Erica Meltzer

Erica Meltzer

National Editor

Erica Meltzer is National Editor at Chalkbeat, where she covers education policy and politics. Erica was a founding editor of the local news site Denverite. Before that, she covered everything from housing and energy policy to crime and courts for newspapers in three states. She served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. Reach her at: emeltzer@chalkbeat.org.

Debates about what teachers can say — and what they should say — have intensified as GOP officials seek consequences for some who’ve commented about Kirk’s death on social media.

A nationwide injunction means the Trump administration cannot require Head Start providers to check children’s immigration status.

The scores for 12th graders suggest fewer students are ready for college-level work, even as more students said they had been admitted to a four-year college.

More students are scoring below the basic level on a key national test and fewer students are proficient. The test results come as the Trump administration has cut funding for science education.

One advocate likened a governor’s potential strategy to making lemonade out of lemons that will be ‘shoved down our throat.’

The public education advocates aim to support "center-left" candidates and back public school choice policy. But they may face an uphill battle in states like Tennessee, where an entrenched Republican supermajority wields a recent voucher program victory.

Supporters hoped Schwinn’s education experience would complement Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s background in business and administration. But cultural conservatives in Tennessee criticized her support for social and emotional learning and certain reading materials.

El retraso en la financiación obligó a las escuelas a buscar la manera de cubrir un déficit presupuestario inesperado, y algunos programas extraescolares cerraron repentinamente.

The funding delay had schools scrambling to figure out how they might fill an unexpected budget gap, and some after-school programs abruptly closed.

Nearly three-quarters of superintendents in a recent survey said they have to make critical decisions about staff and programs by Aug. 15 or sooner.