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McMahon is the co-chair of Trump’s transition team and was reportedly passed over for the job of commerce secretary. She has little experience in education.
Special education teachers keep leaving the profession, even as more students are being diagnosed. Efforts to attract more teachers to the field have had limited success.
The full impact of the pandemic on high school graduation rates is still emerging. Students who were in elementary school when schools closed may need extra support now.
Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education might affect funding and civil rights protections for students with disabilities. Or the impact could be relatively minor.
If Trump wins a second term and enacts his immigration policies, what happened during past workplace immigration raids could become more common, affecting students and their schools.
When Americans get the tools to work on real issues in their local communities, they solve problems, and create healthier politics.
One in 14 U.S. kids has had an incarcerated parent, but the experience can be surprisingly lonely.
Concession speeches, inflation, social media bubbles, and deportation fears were all part of classroom conversations after Trump’s election victory.
Experts expect changes to civil rights enforcement and transgender students to lose new protections.
We’re keeping an eye on school choice ballot measures, local school board races, and the top education officials in three states.
Across the nation this fall, the pivotal presidential election is a topic of formal instruction as well as casual conversation inside K-12 schools.
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.
Teens share their best tips with Chalkbeat and The New York Times for spotting misinformation and staying sharp during a turbulent election season.
Classes on media literacy and spotting falsehoods can rely on many strategies, from ‘prebunking’ to core math and language arts skills.
Si Trump gana un segundo mandato y pone en marcha sus políticas migratorias, lo que ocurrió durante las redadas laborales en el pasado podría volverse más común y afectar a los niños y sus escuelas.
Chicago Public Schools raised pay and added staff with the help of federal COVID aid. The loss of that money is fueling leadership turmoil.
Almost every American school conducts lockdown drills. A new presidential executive order is designed to help educators and law enforcement improve them.
Teen respondents to the Headway Election Challenge with Chalkbeat said being represented in politics goes beyond identity — it’s rooted in the issues that affect their lives.
The federal Education Department hopes to fix issues with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid by widespread nationwide testing.
A new study adds up how much districts are spending on additional security, social media response, and teacher turnover as culture war debates consume public meetings.