Politics & Policy
The TEDxCU club at the University of Colorado Boulder felt it needed to change plans after the September Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley University.
Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.
Nearly 2 million people in Pennsylvania rely on federal food stamps, including around 472,000 Philly residents.
Florida school districts are eyeing school closures and selling spots in classes to homeschool students as enrollment declines.
The current city council president will be the city’s first female mayor.
Colorado voted on two ballot measures that would fund free universal school meals. Both passed.
Colorado voted on whether to approve two ballot measures that fund free universal school meals. Both passed.
Democrat Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey’s gubernatorial election, delivering a sharp rebuke to Republicans.
When it comes to NYC public schools, Zohran Mamdani wants to end mayoral control as well as focus more on helping homeless students and students with disabilities.
Enrollment fell by about 22,000 students, or 2.4%, this year. The city will not claw back more than $250 million from schools with fewer students than projected.
Two federal judges ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration will be required to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through the government shutdown. But the administration has yet to comment.
There have been some Southern success stories, though we’re still figuring out what drove them.
This new section at Chalkbeat, led by Matt Barnum, will focus on explaining, examining, and elevating ideas about the policy, politics, and practice of American education.
New York City’s next mayor will oversee the nation’s largest school system. Here’s where the candidates stand on mayoral control, class sizes, selective admissions, and more.
The candidates' visions for education could shape the future of Newark Public Schools and carry significant weight for the district, five years after it regained local control.
Researchers found modest test score increases in a Florida school district after the state banned phones in schools. Suspensions also rose.
New York City schools are leading the green revolution, generating 80% of municipal solar power. A new federal law threatens the future of school solar projects.
Only a few top officials remain in the office that oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the employees union said.
Nearly everyone below the director level in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is set to lose their job, an employee union said.
Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has reignited the debate over gifted and talented in NYC. New data reveals the program is becoming more diverse, but challenges remain.