<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2026/10/20/school-district-enrollment-falls-by-2500-students/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-20T20:55:10.714Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/EIPRH4F7UNDNTF2LRLJ3YFXU7I.JPG?auth=799e770f81d298ed855c41028dd82011e0cd1582e070ea3dd88b45a0eaeb9dfe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Students line up on a staircase at the Alexander K. McClure School on the first day of school in Philadelphia on Aug. 24, 2026. Preliminary district data shows enrollment dropped by about 2,500 students this year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/10/19/colorado-approves-first-round-of-workforce-pell-applications/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-20T15:32:08.68Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/ZPTHHHKE5JAIXPDNIKEQXRGZSY.jpg?auth=d17349b39c61857a9cf10bd0f945fdeadcef540a5a0a17d23480a253e6acdd19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1366&amp;height=911</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Kendall Bingenheimer, 35, right, draws blood from Areli Arreola, 20, left, while instructor Megan Murch looks on during a phlebotomy class at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. ACC students enrolled in the class could soon use Pell grants to pay for the 15-week program.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>