Chalkbeat

• Inside two Title IX investigations in Colorado that reflect a ‘new way of doing business’ under Trump June 26, 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.An all-gender bathroom in a Denver high school was at the center of the first sex discrimination investigation of the second Trump administration. A year and a half later, the […]
  Melanie Asmar
• Trump administration gives Jeffco 10 days to change policies or risk losing federal funding June 26, 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.The Trump administration on Friday gave Jeffco Public Schools 10 days to change its policies on transgender students’ rights or risk losing federal funding.The federal Office for Civil Rights previously […]
  Melanie Asmar
• Mamdani promised to cut wasteful education contracts. Critics say he picked the wrong one. June 26, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.After promising to eliminate wasteful Education Department contracts, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has so far publicly identified just one item in the agency’s $12 billion contract budget.It’s an $8.9 million data portal developed by the […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• MSCS will pay the state oversight board’s salary. But who will fund its work? June 26, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.Tennessee is bringing in a state oversight board to control Memphis school decisions. But it’s still unclear how much of the board’s work will be paid for by the state and how much will fall to Memphis-Shelby County […]
  Bri Hatch
• 15 candidates for 5 seats: See who’s running for school board at IPS and other Indianapolis area districts June 26, 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.Update, June 26: This story was updated to reflect that Lindsey Cornett was added to the ballot as a District 4 candidate for IPS school board. Fifteen candidates are running for five seats […]
  MJ Slaby