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• NYC proposal would add younger students to school leadership teams — and pay them for it June 5, 2026
  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 elementary and middle school students may soon have a greater say in shaping their education by joining their school leadership teams — and earn $300 doing so. School leadership teams, or SLTs, […]
  Amy Zimmer
• Newark educators, students say schools could do more as clashes at Delaney Hall continue June 5, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.Newark social studies teacher Michael Iovino knows when something is wrong with his students. It was prom season when one of his seniors came up to him and asked, “Mr. Iovino, do you have […]
  Jessie Gómez
• Students across Pennsylvania step up on Election Day to keep democracy working June 5, 2026
  This story was originally published by Votebeat. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here.If you’ve voted in person in Pennsylvania recently, you may have noticed that one of the poll workers checking you in was a high school student. And if you ask one of them why they wanted to be a poll worker, […]
  Carter Walker
• Colorado needed more specialized schools. Now this one is facing scrutiny for restraining students. June 5, 2026
  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.Mark Brostrom’s 11-year-old son was struggling in public school when his school district suggested what seemed like a better fit: a new specialized school near the family’s home.Brostrom remembers thinking […]
  Melanie Asmar
• How Detroit parents are searching for new schools amid uncertainty, closures June 5, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.For Takiyah Pearson, the Barack Obama Leadership Academy has been an idyllic place to send her children, with its Afro-centric curriculum and family atmosphere.But the charter school could close after this year, leaving her and other […]
  Micah Walker, BridgeDetroit, Laurie Mermet