BREAKING: Houston ISD to cut more than 100 wraparound staff who serve students experiencing homelessness and hunger

Miles previously told me he would not make cuts to this dept because the needs of Houston students are too high

Story: houstonlanding.org/houston-isd-to…

NEW: As 15 states sue to block new Title IX rules that offer expanded protections to LGBTQ students from taking effect, kids are caught in the middle.

“It’s hard to describe how much anger and pain there is,” one Louisiana high schooler told Erica Meltzer

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Where Tennessee lawmakers landed on vouchers, guns, AI, and other education issues in 2024

Marta W. Aldrich reports the highlights of the 70 (!!) K-12 education bills that passed this session, which include many focused on Memphis

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Read this story: More than 4,000 children are waiting to get evaluated for early intervention services. Getting children these services can make a big difference in their educational trajectory. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

Chicago is using $5 million in pandemic relief money to offer one-time, $500 grants to low-income families of students with disabilities.

During the announcement, Mayor Johnson acknowledged the uneven impact that COVID had on kids with disabilities: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

ANALYSIS: In the end, the gulf between competing school #voucher bills in #tnleg was just too wide to cross as Gov. Bill Lee acknowledges defeat — for now. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

NEW: In a letter Monday, Louisiana's education chief advised schools not to change policies to comply with Biden admin's new #TitleIX rules, which codify protections for LGBTQ+ students. nola.com/news/education…

BIG news for NYC schools: city is committing $500 mil next year to prop up ed programs funded by expiring federal aid + facing fiscal cliff.

That's abt half of the total $1b fiscal cliff, so big cuts and questions remain. But here's what we know so far: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

How many migrant students are Chicago schools serving? It depends who you ask Samantha Smylie found.

Collecting this data can be important for getting $ to the right places, but it's also hard b/c asking Qs abt immigration & home country can scare families chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

NEW: Half of new spending on state-funded preschool last yr was backed by COVID $, new report from NIEER finds. That helped state spending & share of kids in pre-K reach new highs. But only some states have plans to bridge gap left by expiring $ chalkbeat.org/2024/04/18/pre…

NAHJ Chicago is disheartened by the recent layoffs at Chicago Public Media. Read our full statement here.

A new Chalkbeat analysis: Federal COVID dollars covered about 7% of all school budgets over the past 3 years. That money is expiring, and CPS is facing a ~$400M deficit. So, now what?

(Use our lookup table to see how much COVID $$ went to your school):

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