt says union leaders are maki a lot of personal attacks on her and peovides long list if them. However, all of the supposed attacks on her list were created by her comms chief using AI ——- abc30.com/post/misty-a...

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there is a lot to unpack here, none of it good

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‘Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free’ ——-Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke temporary legal status of 500,000 immigrants Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke temporary legal status of 500,000 immigrants www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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A perfect line for a thousand attack ads, which I hope will be successful

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Totally normal in a democracy.

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Just a reminder. You cannot meet white suprematists or bigots in the middle.

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Ed Tech Digest larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/30/e...

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Was This The Biggest Teaching Mistake I Made This Year? larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/30/w...

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Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/30/a...

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Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Schools blame tariffs for rising costs and supply woes www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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bsky.app/profile/did:... this great feed includes nearly 300 ELL educators. Let me know if u want to be added after you check to see if you’re already on it

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Oklahoma parents fight new curriculum on 2020 election ‘discrepancies’ www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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"how dare these so-called judges attempt to contain or 'check' another branch of government, as though the intent of the constitution was to somehow level or 'balance' federal power!" bsky.app/profile/atru...

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