Chalkbeat

• Backlash against student ICE protests targets educators, schools February 18, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Republican leaders across the country are trying to limit the role teachers play in activism as part of a backlash against students protesting immigration enforcement.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday announced an investigation into three school districts […]
  Lily Altavena
• Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ sues state over ban on religious public schools February 18, 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.A southern Colorado elementary school that backers have called “Colorado’s first public Christian school” has sued state officials over the state’s ban on religious public schools, alleging religious discrimination. Riverstone […]
  Ann Schimke
• Immigration trigger bill would require Tennessee schools to track, report student status February 17, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.A controversial proposed law that would require public schools to track and report the immigration status of their students advanced in the Tennessee House on Tuesday despite pushback from educators and immigrant advocates. House Bill 1711 is the […]
  Melissa Brown
• Memphis leaders want to close Ida B Wells. Parents say there’s no school like it. February 17, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.Memphis mom Erica Smith vividly remembers the day two years ago that her phone wouldn’t stop ringing while she was at work.On the other end of the line were four different teachers from Ida B. Wells Academy. Her […]
  Bri Hatch
• Mamdani prioritizes class size mandate and Summer Rising in preliminary budget February 17, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s preliminary budget plans to ramp up spending to comply with the state class size mandate and will continue to fund the city’s free summer program that combines academics and enrichment.Several other education […]
  Alex Zimmerman