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Chicago's Chavez Elementary in Back of the Yards to be renamed
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (520+ words) Efforts are underway to rename Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center, a Back of the Yards elementary school. School officials and the local school council are gathering feedback and suggestions for a new name for Chavez Academic Center, 4747 S. Marshfield Ave. , a…...
MSCS board candidate convicted on felony drug charge while police officer 20 years ago
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (795+ words) A candidate for the Memphis school board was convicted on a felony drug charge while serving as a city police officer two decades ago, court records show. T. L. Harris, who is running in the Democratic primary to represent District 6 on the…...
No phone, who dis? Denver district to consider recommendation for a bell-to-bell cellphone ban.
2+ day, 31+ min ago (710+ words) Denver Public Schools could adopt a bell-to-bell cellphone ban if it follows the recommendation of a community committee. DPS formed the 17-member committee in response to a new state law that requires all Colorado school districts to adopt a policy…...
Newark lowered the voting age to 16 but students are still learning about their new right
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (884+ words) Judah Ancion, a 16-year-old junior at Essex County's Donald M. Payne School of Technology, found out he could vote in Newark's school board election from a teacher's offhand comment last month " only a few weeks before the April 21 election. Over the…...
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker wants to save teachers" jobs. But her proposal could stall.
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (647+ words) Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and Superintendent Tony Watlington say they've found a way to save all the school-based staff the district is planning to cut. But the district's proposal to preserve those jobs hinges on Parker's proposed $1 per ride tax…...
Illinois officials approve overhaul of its system to measure school performance
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (880+ words) The Illinois State Board of Education unanimously approved an overhaul to its system for deciding how well schools across the state are performing. The changes to the federally required school accountability system include some new labels that indicate how well…...
The federal office that helps schools help students learn English is going away
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (529+ words) The Education Department plans to dissolve the office that supports the country's 5 million English learners. The Office of English Language Acquisition already was decimated in early rounds of layoffs. Last August, the Department quietly rescinded guidance that many states and…...
Voting begins in the 2026 Memphis board election. What's at stake?
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (500+ words) Memphis voters begin choosing today among 15 Democratic candidates vying for four open school board seats in the district's first political primary. Early voting has started for the May 5 primary race in Districts 1, 6, 8, and 9. No Republican candidates qualified to run this…...
Memphis school board election 2026: Who are the Democratic candidates in District 6?
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1168+ words) Five candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination for the District 6 seat on Memphis-Shelby County's school board this May, as state lawmakers continue to push for a district takeover that would usurp local authority. All are running to fill the seat…...
Memphis school board election 2026: Who are the Democratic candidates in District 8?
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (933+ words) Two Democratic candidates will compete for the Memphis school board District 8 nomination in the first district political primary this spring. Ayleem Connolly, a former MSCS teacher and language department chair, and Tanya Frey, who's spent over 20 years as an employment…...