Trump Administration
Will schools have to proactively notify parents about student gender identity decisions, or could they wait for parents to ask? Those and other questions are still up in the air.
A school board policy would be more prominent and harder to change than the superintendent policies that already exist. But a board member worried about giving families false comfort.
Gov. Jared Polis wants Colorado to participate in the federal education tax-credit program. Democratic lawmakers opposed to the idea want rules on how the program operates in the state.
A report calls for doing more to connect research to classroom practice. Will the Education Department act on it?
Cuts to the Education Department’s data collection offices mean there’s even less information about important school safety questions.
Meanwhile, the Denver school board is debating its own policy that would similarly bar ICE agents from school property without a warrant.
Raiza Contreras, mother of the first NYC public school student detained by ICE, will attend the SOTU as Chuck Schumer’s guest to protest immigration enforcement.
The Education Department has used a series of interagency agreements to move important functions to other agencies as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the department.
The Department of Justice is investigating whether parents can take their kids out of classes with “gender ideology” lessons.
Minnesota superintendents say their districts feel the effects of immigration enforcement every day. They’re suing the Department of Homeland Security to restore ‘sensitive locations’ protections.
Hundreds of students walked out of class to speak against ICE last week leaving schools to strike a balance between student expression and student safety.
A libertarian-leaning advocacy group has persuaded more than two dozen Illinois counties and townships to place a nonbinding question on next month’s primary ballot supporting a new federal tax-credit scholarship program backed by the Trump administration.
McMahon’s visit drew opposition — and some support — from people in the school community over the direction of the Trump administration.
ICE may not be conducting large-scale raids inside schools. But agents are getting close to schools, leaving a mark on students across the country.
More than 1,000 Denver teachers called out of work Friday, with some joining students to march around the Colorado Capitol on a day of nationwide protests.
Aurora Public Schools and the Commerce City-based Adams 14 district both serve large populations of immigrant students.
Critics of aggressive immigration enforcement tactics say they’re profoundly damaging students’ ability to learn and feel safe, and they're calling on Congress to act.
Iowa is the first state to get new funding flexibility from the Education Department. More states could follow — with much bigger asks.
Chalkbeat identified 60 schools that likely took in the largest shares of migrant students from 2022 to 2024. Their enrollment has fallen by 11% this year, according to preliminary data.
A growing number of Colorado university faculty assemblies have asked their campus leaders to consider banding together to defend against the Trump administration.