“​​There would be a civil rights lawsuit.” www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/23/t...

"The Trump administration demanded that New York City scrap policies designed to protect transgender students by Tuesday evening or it will discontinue millions in grant funding earmarked for magnet schools." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

"Jessica Chock-Goldman spotted about 20 students huddled in the courtyard during lunch. Her first thought: a student had smuggled in a cellphone. ... She approached the group and made a surprising discovery. They were marveling at a baby bird." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

This is my last week at the Wall Street Journal. I'll be returning to Chalkbeat to launch a new section focused on the big ideas and debates in American education. More on this soon! You can sign up to keep following my work here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...

"A day after families and leaders from over 200 charter schools marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, powerful state lawmakers demanded an investigation into the event, saying they believed it was an inappropriate political rally." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

Indiana teachers could have their licenses suspended or revoked for posts about Charlie Kirk: www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...

"The Trump administration says it will withhold some federal funding from Chicago Public Schools." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

"Districts are spending less time on professional development to help teachers guide students through discussions of contentious issues ... In 2018, more than half of school districts in politically mixed areas conducted such training. By 2022, it was just a third." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/17/c...

“This unjust detention has frustrated and paralyzed my education and effort momentarily,” Dylan said. “But it won’t make me give up on working hard toward my educational goals.” www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025... via @chalkbeat.org

She believes undocumented immigrants may be taking seats from citizens like her son. “Are you going to go out and treat all of your coworkers to lobster and champagne … and come home and tell your child, ‘Oh sorry, I don’t have food for you’?” www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/15/t... via @chalkbeat.org

The Ed Department cancelations jeopardize more than $30 million worth of federally funded efforts in 14 states to help educators better serve students with disabilities. 1/2 www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #specialeducation #teachers Story by @marklieberman.bsky.social

"Testing officials estimate that 33% of students from the class of 2024 were ready for college-level math, down from 37% in 2019, even as more students said they intended to go to college." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/09/n...

“That little kid got murk’d, I had to put him on a shirt,” Wells sang, referencing slang for murder, according to the affidavit. “I shot his body, made him twerk.” www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...

"Migrant students brought a modest enrollment boost the past two years ... With migrant family arrivals to Chicago waning and an immigration crackdown under the second Trump administration, that reprieve in enrollment losses appears to have been temporary." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

"To several education advocates and observers, the response underscored that Mamdani has largely stuck to broad promises to invest in schools rather than advancing detailed ideas." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

The Trump administration won’t be handing out any blue ribbons to schools this year. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/04/b... #edusky

The National Blue Ribbon Schools program is no more: www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/04/b...

"The mayor has pressed the district to make the payment and borrow, and Thursday’s vote made for a surprise repudiation from a board on which he appeared to hold sway." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

All-gender restroom at Denver’s East High School violates Title IX, Trump administration finds: www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, Chalkbeat spoke with five New Orleans educators about surviving the storm, teaching in Katrina’s wake, and how they understand the seismic changes to the city’s school system. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/28/n...

"Withholding federal funds to punish states for teaching about gender identity is yet another way the Trump administration has sought to control what young people learn." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/26/t... #edusky

CPS will use about $395 million in state revenue meant for teacher and staff salaries, textbooks, and more to pay off debt. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

If the district continues to lose 3.7% of its students per year, Griffith said, “Then in 20, 25 years there will not be a district.” www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...

Chicago Public Schools' outstanding debt is roughly the same size as its annual budget: almost $10 billion. The district owes more per student than it spends per pupil in many of its schools. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

With well under half of students in Indianapolis Public Schools borders actually going to IPS-run schools, is the district going the way of New Orleans after Katrina? www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...

New: The Trump administration is now targeting race-neutral efforts to achieve racial diversity. This marks a striking shift from what some opponents of affirmative action had previously argued. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

"A new law in Illinois prevents law enforcement from ticketing students at school, ending a practice that state education officials and lawmakers say disproportionately impacts students of color." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

"State lawmakers now want one of the measures to also cover the costs of federal food benefits that have been cut." www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

6 takeaways from an interview with Zohran Mamdani’s favorite high school teacher: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

"This should not be a first resort." www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...

"Tennessee public school students this school year will receive less state per-pupil funding than private school students using the state’s new voucher program." www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20... via @chalkbeat.org

"About one in four teachers say their schools don’t give students zeroes. And nearly all of them hate it." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/20/m...

"I watched my students go from memorizing equations to learning and discussing math." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

"The source of the insects hasn’t been found." www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...

"Others joked, 'Trump is gonna get you,' not knowing the president’s mass deportation campaign would soon sweep up one of their classmates." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

"District officials, who were charged with closing a $734 million deficit, said including the pension reimbursement would result in cuts to schools." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025... via @chalkbeat.org

“I’m sure he’ll do everything he can to make lemonade out of lemons, if lemons are going to be shoved down our throat anyway.” www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/13/f... via @chalkbeat.org

For 6 months, I’ve followed ELLIS, a Bronx HS for newcomers, to understand what it means to educate immigrant students in Trump’s second term. Proud to share the 1st of 2 stories about ELLIS, Bridget, an undocumented teen, & the fight to keep her education alive. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

“Be humble, love your sisters, keep moving forward. Don’t be like me and be nothing, and have to collect bottles.” www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025... via @chalkbeat.org

"We’ve told a whole generation of our students who were college ready that they were not." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

“What you want to avoid is this quid pro quo. Hire my relative, I’ll make sure I vote on your contract and you stay in the district.” www.chalkbeat.org/newark/2025/...

"Reading and math scores shot up across New York City’s public schools last school year, according to state test results released Monday." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

"Without additional money, the transit authority will have to start service cuts that could take months to reverse even if funding does eventually come in." www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...

"Those with memories of taking the Presidential Fitness Test have a new reason to share them: President Donald Trump said he is bringing the test back." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/08/p... via @chalkbeat.org

"It’s not like failing a math test, where you’re sitting there helplessly and just don’t know what to do. This test is the opposite. You know exactly what to do, and your body is showing you why you may not be able to run as fast as you’d like to." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/08/p...

“Not everybody’s going to be Beyonce.” www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/07/m...

“A school is successful if the community asks for it.” www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...

"Some organizations argue a progressive income tax is needed to generate more state revenue for schools and other public goods. But voters rejected the idea in 2020 in a 55% to 45% referendum vote." www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

"The AI-generated plans for the students with Black-coded names didn’t all appear negative in isolation. But clear differences emerged when those plans from MagicSchool and Gemini were compared with plans for students with white-coded names." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/a...

"The delays mean children may go without the transportation, physical therapy, counseling, and tutoring services they’re entitled to — or their parents may be forced to pay out of their own pocket" via @alexzimmerman.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...