Author: Erica Meltzer
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Charles Longshore distinctly remembers the tipping point that led his Alabama middle school to ban cell phones, two years before the state adopted its own ban.Longshore, then the assistant principal at Dothan Preparatory Academy, had gotten wind that two girls planned to fight in the courtyard between classes and pulled them into the office about 10 minutes before the scheduled rumble. That prevented the fight, but it didn’t stop hundreds of other students from racing to the courtyard hoping to watch a spectacle…
Subscríbete al boletín semanal gratuito de Chalkbeat para mantenerte al día de cómo está cambiando la educación en Estados Unidos.Read in English.La administración Trump liberará miles de millones de dólares en fondos educativos congelados tras una ola generalizada de críticas, incluso de miembros republicanos del Congreso, sobre los efectos devastadores. El congresista estadounidense Don Bacon, republicano de Nebraska, anunció el viernes 25 de julio en la red social X que los fondos serían liberados. Madi Biedermann, subsecretaria adjunta de Comunicaciones del Departamento de Educación, confirmó la noticia.La Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto de la Casa Blanca concluyó su revisión, informó…
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.The Trump administration will release billions in frozen education funds after widespread outcry, including from Republican members of Congress, about the devastating impacts.U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, announced Friday on the social media platform X that the funds would be released. Education Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications Madi Biedermann confirmed the news.The White House Office for Management and Budget has completed its review, Biedermann said in an email, and told the Education Department to release the money.“The agency will begin…
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Federal judges responding to three lawsuits have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its demands that schools end practices associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion.The injunctions come the same day that the Education Department had set as a deadline for states to certify compliance with the Trump administration’s contested interpretation of civil rights law – or risk their federal funding.Taken together, the injunctions block the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from states that don’t sign the certification demand and block enforcement…