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For 6 months, I’ve followed ELLIS, a Bronx HS for newcomers, to understand what it means to educate immigrant students in Trump’s second term.

Proud to share the 1st of 2 stories about ELLIS, Bridget, an undocumented teen, & the fight to keep her education alive.

www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
‘They’ve given her a lot of hope’: A NYC school fights to educate an undocumented teen under Trump
For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
Amid a budget crunch, CPS is ending all private custodial contracts and bringing those services in-house — and cutting 480 custodial jobs. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Chicago Public Schools moves custodians in-house, cuts 480 jobs
CPS is ending all of its private custodial contracts, citing a budget crunch and a desire for more “streamlined” custodial services.
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August 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
With @sammiesmylie.bsky.social: Illinois lawmakers offer no quick solutions for CPS during district finances hearing

www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
‘Talking points and unrealistic demands’: State lawmakers listen to Chicago school leaders discuss district’s finances
Illinois lawmakers want to figure out how to close Chicago’s budget gap. However, they did not make any commitments on what aid they would provide to the district and when.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
CPS laid off 1,458 school employees today. CPS expects most to find jobs at other schools before the start of the year and is also creating retention pools, including for special education teachers + SECAs. CTU said most of its members will also have the chance to be rehired.
July 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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District officials haven't said when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs could be looming as CPS works to close a $734 million deficit.
CPS facing pressure to avoid cuts amid local and federal funding challenges
District officials haven't said when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs could be looming as CPS works to close a $734 million deficit.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Head Start preschools to bar children with undocumented parents under new Trump rule
Head Start should be ‘reserved for American citizens,’ Trump administration says
A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars the children of undocumented immigrants. It’s a dramatic change from longstanding practice.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
What do Chicagoans want from the next leader of CPS? High-quality instruction, safe schools, and good communication — according to a survey of 2,700 people www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Survey finds Chicagoans want next schools chief to focus on strong instruction, safe schools
The survey of about 2,700 respondents also found that people want the next schools chief to be a good communicator.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
The Trump administration is withholding ~$7B from K-12 schools, from @kalynbelsha.bsky.social

That includes:
-$2.2B for teacher training
-$1.4B for before- and after-school programs
-$1.3B for academic enrichment programs
-*All* $890M for English learners

www.chalkbeat.org/2025/07/01/t...
Trump administration throws a $7 billion wrench into school budgets
The Education Department is holding back funding previously approved by Congress for teacher training, English learners, migrant education, and after-school programming. Advocates worry the Trump admi...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Waiting To Learn: How Bilingual Education In Chicago Falls Short blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/05/w... via @reemadamin.bsky.social, @minabloom.bsky.social & Kae Petrin/ @chalkbeat.org & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Waiting To Learn: How Bilingual Education In Chicago Falls Short
Chicago has been slow to provide many schools with what they need to serve English learners. The result: Students are left waiting for an education they’re legally entitled to, and teachers feel unpre...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
Chicago's school board is currently considering 5 people for the job of interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools. Multiple candidates are from within CPS, and one is from the mayor's office, sources tell us. They all have superintendent's licenses.

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Several internal CPS candidates could become district’s interim CEO, board members say
The school board is considering five candidates to take over as interim Chicago Public Schools CEO from Pedro Martinez, who will soon leave the district. Board members must pick the interim schools ch...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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michaelelsenroo.bsky.social
Groundbreaking + critical reporting from @alexzimmerman.bsky.social:

"NYC's public schools routinely flout federal rules designed to prevent schools from removing children from class for long periods due to behavior related to their disabilities."

www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
‘Justice delayed’: NYC students with disabilities face longer suspensions than allowed
Some students with disabilities in NYC public schools are serving longer suspensions — sometimes by several weeks — than legally allowed, a problem that disproportionately affects Black students.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
NEW: Hundreds of layoffs could be ahead for CPS schools as the district explores ways to close a $529 million budget gap next school year

www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Are layoffs ahead for Chicago Public Schools?
In an internal presentation, district officials outlined potential layoffs as a way to close the budget gap.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is one step closer to becoming the next top education official in Massachusetts. He plans to take the job once it's formally offered and after negotiating a contract. He will finish out the school year at CPS.

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CPS CEO Pedro Martinez chosen for Massachusetts top education job
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 9 to 2 to offer Martinez the state’s top job overseeing schools. His selection now goes to the state’s secretary of education.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
This is at least the second public education job that Martinez has sought and been shortlisted for since he was fired without cause in December.

