Torres asked federal officials why Dylan was detained, how it serves the public interest, and whether he has access to counsel and medical care in detention.| Chalkbeat
The interactive site gave parents and others crucial information about schools’ heating, cooling, roofs, and more. The district said it is looking into the website’s issues.| Chalkbeat
Since 2018, over one-third of gun homicides involving Indianapolis youth have involved social media in some form. When school classmates can watch each other fighting over Instagram, it can lead to anger, a desire for revenge, and violent consequences.| Chalkbeat
Capping enrollment is one of the only ways that some of New York City’s most crowded schools can make progress toward meeting a state class size law.| Chalkbeat
“Si personas tienen miedo de ir al hospital si están enfermas o miedo de llevar a sus hijos a la escuela, esto puede tener impactos devastadores en toda la comunidad”, dijo un portavoz del alcalde.| Chalkbeat
Los distritos escolares de Denver y Aurora y la red de escuelas charter de DSST han compartido detalles sobre cómo deben responder sus líderes si agentes de inmigración se aparecen o solicitan información.| Chalkbeat
Steve Joel said the day immigration authorities raided his community turned into the longest 24 hours of his career as he worked to help students whose parents had been detained. As Donald Trump prepares for a second term, Joel shared lessons about how districts can prepare for such events.| Chalkbeat
Outgoing Superintendent Jeff Butts talks about immigrant students, school calendars, and more over his 15 years leading the district. He will step down from his role this winter.| Chalkbeat
El arresto —el primer caso conocido de detención por parte de ICE de un estudiante en curso de una escuela pública de Nueva York durante el segundo mandato de Trump— sacudió a la comunidad estrechamente unida de su high school en el Bronx.| Chalkbeat
Four of the seven board seats are up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election.| Chalkbeat
Contract negotiations with the school district are moving “more slowly” than union leadership wants, but the district is facing a growing budget deficit and financial uncertainty from the state and federal government.| Chalkbeat
Kids in the Detroit Public Schools Community District and many others across Michigan will head back to the classroom next week.| Chalkbeat
The 103 public schools within IPS borders operate within different building arrangements that pose a complex challenge for the ILEA.| Chalkbeat
Carl Thomas, a teacher at KIPP SPARK Academy, reflected on his own “love/hate” relationship with school growing up and how it helps inform his approach to students today.| Chalkbeat
Superintendents in Dearborn and Harrison districts, as well as the former state superintendent in Virginia, are finalists to replace the retiring Michael Rice| Chalkbeat
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance is slated to host four more public meetings in the fall and winter, on top of three others that the group had already opened to the public. The panel will focus primarily on making transportation and facilities more efficient for city schools.| Chalkbeat
The new curriculum is the grade-level math that my Algebra I students should be doing. When given the chance, so many rise to the occasion.| Chalkbeat
Michigan schools have posted lackluster achievement results. Can these candidates for the state superintendent job change that?| Chalkbeat
The Tennessee Department of Education has released school-level results for its state test, TCAP, and end-of-course exams students completed last spring. Look up your school’s results on Chalkbeat Tennessee’s interactive tool.| Chalkbeat
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance will craft recommendations for school transportation and facilities and consider issues like whether to close schools. The city’s education landscape has become more complicated as charter schools have grown.| Chalkbeat
Most Democratic governors have yet to say whether they will opt their states into the new voucher-like scheme backed by federal tax credits. One advocate likened the situation to making lemonade out of lemons ‘shoved down our throat.’| Chalkbeat
Though more students are seeking mental health help through the New Jersey Statewide Student Support Service, funding for the program will remain flat for the 2025-26 school year, the third since its inception.| Chalkbeat
I sometimes felt out of place at my Ivy League School. Here’s how I found my way.| Chalkbeat
“Phase two is going to be harder than phase one,” one literacy expert said.| Chalkbeat
As the House advanced a property tax reform bill that projections indicate would slash revenue for school districts, the Senate proposed a budget that doesn’t include universal school vouchers and would cut funding for virtual schools.| Chalkbeat
Ditching after-school tutoring programs or cutting lesser-used reading and math apps are two ways schools could find money to put toward in-school tutoring.| Chalkbeat
A disruption to families’ daily routines had a notable effect on student test scores in the wake of COVID, even in school districts that only shut down in-person learning for a short time, according to a new report from researchers at Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and the testing group NWEA.| Chalkbeat
"This is a bully bill," said one opponent. The version that cleared the House Education Committee would allow districts to charge families tuition for students who aren’t in the country legally.| Chalkbeat
In total, Colorado hasn’t received about $70 million in federal education funds after the Trump administration refused to release billions in K-12 dollars on July 1.| Chalkbeat
Los Angeles district officials are taking steps to ensure immigrant families feel safe attending graduation. One grandmother said she wouldn’t let her fear stop her from witnessing the culmination of all her sacrifices.| Chalkbeat
Amid increased immigration enforcement and punitive federal policies, some students are changing their college plans, staying closer to home, and prioritizing community.| Chalkbeat
In a friend-of-the-court brief, city lawyers argued that arresting immigrants after court hearings would prevent them from using the court system.| Chalkbeat
The district is releasing its long-awaited plan to improve Black students’ outcomes days after the Trump administration warned districts they could lose federal funding over race-based initiatives.| Chalkbeat
