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2 months ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney |Amy Zimmer
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Just hours into the first day of voting for New York City’s elected parent councils, Education Department officials took the system offline to fix “technical issues,” a spokesperson said. It wasn’t immediately clear what officials were fixing.
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2 months ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Becky Vevea |Jessie Gomez |Samantha Smylie |Michael Elsen-Rooney
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. After threatening to allow nearly $200 million in early childhood spending to expire, Mayor Eric Adams announced plans Wednesday to keep most of it in the budget for next year and beyond.
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chalkbeat.org | MJ Slaby |Ann Schimke |Jessie Gomez |Michael Elsen-Rooney
The Indiana Department of Education will comply with a federal order to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion from schools, saying it will collect signed forms from schools and districts saying they will abide by the Trump administration directive. The department “fully intends to sign the certification,” said department spokesperson Courtney Crown in a Wednesday email to Chalkbeat.
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chalkbeat.org | Ann Schimke |Jessie Gomez |Michael Elsen-Rooney |Reema Amin
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. Child care chains backed by private equity investment firms won’t be subject to new limits intended to protect parents or workers, after a Colorado bill died in the state Senate this week. Senators initially passed House Bill 25-1011 on Monday, after rejecting a major change made last week in a legislative committee.
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2 months ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Jessie Gomez |Ann Schimke |Michael Elsen-Rooney |Reema Amin
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. Jennie Demizio, a special education teacher at Park Elementary School in Newark, stood in a crowd full of dozens of educators and union members and listened to speakers talk about the Trump administration’s threats to cut funding for education.
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2 months ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney |Reema Amin |Alex Zimmerman |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. New York City’s Education Department is severely out of compliance with a federal law mandating regular inspections of school buildings containing asbestos, an audit released Wednesday by comptroller Brad Lander found.
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chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit |Michael Elsen-Rooney
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. In the last few months, Milo can’t help but notice how the mood among his fellow students at Chicago’s Jones College Prep has shifted. What’s led to the change isn’t a development at the school itself, which is relatively friendly to queer and transgender students and where Milo, a senior, leads the Gay-Straight Alliance, or GSA.
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2 months ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Ann Schimke |Melanie Asmar |Aleksandra Appleton |Michael Elsen-Rooney
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. Some Colorado lawmakers are worried about the growing role of private equity firms in the child care market. They proposed a bill in January to put new guardrails on child care chains backed by such investors, who they say are driven by profits.
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2 months ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Aleksandra Appleton |Michael Elsen-Rooney |Catherine Carrera
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. One of the Denver elementary schools that will close this spring will reopen in the fall as a preschool center. Another will be the new home of an existing middle and high school that serves students who have struggled elsewhere. The fate of three more soon-to-be vacant buildings is still up in the air.
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chalkbeat.org | Aleksandra Appleton |Michael Elsen-Rooney |Catherine Carrera |Samantha Smylie
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. Students will be automatically accepted to all seven of the state’s public colleges and universities if they complete advanced courses and work experiences to earn Indiana’s new Enrollment Honors Plus diploma, state leaders announced Wednesday.
