Kae Petrin

NYC’s inaction on closing Murry Bergtraum High School is shortchanging the public school’s 90 students at a cost of $46,000 per pupil, a Chalkbeat investigation reveals.

Health officials are looking at around 20 cooling towers as part of an investigation into Legionnaires’ cases confirmed in the Bronx.

Federal data shows credit recovery course enrollment grew 13% post-pandemic, raising concerns about high school graduation requirements and online course rigor.

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About 1 in 80 public school students now attends a fully virtual school. Research has raised concerns about the academic quality of online learning.

For the first time, Indiana’s school board elections in November will be partisan, due to a change in state law. Here’s a breakdown of central Indiana’s candidates by party.

10 states have imposed new misdemeanor or felony penalties since 2022—a stark increase in the use of criminal law to target trans people

Excluding noncitizens when drawing political districts could have important ramifications for political power in Texas.

District officials say their facilities plan will be informed by data. But much of that data is not public, and some principals say what they have seen has problems.

Chicago Public Schools has been slow to provide bilingual education staffing the way state law intended, leaving students waiting to learn and teachers who feel unprepared.

A quarter of CPS high school students were absent 35 days or more last school year. That’s double the number of missed days the state flags as concerning.

Charter school enrollment in Colorado has steadily increased even as student enrollment in district-run schools has fallen. The trends could impact school closures and politics.

Education officials said some budget cuts are necessary this year to increase the funding that supports both public schools and private school vouchers.

The available evidence doesn’t clearly show that the statutes targeting curriculum, library books, and transgender students have accomplished their stated goals. But there’s reason to believe they’re increasing families’ interest in vouchers.

Indianapolis Public Schools lost over 800 students from 2023-24 to 2024-25 in the schools it runs directly. Here’s where the drop was the largest.

Post-pandemic, advocates and others have been rethinking efforts to help “opportunity youth,” adolescents who have disconnected from school and work. A resurgent Detroit offers a case study.

The number of “federal-only” voters in Arizona is relatively small. But where they live and who they are provides clues about the potential impact of new voter citizenship laws nationwide.

In Chicago’s District 10 board race, ballot challenges, money, and attack ads swept in. The race mirrored some of the school board election trends citywide.

Transgender Americans face additional obstacles to obtaining ID. Recent surveys show they are also more concerned about violence than most voters.

Officials contend that mergers are less disruptive than shuttering a school. But school communities often experience them as closures.