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Getting ready for back to school season? As schools reopen for the academic year, we hope these stories, resources, and essays help students, teachers, and parents have a smoother transition.

Melissa Aviles-Ramos wants to ensure no parent has to make the impossible choices her mother did.

Chalkbeat and The New York Times heard from hundreds of young, first-time voters on the issues most driving their choice for president. Here’s what we learned.

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My students had learned about the Holocaust since middle school. So why was our school facing a rash of antisemitic graffiti?

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Some experts said the public messaging efforts were a good first step but would likely have minimal impact.

Los preescolares religiosos en el programa de preescolar universal en Colorado ya no podrán reservar espacios para integrantes de sus congregaciones.

Classes on media literacy and spotting falsehoods can rely on many strategies, from ‘prebunking’ to core math and language arts skills.

The district on Thursday said it would appeal a state judge’s ruling that dismissed a 2020 lawsuit to reclaim the former Maple Avenue school building and ordered Newark to pay nearly $800,000 to a nonprofit connected to KIPP NJ.

The UnidosUS survey hoped to pinpoint the things that can prevent Hispanic students from earning a diploma.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s newly-appointed school board president Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson is stepping down after past anti semitic and misogynistic comments surfaced online.

New York education officials are expected to unveil new details about the state’s efforts to reimagine high school graduation requirements at a Board of Regents meeting next week.

Since April 1, nearly $4 million has flowed into candidates’ campaign funds and more than $2.8 million has been spent by two pro-school choice independent expenditure committees.

The city had planned to purchase the property from IPS for $725,000 as part of a project to transform the campus into an “Opportunity Hub” of social, community, and health services.

The remarks from Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson raised questions about how well city officials vetted him before the mayor appointed him as president of the Chicago Board of Education

Budget cuts are likely as the district expects to run out of reserves as soon as 2026.

Four years after New York City overhauled its summer program to blend academics and recreation, lawmakers want to know if it’s working.

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The mayor wants to send CPS roughly $300 million, but that’s less than what the district CEO has requested.

Many families and educators had complained about having a one-day school week before the winter break.

Board members who disagree about administrator pay and academic achievement are throwing support behind opposing candidates for the sole contested school board seat.