The city Education Department hasn’t launched a systemwide effort to help families at risk of losing SNAP. But many schools are coming up with their own plans.
Students are relying on TikTok to stay informed about this year’s mayoral election. At Mamdani’s and Cuomo’s alma maters, students are largely rooting for Mamdani.
Board member John Youngquist said that while he understands he can do better, the accusations were “a personal and professional attack” meant to damage his credibility.
“We have also been working since July to get the zoning corrected and are optimistic that will happen soon,” said the school’s executive director.
Turning the Office of Racial Equity into the Office of Strategic Educational Excellence follows attacks on DEI from the Trump administration and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun.
Union members who spoke outside the capitol Wednesday advocated for taxing the ultra-wealthy to dedicate more funding to K-12 schools through the evidence-based formula and support a more equitable system for funding public universities in the state.
The city Education Department hasn’t launched a systemwide effort to help families at risk of losing SNAP. But many schools are coming up with their own plans.
Across Michigan, Black and Hispanic students, as well as those from low-income homes, have less access to career and technical education programs
Developed with The New York Times’s Headway Initiative, Chalkbeat Philly is launching a new project to report on gun violence through the prism of schools and education.
MSCS educators say fewer students are showing up to class due to fear of encountering ICE agents while traveling to and from buildings.
The deal is contingent on whether the district can successfully petition the city to rezone the property for special commercial use.
The ad is about Denver school board candidate Amy Klein Molk and her former educational technology company, Beanstalk.
Officials from the Denver area school that employed the teacher said she was authorized to work in the United States.
Local educators say Hispanic students and parents are afraid to leave their homes and risk detainment. Some want the district to offer more support.
The payment to a city pension fund would be contingent on the district receiving the record tax dollars boost that Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed.
After a COVID-era slump, Tennessee’s graduation rate has improved for a third consecutive year. In total, 69 districts in the state had graduation rate increases this year.
There have been some Southern success stories, though we’re still figuring out what drove them.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign convened education advocates to discuss mayoral control, school safety, charter schools, and more.
The Denver school board is set to meet Wednesday to discuss the full report.
The commission secured just enough votes Monday to overturn the mayor’s decision. That means five school board members will serve only half of their allotted terms.
The lieutenant governor was out door-knocking in Avon, urging voters to reject a referendum to fund teachers and school programming. However, Avon schools says the district has the support of people who live in the community.
Over 50 schools will receive technology that will directly alert 911 services in cases of an active shooter, the Adams administration announced on Monday.
The city has used a beverage tax to help pay for its free pre-K program since 2017. But labor and business groups have been opposed to the funding mechanism.
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The city has used a beverage tax to help pay for its free pre-K program since 2017. But labor and business groups have been opposed to the funding mechanism.
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for grabs on Nov. 4.
Johnston is backing candidates Alex Magaña, Mariana del Hierro, Caron Blanke, and Timiya Jackson.
Many of the pieces of art, some of which date back to the 1890s, once hung in IPS schools that are now closed.
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.
The 240 new free child care seats are part of a $10 million pilot program to expand access, regardless of families’ income levels.
New property tax laws are expected to put pressure on schools’ long-term budgets, raising the stakes in next month’s elections.
‘It would give families real power’: What if rights for students with disabilities covered everyone?
If schools were legally required to provide an adequate education for all kids, they might radically overhaul and improve their instruction, 2 researchers say.
The Ecuadorian teen was legally in the U.S. under a special status for at-risk juveniles, which under prior administrations shielded a young person from deportation until they could apply for a green card.
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.
At a session on district approaches to equity training during the Council of Great City Schools conference on Friday, León said leadership teams help identify challenges in the city’s public schools.
Chris Gdowski is a graduate of Adams 12 schools.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King said the district cannot provide virtual learning without an emergency declaration from the state’s governor.
A potential name change for Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy might include flipping the order of the names.
Cuatro puestos de los siete en total en el consejo escolar de Denver están en juego estas elecciones del 4 de noviembre.
The student was arrested during a protest and was later released, according to elected officials.
About 1,800 schools participate in Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program, which offers students free breakfast and lunch.
A Memphis lawmaker wants Tennessee voters to be able to recall local elected officials, including school boards, as an “accountability” measure.
District officials told board members that enrollment is down across grades, all school types, and in neighborhoods across the city.
When a parent is detained by ICE, schools are often the first place that family members left behind turn for help.