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• Mamdani scales back promise for swifter class size reductions, anticipating state to delay law May 12, 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 issuing dire warnings about a multi-billion budget gap, Mayor Zohran Mamdani expects to save hundreds of millions from a pending deal to delay a state mandate to reduce New York City’s class sizes.Mamdani’s preliminary […]
  Alex Zimmerman, Michael Elsen-Rooney
• Michigan education board opposes Trump’s tax credit scholarship program May 12, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Michigan’s State Board of Education voted Tuesday to oppose the federal tax credit scholarship program that allows people to receive tax credits for donations they make to organizations that provide private school scholarships.Congress approved the program […]
  Lori Higgins
• Metropolitan State University of Denver holds its first-ever graduation ceremony for parenting students May 12, 2026
  Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. Laura Delmonico’s college journey has required constant juggling.She has worked, interned, and volunteered as treasurer of her Metropolitan State University of Denver student association, and, most importantly to her, raised […]
  Jason Gonzales
• How parent pressure helped push Los Angeles schools to rein in classroom screen time May 12, 2026
  Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work.Los Angeles, home to the country’s second largest school system, has been at the center of the growth of ed-tech — and its backlash.Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who is on […]
  Matt Barnum
• Chicago Public Schools tightens staffing in school budgets amid massive deficit May 12, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Chicago Public Schools will likely steer less money overall to its campuses for the 2026-27 school year, though it will cap educator layoffs at each school and significantly boost special education funding, district leaders said Tuesday.At an […]
  Mila Koumpilova