Yehiri Gonzalez first heard about a new program to shepherd Chicago students into teaching careers at the height of the pandemic. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she had spoken little English in the early grades and struggled to keep up, at one point leaning on a tutor who came to the shelter where she had stayed for a time. She credits growing as a student and getting into the highly selective Lane Tech College Prep High School to finding peers and educators who shared and understood he...| ELL News
After cutting various federal resources for English language acquisition, Trump is also pushing to eliminate all K-12 funding for it. Congress is split on the idea so far. Supporters say such work should be left to states. Critics allege the move would hurt students and schools in general.| Chalkbeat
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
There’s no school closure list yet, but school district officials want to hear from families.| 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
An asbestos crisis closed their school. But Frankford High School students refused to draw the curtain on their plans to perform Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In The Heights.”| Chalkbeat
Philadelphia school district leaders say more damaged asbestos will likely be identified in schools in the coming weeks and months, amid worries that previous inspection reports were inaccurate. But they’ve presented no long-term plan for what they intend to do with displaced students if or when schools close.| Chalkbeat
City officials are alleging that Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington failed to fully inform families and others about the scope of the asbestos problem in school buildings. They also say the district’s budget could take a hit if the city doesn’t receive a remediation plan quickly.| Chalkbeat
The district’s chief operating officer said the new plan would help provide more communication about school closures that parents have been demanding. Asbestos remediation has closed seven schools since the start of the last school year.| Chalkbeat
Black students and those with disabilities remain much more likely to be suspended compared with their white and Asian American peers.| Chalkbeat
English scores fell slightly more in districts that adopted new reading curriculums, though experts cautioned against sweeping conclusions about the city’s literacy overhaul.| Chalkbeat
The data comes as state education officials are engaged in a multi-year effort to rethink high school graduation requirements.| Chalkbeat
The reforms are among the mayor’s most aggressive efforts yet to address stark racial disparities that often ensnare students of color in the criminal justice system or at suspension centers.| Chalkbeat
Recent studies on the topic provide some of the strongest evidence yet.| 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
The five-year plan has been anticipated for months, after the Chicago Board of Education signaled in December that it would use the plan, in part, to rethink the district’s school choice system.| Chalkbeat
CPS, like other districts across the nation, has long reported academic disparities between Black students — who make up 35% of the school system — and their peers.| 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
The federal government is barred by law from mandating what curriculum schools use. But Trump’s order about “discriminatory equity ideology” and “gender ideology” indicates he wants to use his administration’s power to influence how schools teach about hot-button issues like racism and gender identity.| Chalkbeat
Here’s what research really says.| 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
“A new mayor might not want to do any of it,” one parent leader said.| 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
Philadelphia teachers say a policy that can impose escalating punishments for teachers who take non-consecutive sick days is unfair and makes the district less attractive to work in. But the district says its focus is on encouraging teachers to have good attendance.| Chalkbeat
The three-year agreement will need to be ratified by union members before going to the school board for a vote.| Chalkbeat
Kids in the Detroit Public Schools Community District and many others across Michigan will head back to the classroom next week.| Chalkbeat
Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization committed to covering one of America's most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children.| Chalkbeat
Indiana lawmakers increased state aid to schools but also approved changes that will slash property tax revenue for school districts. District leaders are still trying to figure out how students, teachers, and others will be affected.| Chalkbeat
The 103 public schools within IPS borders operate within different building arrangements that pose a complex challenge for the ILEA.| Chalkbeat
The Education Department rescinded 2015 guidance spelling out the educational rights of English learners and requirements for schools to provide translation services for parents.| 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 union cites a lack of support for students who fall behind and the speed with which teachers need to get through the curriculum.| 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
Four of the seven Denver school board seats are up for election Nov. 4.| 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
Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization committed to covering one of America's most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children.| Chalkbeat
School cell phone bans are spreading. But a recent National Parents Union survey shows emergencies like a recent school shooting in Georgia is a top parental concern about such prohibitions. Some have devised workarounds.| Chalkbeat
I sometimes felt out of place at my Ivy League School. Here’s how I found my way.| Chalkbeat
The education department plans to rely more heavily on outside organizations to train teachers in the midst of a new curriculum mandate.| Chalkbeat
In the next two years, all NYC elementary schools will be required to overhaul literacy instruction.| Chalkbeat
Nearly every NYC superintendent has zeroed in on the same reading curriculum: Into Reading from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.| Chalkbeat
Balanced literacy and word guessing are out. Phonics, science, and social studies are in.| Chalkbeat
Data obtained by THE CITY and Chalkbeat reveal for the first time how deeply enmeshed the Teachers College curriculum has become in classrooms serving the city’s youngest students — and how difficult it could be to unwind.| Chalkbeat
Facing a growing number of tiny schools, Banks indicated a wave of school consolidations are on the table.| Chalkbeat
Schools Chancellor David Banks called the results “encouraging,” though state officials have warned against comparing the tests to prior years.| Chalkbeat
The announcement represents a significant victory for parents who have long been frustrated with the city’s inability to educate many struggling readers| Chalkbeat
“Phase two is going to be harder than phase one,” one literacy expert said.| Chalkbeat
“We’re talking about life and death,” said one parent, “and this legislature has basically done nothing.”| Chalkbeat
“If more guns in more places made us safer, we’d be the safest state on the planet, and we’re not,” said Jason Sparks, a Nashville parent who opposes legislation that would let some teachers carry a concealed handgun.| Chalkbeat
Gov. Bill Lee is proposing sweeping changes to enhance school safety across Tennessee, requiring all K-12 public schools to keep their exterior doors locked, or risk losing escalating amounts of state funding with each violation.| 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
No — students are still far behind, concludes a new study from NWEA.| 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
When families are separated, “you’re responsible for how do these kids get home and who takes care of them,” said one superintendent in Mississippi.| Chalkbeat
A 1966 federal program pays to support migrant students in and out of the classroom, but this current wave of students isn’t eligible.| Chalkbeat
The Education Department is holding back funding previously approved by Congress for teacher training, English learners, migrant education, and after-school programming. Advocates worry the Trump administration is improperly circumventing federal lawmakers to carry out its policy agenda.| 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
Many migrant families in shelters might not know the rights their children have to district-provided transportation — or even that they can remain in the same school despite moving — because schools might not be informing them.| Chalkbeat
More than 5,000 new English learners enrolled in Chicago schools last year. With the first day of school rapidly approaching, a Chalkbeat analysis found a complicated picture of bilingual staffing resources at the district.| Chalkbeat
The district had already announced that it wouldn’t be able to expand busing to general education students for the rest of this semester.| 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
President Donald Trump has ended a decades-old policy that led federal agents to avoid making immigration arrests at schools. Some districts have vowed to shield their immigrant students and families from such a change.| 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
“To my knowledge, this is the first independent school shooting in the state of Tennessee.”| 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
“We’re being asked to start something without really knowing what it should look like,” one teacher said.| Chalkbeat
This year, more than 260 schools are using Illustrative Math for Algebra I, while receiving extra coaching, professional development, and supervision from the Education Department.| 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
