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• Feds open new investigations into transgender athletes in three Michigan school districts June 19, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.The U.S. Department of Education says Title IX investigations have been opened into three additional Michigan school districts, this time over allegations the districts are allowing students to compete on athletic teams and use locker rooms […]
  Lori Higgins
• Memphis-Shelby County Schools sue Tennessee over state takeover June 19, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.Memphis-Shelby County school leaders are suing top Tennessee Republicans in an effort to stop a new takeover law from diverting power away from the locally elected school board to a new board of political appointees.The district, alongside the […]
  Melissa Brown
• The other champions at the Knicks parade: NYC public school student basketball players June 18, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.As the New York Knicks marched through lower Manhattan Thursday morning with hundreds of thousands of fans cheering their first NBA title in 53 years, another set of underdogs followed behind: the Seward Park Campus […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• 14 candidates for 5 seats: See who’s running for school board at IPS and other Indianapolis area districts June 18, 2026
  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.Fourteen candidates are running for five seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools board this November, including an influential charter school advocate and an Indiana Democratic Party leader. Candidates had until noon today to […]
  MJ Slaby
• Allegations against Kamar Samuels highlight widespread dysfunction in NYC’s school contract system June 18, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.On the campaign trail, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to reduce fraud and waste in Education Department contracts, which total nearly $13 billion in spending, about a tenth of the entire New York City budget.Recent allegations […]
  Michael Elsen-Rooney, Alex Zimmerman