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I am my parents’ American Dream. That comes with opportunities and burdens.
Student Voices Fellow Ocean Lin was born in the U.S. but lived with his grandparents in China until age 5. Returning to New ...
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Study: Chicago’s former English learners outperform their high school peers
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Chicago students who had ...
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Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department
President-elect Trump has picked the the co-chair of his transition team to lead the education department. She has little ...
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Illinois State Board of Education closes investigation on Chicago’s restraint and timeout practices after almost two years
Illinois closed a two-year investigation into Chicago’s use of restraint and timeout in schools in September. Chicago was ...
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Special education staffing shortages put students’ futures at risk. How to solve that is tricky.
Some say the federal government should give schools more to cover the cost of educating kids with disabilities. Others say ...
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Why Michigan’s top educator is focused on keeping teachers in the classroom
Kelly Cusmano initially pursued a career in journalism, but her early love for teaching drew her to the classroom ...
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Concerns over NYC’s student data privacy proposal heightened by Trump win
The Panel for Educational Policy was slated to vote on a proposed revision to a 2009 regulation concerning student privacy, ...