“If individuals are scared to go to the hospital if they’re sick or scared to take their children to school, it can have devastating impacts on the entire community,” a mayoral spokesperson said.| Chalkbeat
The Denver and Aurora school districts and the DSST charter network have shared details about how building leaders should respond if immigration agents show up or request information.| Chalkbeat
A new executive order directs the U.S. Department of Education to prioritize vouchers and other alternatives in its own grants and find ways for states to tap other federal money that currently flows to public schools.| Chalkbeat
President-elect Trump has picked the the co-chair of his transition team to lead the education department. She has little experience in education and may be asked to dismantle the agency.| Chalkbeat
‘They thought no one would miss him. That was a mistake.’ Now, this Bronx school community is rallying around a student detained by ICE.| Chalkbeat
In a new “habeas corpus” filing, the lawyers for Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained by ICE, claim immigration officials violated his due process rights.| Chalkbeat
Philadelphia’s public schools have been plagued by environmental issues, including lead, mold, and asbestos. The district is now under investigation by the Department of Justice over required asbestos inspections and repairs.| Chalkbeat
As several politicians called for the release of the Bronx student arrested by ICE, one voice was notably more muted: Mayor Eric Adams’.| Chalkbeat
A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.| Chalkbeat
Families at three New York City migrant shelters said scores of kids have stayed home since Donald Trump took office out of fear of immigration enforcement| Chalkbeat
Some students with disabilities in NYC public schools are serving longer suspensions — sometimes by several weeks — than legally allowed, a problem that disproportionately affects Black students.| Chalkbeat
What do the new curriculums look like? How do caregivers know if they’re working? And what should you do if your child continues to struggle?| Chalkbeat
The Cold Spring School joined the IPS Innovation Network nearly a decade ago. The state charter board also approved the merger of two other Indianapolis schools on Thursday.| Chalkbeat
The Trump administration’s executive order calling to take action against states with in-state tuition programs for undocumented students creates even more uncertainty for students without legal status across the country.| Chalkbeat
The announcement from the districts comes in the final days of a legislative session that could carry a huge financial hit for schools statewide.| Chalkbeat
In hard-hit communities, student test scores fell regardless of their background. Although students have rebounded surprisingly well from COVID, they’re making uneven progress, a new analysis says.| Chalkbeat
Officials ignored a Bronx principal who raised alarms over lack of school police. Then a student was stabbed.| Chalkbeat
The Education Department has never withheld funds as the result of a civil rights investigation. Will that remain true?| Chalkbeat
A Dear Colleague letter threatened the federal funding of schools with a wide range of DEI practices.| Chalkbeat
Colorado State University Fort Collins has become the epicenter of a debate in Colorado about how to respond to the Trump administration’s DEI directives.| Chalkbeat
Legal experts said an Education Department letter goes much further than the actual law in limiting how schools and colleges can consider race. Common practices that are part of diversity initiatives could be targeted.| Chalkbeat
University officials say the Trump administration’s decision will cause Colorado to lose much more than funding and have a “crushing effect” on the state’s health care system, ability to develop cures and practices that save lives, and economy.| Chalkbeat
Gov. Bill Lee is pushing for a major revision to Tennessee charter school law to create ways for operators to apply directly to a state commission for authorization.| Chalkbeat
The lawsuit was filed a week after raids on apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora caused fear among students and families.| Chalkbeat
Praising the Trump administration as leading a “revival of our nation’s founding principles,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called for K-12 civics education that emphasizes American exceptionalism.| Chalkbeat
The Safe2Tell program has piloted the “handle with care” designation at several districts across the state.| Chalkbeat
The president wants DEI out and school choice in. But it will take time to see just how much his executive orders about education change classrooms and schools.| Chalkbeat
Tennessee students held their ground on a major national test in a year when average student test scores declined nationwide.| Chalkbeat
The National Assessment for Educational Progress results show a dispiriting and growing gap between students who are academic stand-outs and those who struggle. Reading scores also fell. But fourth grade math was a bright spot.| Chalkbeat
U.S. math scores dropped sharply in 2023 on a major international assessment, even as fourth graders posted higher scores in more than a dozen countries.| Chalkbeat
Many states have struggled to distribute benefits from Summer EBT — also known as SUN Bucks — on time. That’s led to confusion and anxiety amid high grocery prices. “I’m actually fighting to sustain my family,” one parent said. “They let us down.”| Chalkbeat
Education has taken a back seat in the presidential campaign but has proved a potent motivator for conservative voters.| Chalkbeat
Like school districts across the country, Memphis has known federal pandemic funds are ending. But communication of job changes put Feagins and the school board at odds.| Chalkbeat
In the end, the gulf between competing school voucher bills in Tennessee’s legislature was just too wide.| Chalkbeat
Marie Feagins is expected to start as Memphis’ schools superintendent this summer, two years after former Superintendent Joris Ray departed in scandal.| Chalkbeat
The special legislative session made it look easy, but the embrace of school vouchers was never a foregone conclusion.| Chalkbeat
The conservative think tank with ties to Trump says it’s time to reconsider Plyler, the Supreme Court decision that said schools can’t charge tuition based on immigration status.| Chalkbeat
