While we wait to learn who the next president will be, we’re also following school choice ballot measures, local school board elections, and a vote on the meaning of a high school diploma. chalkbeat.org/2024/11/05/ele…

our student correspondent reporting live from one of the longest polling lines we've heard of in the U.S., at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA Teen Vogue, where students waited over *6 hours* to vote. a judge refused to extend the polling hours here. teenvogue.com/story/long-lin…

What a second Trump term means for education chalkbeat.org/2024/11/06/tru…

Update. SEPTA and TWU Local 234 will continue negotiations on a new contract tomorrow, Friday, November 8. There will not be a strike by when their current contract expires at midnight so all #SEPTA services will continue to operate on normal schedules. #ISEPTAPHILLY #waytogo

According to a spokesperson, there was indeed a public meeting tonight and three parents participated but members of the press were intentionally not admitted to the meeting.

Philly school district officials are haunted by the last school closure process in 2012-13. This time, they say, the community will be more involved. Some takeaways from the recent listening sessions: chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…

It's that time of year!! Chalkbeat Philadelphia is back, back, back again with our 2024 guide to early childhood education in Philly. Check out our 4-part series and let us know what your experience has been with pre-K and child care in the city chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…

All schools and offices will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 6, 2025, due to inclement weather. Stay safe! Read more: bit.ly/inclementweath… #PHLed

Huge story out of Chalkbeat Newark today. "The district has fought to keep all versions of the report private, nearly two years after Newark school board leaders commissioned it." chalkbeat.org/newark/2025/01…

I wrote about a school community upended by the Los Angeles fires. chalkbeat.org/2025/01/15/alt…

A few days after Homeland Security cleared way for immigration authorities to make arrests at schools, agents showed up at Hamline Elem in Chicago's Back of the Yards, a mostly Latino immigrant community that had recently distributed know your rights cards hamlinehawks.org/ourpages/auto/…

.Michael Elsen-Rooney and I spoke with migrant parents who were too afraid to send their kids to school this week, in Trump's first days in office. School communities are doing what they can to reassure them, amid a mountain of uncertainty. thecity.nyc/2025/01/24/mig… via THE CITY

Re: Rumors circulating about ICE agents at a Philly school this morning, those rumors are NOT TRUE. Per school principal and the school district.

Here's where this circus stands: CPS said ICE agents came to Hamline. We all, I'm sure, reached out to ICE. ICE told some (not us personally) that they didn't go to Hamline. Secret Service tells ABC *THEY* were at Hamline. CEO Martinez told MSNBC that agents ID'd as ICE. 🫠

If Trump’s actions are changing how your school approaches issues like teaching, DEI, and immigration, Chalkbeat wants to know about it. Fill out our short and confidential survey. chalkbeat.org/2025/02/04/how…

Philly schools will go virtual tomorrow due to impending weather