Kalyn Belsha
Senior National Education Reporter at Chalkbeat
Senior reporter covering national education news @Chalkbeat. Former @FellowsSpencer. Hablo español. Tips? 📩 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
chalkbeat.org | Kalyn Belsha
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Schools will likely have to lay off social workers and counselors, and college programs designed to train mental health providers may shut down after the Trump administration decided it would stop funding grants created under a bipartisan law passed in response to mass school shootings.
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2 weeks ago |
chalkbeat.org | Erica Meltzer |Kalyn Belsha
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.A coalition of Democrat-led states is suing the U.S. Department of Education to block its demand that states certify compliance with the Trump administration’s position that many common diversity practices represent illegal discrimination.
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3 weeks ago |
chalkbeat.org | Erica Meltzer |Kalyn Belsha
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.President Donald Trump signed executive orders Wednesday that aim to promote stricter school discipline and discourage schools from considering whether discipline policies have a greater impact on students of color. The executive orders target civil rights guidance from the Obama administration that Trump revoked during his first administration and Biden never formally restored.
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3 weeks ago |
datiak12.io | Kalyn Belsha
This story originally appeared in Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.When the devout Muslim parents of a second grader learned their son would be reading a story at school about a prince who falls in love with a knight, they asked to opt him out. The story about a man who marries another man after they team up to vanquish a dragon went against their religious teachings, the parents said.
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3 weeks ago |
chalkbeat.org | Kalyn Belsha
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.When the devout Muslim parents of a second grader learned their son would be reading a story at school about a prince who falls in love with a knight, they asked to opt him out. The story about a man who marries another man after they team up to vanquish a dragon went against their religious teachings, the parents said. They wanted an alternative assignment.
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NEW: Schools are likely to lose mental health staff & colleges may shut down training programs after the Trump administration stopped funding many federal grants. Colorado, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, & Teachers College (which was helping NYC) all lost their $ https://t.co/wY7vor8uiM
Curious about how all the changes happening at the U.S. Department of Education could affect you & your school? Please join me & this great panel @SEL4theculture @DrDMcKesey @CenterBlackEd to talk about what this moment means for equity, access & public ed https://t.co/ft9K31Tzcp
NEW: The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tues in a case that could determine whether parents nationwide have the right to opt their kids out of content at school on religious grounds. At issue are a set of picture books featuring LGBTQ characters https://t.co/Ad7Euyweae