Amy Zimmer

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New York Bureau Chief at Chalkbeat

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State Officials Sue Trump Administration for Halting COVID School Aid

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Amy Zimmer

This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. A group of 16 Democratic attorneys general along with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration for halting access to hundreds of millions of dollars of federal pandemic relief money.
COYAC will no longer be able to draft bills. Here are seven laws students helped inspire.

1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Melanie Asmar |Amy Zimmer |Ann Schimke

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. State Rep. Hugh McKean saw a problem. Although Colorado had an outlet for students to talk with lawmakers about issues relevant to them, those conversations happened near the end of the legislative session, and the students’ priorities often got lost.
Measles vaccination map: How many students in your Colorado school district got the shots

1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Amy Zimmer |Ann Schimke |Hannah Dellinger

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Measles cases in Colorado are rising amid a national resurgence of the highly contagious disease.
These state attorneys general want to overturn Linda McMahon’s move to halt COVID relief

1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Amy Zimmer |Ann Schimke |Hannah Dellinger |Amelia Pak-Harvey

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. A group of 16 Democratic attorneys general along with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration for halting access to hundreds of millions of dollars of federal pandemic relief money.
NYC schools stand to lose $2 billion in federal funding under Trump administration’s DEI threats

2 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Amy Zimmer |Alex Zimmerman

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. New York’s state and city education officials aren’t planning to shy away from diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools despite Thursday’s threats from the Trump administration to strip away billions in federal funding.
Colorado school attendance zones maintain racial segregation, new report finds

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Erica Meltzer |Aleksandra Appleton |Amy Zimmer

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Colorado school districts should revise their school attendance zones at least every four years with a “civil rights focus.” State lawmakers should increase funding to transport students to and from school.
‘COVID is over.’ Schools are out of time to spend pandemic aid, Linda McMahon says.

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Erica Meltzer |Melanie Asmar |Aleksandra Appleton |Amy Zimmer

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.HVAC projects to improve indoor air quality. Tutoring programs for struggling students. Tuition support for young people who want to become teachers in their home communities. These were some of the ways Maryland schools were using what remained of the state’s federal pandemic relief dollars.
‘Politics are already in our schools’: Indiana poised to make school board races partisan

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Aleksandra Appleton |Amy Zimmer |Erica Meltzer |Melanie Asmar

Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. A bill to give Indiana school board candidates the option to run as Republicans or Democrats has passed a key vote in the House and could soon head to the governor’s desk.
NYC teens take the mic: P.S. Weekly is back for Season 2!

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Amy Zimmer

P.S. Weekly is a student-produced podcast that casts light on important issues in the nation's largest school system. The Bell's team of 10 student producers who come from different public high schools work alongside Chalkbeat NY's reporters to bring you stories, perspectives, and commentary you won't get anywhere else. Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.
Withholding a child’s gender identity info from parents is illegal, Trump official says

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Erica Meltzer |Melanie Asmar |Samantha Smylie |Amy Zimmer

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Schools cannot withhold documents that discuss a child’s gender identity from parents, the U.S. Department of Education said in a Dear Colleague letter to educators. The Friday letter said many schools and states have misinterpreted federal student privacy laws in ways that prevent parents from knowing when their child is going by a different name or pronouns at school.

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31 Mar 25

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RT @ChalkbeatNY: As the April 1 Albany budget deadline looms, a fight is brewing over New York City’s potential $350 million shortfall unde…

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Articles

State Officials Sue Trump Administration for Halting COVID School Aid

COYAC will no longer be able to draft bills. Here are seven laws students helped inspire.

Measles vaccination map: How many students in your Colorado school district got the shots

These state attorneys general want to overturn Linda McMahon’s move to halt COVID relief

NYC schools stand to lose $2 billion in federal funding under Trump administration’s DEI threats

Colorado school attendance zones maintain racial segregation, new report finds

‘COVID is over.’ Schools are out of time to spend pandemic aid, Linda McMahon says.

‘Politics are already in our schools’: Indiana poised to make school board races partisan

NYC teens take the mic: P.S. Weekly is back for Season 2!

Withholding a child’s gender identity info from parents is illegal, Trump official says

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