<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/09/22/state-calls-for-audits-erboces-homeschool-enrichment/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T21:41:54.136Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T21:41:54.136Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Controversial Colorado education group and its largest homeschool enrichment program will be 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takeover lawsuit progresses]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/LC3RO3P7IZHCNGYVOLVW7IBAGI.jpg?auth=626146b5c775faf005139cef35bb0e365d1199f1d5116f64519cf5d26b3f249e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=729</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The new Memphis schools oversight board met only once, in June, before a federal judge temporarily blocked its takeover of the district.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2026/09/22/chronic-absenteeism-key-issue-in-dpscd-november-3-election/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T20:24:06.582Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T20:24:06.582Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[How Detroit school board candidates would address chronic absenteeism]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/OJMYEIH4TVFW5HYPHOC24ZSNNY.jpg?auth=321b6f605b20175a52218ab23783d4207062d0fbb8036f89d1d22655e0a32497&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2500&amp;height=1667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[With 60% of DPSCD students chronically absent, attendance is a key issue in the Nov. 3 school board election.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/09/22/nyc-high-school-journalism-enrollment-surge-along-with-funding/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T20:12:34.422Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T20:12:34.422Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[High school journalism expands in NYC, backed by new city 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USDA rolls out new programs]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/2Z5LMNCPKVB6PLETCLATLUY2RA.JPEG?auth=7dc847bf11724c984748291a588dbd309cdec06360b939ce67290daaa10512e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7372&amp;height=3886</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tennessee schools are still feeling the loss of Local Foods for Schools funding eliminated by the Trump administration in 2025. The U.S. Department of agriculture recently announced a new "Harvest to Hallways" initiative, which offers guidance and funding for equipment, among other things. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/05/22/list-how-to-get-into-college-without-applying-direct-admissions/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T18:06:41.512Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T18:06:41.512Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[List: See which Colorado colleges offer guaranteed admission to some high school graduates]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/PKTGS6T7S5EXXK3Y6756MZQXYM.jpg?auth=81a1f3127ce8593dbb6ebb149a692dcf3d454ef136cfb6bf0997474361cd178d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2340&amp;height=1560</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Colorado School of Mines is among the colleges and universities offering guaranteed admission to some high school graduates.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2026/09/22/indianapolis-middle-school-uses-peer-mediation-to-cut-student-suspensions/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T17:00:03.97Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T17:00:03.97Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[At this Indianapolis middle school, student mediators help drive down suspensions]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/H6V5TYAYSVATFPNWQAS2AYV6WE.jpg?auth=2a899b2456d1ac0ba5a10f8e334f5f180aa97d77dec9b2de329ef9eb9a485e53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2252&amp;height=1658</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Peer mediators at H.L. Harshman Middle School in Indianapolis resolve a conflict between their peers under the supervision of Grover Edwards, who leads the program.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/09/22/nyc-refuses-to-close-small-high-school-amid-declining-enrollment-high-costs/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T14:04:42.258Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T14:04:42.258Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[From 3,000 students to about 90: Inside the decades-long failure to fix or close NYC’s smallest high school]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/7ORCAYSYTRBWHKXR6NFCS4TISA.jpg?auth=d061dc33b5987dde54ca27e7712b7815a47d2878ec8993722d3c192679865f72&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2667&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Murry Bergtraum High School Campus in lower Manhattan, once home to a single school with roughly 3,000 students, now houses four schools. Its original school has shrunk to around 90 students.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/09/22/chicago-public-schools-board-president-candidate-victor-henderson-defends-discipline/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T11:00:05.813Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T11:00:05.813Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Chicago school board candidate defends disciplining his kids, says school staff ‘should never use corporal punishment’]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/6WBEYX3PRVALZI3JWHVWVOAFOA.jpg?auth=bcde647f9fb21653e57bc3f998f26aa410cb9543195280e2c7e053302e5ab57c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney Victor Henderson spoke at a Chicago school board president candidate forum at McCutcheon Elementary earlier this month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/09/21/larimer-county-program-sales-tax-child-care-aid/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T01:58:17.433Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T01:58:17.433Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[After more than two years waiting for childcare aid, one Colorado family gets help]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/COM2GAE4NVFVDANU3S5RAGJLCU.jpg?auth=31ed61baa371b70fce4b1d5c265438dd52799f46369168716e820fad5f993508&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3014&amp;height=2228</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Stormi and Riley Kujawa recently learned they'll receive financial help with childcare for their 1-year-old daughter Presley. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/09/22/sat-act-research-on-test-optional-college-admissions/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-22T01:28:17.706Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chalkbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-22T01:28:17.706Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Here’s what happens when colleges make the SAT optional]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/JT5LL5QAEFBD5APZWBAYLMLG3Q.jpg?auth=5fd37f159831e27fed985d445788ab34d333447c0a7aa8bb7303c5544962908c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3001&amp;height=2226</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Melville, N.Y.: Close-up of a pencil on a page of an SAT college entrance exam preparation book, taken on Aug. 6, 2017 in Melville, New York. 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