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Dan Weisberg said it could take eight years for the city’s curriculum mandates to pay off. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the layoffs are a first step toward eliminating the department. However, a lawsuit challenging the staff cuts can proceed in the lower courts. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/14/us-…
After seven years without assigning A-F grades, the state has a new proposed framework to begin grading schools again. chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…
CPS school board moves to make more students eligible for accelerated learning chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…
As students head back to school this fall, they may encounter ultrasound videos in sex education class and notice fewer mentions of DEI. Both changes are due to new laws from the Statehouse. chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…
The funding delay had schools scrambling to figure out how they might fill an unexpected budget gap, and some after-school programs abruptly closed. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/25/tru…
Charter schools, microschools, and other kinds of schools that aren’t considered underperforming could benefit. chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…
Rocky Mountain Prep says it will conduct a nationwide search for its next CEO. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…
DPSCD confirmed that Traci Ricks withdrew her application on Wednesday, as questions were raised about the use of ChatGPT in the application materials attributed to her. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…
The district said it is still facing a driver shortage, which contributed to reduced busing for students in recent years. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…
Philly school district officials have promised that their plan to close some schools and modernize others will be informed by data. But some principals and community members say the numbers and information the district has presented are lacking. chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…
A new law requires NJ public schools to provide parents with a written statement of items to be discussed at an annual Individualized Education Program meeting before it takes place. chalkbeat.org/newark/2025/07…
DPSCD confirmed that Traci Ricks withdrew her application on Wednesday, as questions were raised about the use of ChatGPT in the application materials attributed to her. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…
40 NYC campuses will get 5,000 free after-school seats starting this fall chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for election on Nov. 4. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…
Safety is a serious issue for young people in Detroit. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…
Summer Boismier told her students about digital library cards. That put her teaching career and livelihood on hold. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/25/okl…
"School violence is often just seen as student to student. We need to expand that definition to include student to staff,” one former principal said. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…
Shelby County commissioners are considering acting under a new Tennessee law that would allow them to reset five school board seat elections for 2026, which would effectively cut short school board terms two years early. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2025…
Rocky Mountain Prep says it will conduct a nationwide search for its next CEO. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…