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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.
The school board decided on a group of finalists, who will interview with the mayor and board members.
Parents, teachers, and students oppose plans to close or combine several of the schools, saying they are valued alternatives to neighborhood schools
Some Memphis board members want to establish a bipartisan accountability council to help guide district decision-making. The proposal comes over a year into the state GOP-backed effort to take over the district.
There are multiple contracts between Newark Public Schools and Driscoll Foods authorizing the district to spend up to $12 million with the food supplier.
The flap between DJ Torres and Xóchitl Gaytán brought to mind a contentious era of the Denver school board a few years ago.
Colorado lawmakers said the ballot measure created by the bill wouldn’t raise state taxes. Instead, it would ask voters to allow the state to reserve some Taxpayer Bill of Rights money for schools.
A new report defends the Education Department’s research arm but also calls for changes. In this Q&A, Amber Northern discusses the future of the Institute of Education Sciences.
The Chicago charter network said it will cease operations at the two high schools by April 3, when all staff at the campuses will be laid off.
The state-mandated working group created the report and recommends more consistency in individualized education programs, translated materials, and more time for parents to prepare.
Six of 11 members of Samuels’ cabinet are staying in roles they assumed in the previous administration.
The building for Acero Santiago in West Town is owned by the Archdiocese of Chicago but was put up for sale last summer. Since then, parents and teachers have been pushing CPS to take over the building.
Two more senior Education Department officials are leaving as Samuels tees up his first major cabinet appoints.
The bill would create a transition committee focused on how to merge over 100 programs and initiatives.
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.
This spring, eight public high school students are reporting audio stories about the New York City school system’s most pressing education issues for the P.S. Weekly podcast.