He and the other two finalists will interview for the job during a public meeting on Thursday.
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Chicago Board of Education votes to save 5 of 7 Acero charter schools slated for closure
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/28/school-board-votes-to-save-5-acero-charter-schools/
After facing closure, 5 Acero charter schools will stay open next year
The Chicago Board of Education also voted to create a plan to turn the five Acero schools into district-run programs.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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"The number of tiny schools has exploded in recent years as enrollment plummeted during the pandemic and has not rebounded" @chalkbeat www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
After a yearslong fight, panel votes to shutter NYC’s smallest school
Top officials have been pushing for years to shutter P.S. 25, NYC’s smallest school with just 53 students. On Wednesday, education officials voted to close it.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
ICYMI last night: ICE and ATF agents arrested a father doing school dropoff near two Acero charter schools on the Southwest Side of Chicago, according to school principals and local elected officials.

We have not yet heard back from ICE or ATF.

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Chicago charter school officials say federal immigration enforcement detained an adult during school dropoff
Two students were escorted into the Acero Schools campus in Gage Park during morning dropoff amid federal immigration enforcement action, school officials told families Wednesday. Federal officials di...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
After months of uncertainty for hundreds of parents and kids at Acero schools, the Chicago Board of Education will vote this week on a resolution to save 4 of the 7 campuses slated for closure, which would walk back a plan the old board passed in December.

www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Backtracking original plan, Chicago school board to vote on saving 4 Acero schools
The vote will come after months of uncertainty for hundreds of students and teachers who had pressed the district to save all seven Acero schools slated for closure.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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beckyvevea.bsky.social
McMahon's investments in municipal bonds funding school construction projects include the following in Illinois: Joliet Junior College, Franklin Park School District, River Trails School District, and Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
kalynbelsha.bsky.social Kalyn Belsha @kalynbelsha.bsky.social · Feb 12
NEW: Linda McMahon has said she will divest from dozens of municipal bonds funding school construction projects across the U.S. if confirmed as Education Secretary. She's likely earning $900K+ a year in interest payments from public education-related bonds. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/12/e...
Did Linda McMahon invest in your school district's bond? Here’s how to find out.
President Trump’s pick to head the Education Department holds dozens of municipal bonds funding public school construction and other projects across the U.S. It’s likely she earns at least $900,000 a ...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... Denver Public Schools sues feds to stop immigration enforcement at schools, “sensitive locations”
Denver Public Schools sues feds to stop immigration enforcement at schools
The lawsuit was filed a week after raids on apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora caused fear among students and families.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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kalynbelsha.bsky.social
A sampling of the reader responses to my reporting about DOGE's cuts to education research & data-gathering at the U.S. Department of Education (original story here: www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/11/e...)
DOGE is ‘gutting’ key education research efforts. Here’s how that affects students.
The Trump administration canceled dozens of contracts held by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The president is looking to significantly scale back the size and work of the Educat...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Scoop from @reemadamin.bsky.social: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is one of six candidates in the running for superintendent of schools in Clark County, Nevada, the nation's fifth largest school district. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Chicago schools CEO Pedro Martinez in the running for superintendent job in Clark County, Nevada
Martinez was fired without cause from CPS and given six months notice after months of growing tension with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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February 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
reemadamin.bsky.social
Scoop: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is one of six candidates vying for a job as superintendent of Clark County schools in Nevada www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Chicago schools CEO Pedro Martinez in the running for superintendent job in Clark County, Nevada
Martinez was fired without cause from CPS and given six months notice after months of growing tension with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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heathercherone.bsky.social
BREAKING: Mayor Johnson will testify before the GOP-controlled U.S. House Oversight Committee about Chicago's self-proclaimed status as a sanctuary city on March 5, alongside mayors from Boston, Denver, and New York.
@wttw.bsky.social
BACKGROUND:
Johnson Declines to Immediately Respond to Request to Testify to Congress About Sanctuary City Status
If Mayor Brandon Johnson refuses to appear as requested, it could open a new front in the ongoing battle with the GOP-controlled U.S House and the Trump administration, which is attempting to strip se...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Chicago Public Schools chief of safety and security Jadine Chou reflects on her 14-year tenure
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/03/a-conversation-with-cps-chief-of-safety-jadine-chou/
Q&A: Jadine Chou, the outgoing Chicago Public Schools chief safety and security reflects on 14 years
Chou is leaving the role of CPS chief of safety and security after 14 years on the job. She led the department through school closings, waves of youth violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the removal of police from schools.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM