<?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/2026/11/03/election-results-jeffco-schools-ballot-issue-5a-5b-mill-levy-override/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T23:50:16.059Z</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>2026-11-06T23:50:16.059Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Jeffco Public Schools Ballot Issue 5A failing by just 3 votes, preliminary election results show]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/OCD7F3BBGRG4HN4VWUFXIC25VU.jpg?auth=d6d3af0a5796920430ff4e6a8eef7eb6315fec41f4d71b082ba8f6143182d00a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7887&amp;height=5504</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Second graders start their day at Deane Elementary School in Lakewood in August 2022. Part of the revenue from a pair of mill levy overrides on the Nov. 3 ballot to benefit Jeffco Public Schools would go toward teacher pay increases.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/11/06/remembering-monica-rhor-for-her-storytelling-kindness-and-mentoring/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T23:02:09.443Z</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>2026-11-06T23:02:09.443Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Remembering Mónica Rhor: storyteller, mentor, mother, friend]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/ZAUNQGFXEFBUVKGDVLJZXBOJ6U.jpg?auth=85418a6a7251f897d7fd965cf9ed0f45cc847b211df484bbd78157b45b47d808&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2992&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former Chalkbeat story editor Mónica Rhor accepting an Ñ Award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists at a convention in Miami in 2018. Rhor passed away Nov. 1, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/11/03/colorado-amendment-87-tax-rate-change-2026-election-results/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T21:02:32.635Z</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>2026-11-06T21:02:32.635Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Election results: Colorado voters approve Amendment 87, strike down Proposition 136]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/RFSDYWIPSNAJRPORWDVXXRLJ6E.JPG?auth=cb187bad4403b24b460792baf53d5770562c46a4c630104702204dcfd0fa86b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2500&amp;height=1786</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Colorado voters approved Amendment 87 this week, agreeing to move Colorado from a flat tax rate to a graduated tax rate. The change is expected to raise billions for education and healthcare.  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2026/11/06/content-creators-seek-gun-violence-narrative-change/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T20:42:57.254Z</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>2026-11-06T20:42:57.254Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[A new coalition of student creators hopes content can stem violence among their peers]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/3YNL7ZL4IFGJNOPBYJWW6QRHGY.jpg?auth=80dcbdda5f45cf86644dc30b2c24e92ca4c929eee56f9b534a9fccf5d9241ba8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2667&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The first cohort of the UPenn Creators for Community Safety Institute, a year-old initiative that helps student activists craft anti-violence messaging through social media skits, rap songs, and other media, pose at their graduation this August.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2026/11/06/dpscd-michigan-state-university-partner-for-teachers-special-education-certification/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T20:39:59.95Z</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>2026-11-06T20:39:59.95Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Detroit needs more special education teachers. MSU partnership aims to help.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/VWZ6VKLDPRGHLI3NHT4GEYEDSU.JPG?auth=3f231df54bb6812dbb76bb1e8c8076bbae3a5aefec7e17d716e9b08f926140c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2500&amp;height=1666</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Detroit Public Schools Community District and Michigan State University have partnered to help district teachers earn certification in special education with an autism spectrum disorder credential.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2026/11/06/michigan-state-board-education-election-results/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T19:29:51.356Z</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>2026-11-06T19:29:51.356Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Michigan voters return Democrat incumbents to the State Board of Education]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/HS4IEZN5RBAVTNOVLQ5F35HBDI.jpg?auth=4d85d46a001a78a8d59b8cfc25c3665b44accea81735f999b8b6f76ef34b4d67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2800&amp;height=1881</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Michigan voters reelected Judith Pritchett, left, and Tiffany Tilley to the State Board of Education.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2026/11/06/most-school-district-tax-measures-pass-on-election-day/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T19:25:48.576Z</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>2026-11-06T19:25:48.576Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[School districts that lost Indiana tax referendums confront a tough question: What should we cut?]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/2JXWSEPZWJEARIGGJVXM7FMR4Q.jpg?auth=4e64f9d79e483ddc7715387f4504a9bf22d906ec828d04cef6b9ec9263d43e30&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1995</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[John and Thellin Gallagher help guide voters to the polls at Beech Grove High School on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Indianapolis. On Election Day, 38 school districts in Indiana proposed referendums. ]]></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>2026-11-06T18:33:15.794Z</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>2026-11-06T18:33:15.794Z</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/philadelphia/2026/11/05/pennsylvania-proposes-changing-math-and-reading-cut-scores/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T17:41:08.573Z</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>2026-11-06T17:41:08.573Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Philadelphia state test scores are months late. Now state officials want to change the cut scores.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/OMAQI4CWFJENRBSV35QSWDTQTU.JPG?auth=beafeb4b8bacd3591b101e04f745b42697eb6e3dfdfc8a52f17eb2434380436d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pennsylvania students took state math and reading tests this spring. Months later, state officials are proposing changes on how to score them.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2026/11/06/former-virtual-school-director-guilty-of-fraud-enrollment-scheme/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T16:10:23.182Z</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>2026-11-06T16:10:23.182Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Former Indiana Virtual School director found guilty of fraud in enrollment inflation scheme]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/NYQO2QSRPBATZG7DGQPTOTLYWE.jpg?auth=4b6eb1dde248a31c5c5013ac5679e199f9fd38648f74119753568d96776cbfd0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3433&amp;height=2289</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A view outside of Indiana Virtual School’s office, located in an office park at the northern edge of Marion County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/11/06/tennessee-election-could-affect-voucher-expansion/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T12:00:11.492Z</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>2026-11-06T12:00:11.492Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Did the Tennessee midterms complicate Marsha Blackburn’s voucher expansion plans?]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/TE2B7FAC7NBQFDQWTW4H4OVZOQ.jpg?auth=ed4ebcdce30653d2bd7b09ea868a5a18afcba1d3d2d9fdc4d0ec95786ba45a71&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2001</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Six Democrats flipped Republican-held seats in the Tennessee House this week, potentially narrowing GOP support for future private school voucher expansion.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/11/06/12-applicants-for-district-3-denver-school-board-vacancy-forum/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T04:24:46.518Z</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>2026-11-06T04:24:46.518Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[12 applicants for Denver school board vacancy talk about school closures, rebuilding trust]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/RDQ4J2TGSFG5LK6NN73CWIXIHM.jpg?auth=98ce00e3e36665862b818d23b036086be6ed40bd46ec2cdade20e6def6a11828&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2989&amp;height=2242</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The 12 applicants for a vacant seat on the Denver school board spoke at a forum Wednesday. The board is set to appoint a new member on Nov. 19.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/11/06/texas-dems-vowed-seismic-education-change-heres-how-schools-could-change-for-millions-of-students/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-06T01:55:58.376Z</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>2026-11-06T01:55:58.376Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Texas Dems vowed seismic education change. Here’s how schools could change for millions of students.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/IGIHA7TSLFB57OFFHBFBRD2AFQ.jpg?auth=903eda73d10e3aa5bbdf9f19dedcd6972300c9b967a56b93831b9b0083e46ecb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8368&amp;height=5583</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath takes a photo of high school students as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces a statewide push to establish conservative Turning Point USA chapters in Texas high schools. Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa has pledged to undo many of Morath's signature policies and wants a new schools chief. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>