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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Hannah Dellinger |Crystal Paul |Melanie Asmar |Becky Vevea
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A supplemental state school budget that would restore about half of the money that was previously cut from grants for student mental health and school safety is headed for a vote in the Michigan legislature. A joint conference committee voted Wednesday morning to move the $126 million supplemental budget forward for a vote in the House and Senate.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Mila Koumpilova |Samantha Smylie |Francia Garcia Hernandez |Crystal Paul
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Two former teachers and former CPS students are running to represent District 3 on Chicago’s first elected school board. District 3 encompasses parts of Humboldt Park, Hermosa, Belmont Cragin, Logan Square, Avondale, Old Irving Park, and Mayfair. The candidates in the race are Jason Dónes and Carlos Rivas Jr., both of whom live in Humboldt Park.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Crystal Paul |Mila Koumpilova |Samantha Smylie |Francia Garcia Hernandez
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. District 8, on the south west side of the city, covering parts of the South Loop, McKinley Park, and Back of the Yards, has two candidates on the ballot: Garfield Ridge resident and public service consultant Angel Gutierrez and McKinley Park resident and music educator and music education advocate Felix Ponce.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Mila Koumpilova |Samantha Smylie |Francia Garcia Hernandez |Crystal Paul
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Chicago’s District 10 is one of the city’s largest and most socioeconomically diverse, covering a South Side lakeshore swath stretching from Bronzeville down to South Chicago and the state line between Illinois and Indiana.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Francia Garcia Hernandez |Mila Koumpilova |Samantha Smylie |Crystal Paul
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. A CPS parent, a private school parent, and a state government worker are vying to represent families in District 7 on Chicago’s Southwest Side in the city’s first school board elections in November. Raquel Don, Yesenia Lopez, and Eva A. Villalobos are on the ballot to represent the sprawling district, which includes 79 schools with 42,471 students — the largest enrollment of any school board district.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Crystal Paul |Michael Elsen-Rooney |Alex Zimmerman |Julian Shen-Berro
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. District 9, which extends from Morgan Park to Englewood, including parts of Roseland, Pullman, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham, has 95 CPS schools serving 34,128 students. The district is predominantly Black, with 76% of residents identifying as Black, and CPS enrollment reflects that, with 81.6% of CPS students in the area identifying as Black.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Reema Amin |Francia Garcia Hernandez |Crystal Paul |Molly DeVore
Chicago is voting for school board members for the first time on Nov. 5, 2024. Chalkbeat teamed up with Block Club Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times, and WBEZ to help voters get up to speed on the issues and who is running in each of the new electoral districts. As voters cast their ballots for members of Chicago’s first elected school board, Chalkbeat hosted live Q&A forums with the candidates so you can stay informed and get to know each candidate. Learn more about the candidates in your district.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Dale Mezzacappa |Jason Gonzales |Julian Shen-Berro |Crystal Paul
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved school funding legislation Monday that would significantly increase education funding and distribute it in a way designed to ensure all students have access to a quality, equitable education. The groundbreaking legislation would amend the school code to guarantee basic education aid levels increase steadily for the next seven years.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Julian Shen-Berro |Crystal Paul |Hannah Dellinger
Read in English. Muchos estudiantes que se graduaron de high school en Colorado iniciarán el verano con incertidumbre sobre sus estudios universitarios. Algunos quizás todavía necesiten calcular los costos, comprometerse para inscribirse a una escuela o completar pendientes, como enviar su certificado de vacunación y expediente académico, antes de empezar las clases en el otoño.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Julian Shen-Berro |Crystal Paul |Hannah Dellinger |Melanie Asmar
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. Students will no longer be required to pass the state’s Regents exams to earn a high school diploma under a set of proposed actions New York Education officials outlined on Monday.
