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The district’s proposed changes would allow a student who scores in the top 10% of their grade on state tests to be eligible to apply for skipping a grade or taking accelerated math and reading. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

District officials haven't said when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs could be looming as CPS works to close a $734 million deficit. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

Thousands of NYC children lost a parent or caregiver to COVID. Shamima Ahmed, a high school senior from Queens, reflects on a father gone too soon. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

Charisma Holly, a Detroit honors student and poet, shares her family’s story of eviction and resilience. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars the children of undocumented immigrants. It’s a dramatic change from longstanding practice. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/10/no-…

What happened when Illinois tried to regulate homeschooling? chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars undocumented children from enrolling. Head Start providers condemned the departure from longstanding practice. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/10/no-…

The new federal financial aid application was supposed to be ‘faster and easier.’ For families like mine, it has been anything but, writes Miriam Galicia. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

Language acquisition is rarely a linear path. chalkbeat.org/newark/2023/8/…

SNAP cuts threaten food programs, raising fears of increased child hunger chalkbeat.org/2025/07/11/sna…

More than 1,450 staff were laid off Friday, but district officials say many will be rehired. However, a Chalkbeat analysis of school budgets posted online Friday indicates school-based staff will shrink for the first time since 2020. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

The nearly $7 billion approved by Congress was supposed to go to states on July 1 to support English learners, literacy initiatives, after-school programs, and more. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/14/sta…

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the layoffs are a first step toward eliminating the department. However, a lawsuit challenging the staff cuts can proceed in the lower courts. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/14/us-…

Despite winning court injunctions to restore some funding and staff to AmeriCorps, the Trump administration’s attempt to cut the group’s funding continues to hamper its work in schools and elsewhere. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/14/ame…

‘Education pays’: Illinois high school students with college degrees earn more money chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

Lauren Brady, a winner of the Math for America’s 2025 Muller Award, has taught at Park East High School for two decades. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

Victor and Franklyn Bush graduated from the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township. Years later, they both came back to the district as principals. chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…

Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are challenging a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from Head Start. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/16/adv…

The Trump administration says the changes are about “restoring gold standard science.” Educators and experts say Climate.gov already met that bar. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/17/edu…

Michael Mann, Washington Park High School’s head of school, says he shows up to dismissal every day to stay accessible to parents. chalkbeat.org/newark/2025/07…