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Covering K-12 education across the country for @chalkbeat. alum: @freep @azcentral @Cronkite_ASU. laltavena at freepress.com. Skeeball machine queen.
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Articles by Lily Altavena
For undocumented students, the path from high school to college is shrinking
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. In the thick of college application season, some undocumented students are discovering they’ve lost eligibility for in-state tuition. Other students’ eligibility for lower tuition at state colleges and universities may be up in the air as litigation winds through federal court.
Teachers Pay Teachers to ban AI-generated classroom resources as changes to platform spark backlash
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Teachers Pay Teachers, a popular online marketplace among teachers for classroom resources that critics say are sometimes of dubious value, plans to ban AI-generated resources from its site.
Teachers Pay Teachers to ban AI-generated classroom resources as changes to platform spark backlash
6 hours ago If you're hoping to get an early-career job in the age of AI, get ready to pick up the hard hat, scrubs, or chalk. Recent graduates are entering a job market where entry-level work is increasingly being reshaped by AI models, but not all fields may be equally exposed. Business Insider analyzed data …
How to talk to students when the president talks about your city getting bombed
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. A student in Whitney Chase’s class told the high school Spanish teacher this week that every time they see an airplane flying over their San Diego community, they fear the sound of a bomb will follow. To some, San Diego is a tourist destination known for beaches and burritos.
U.S. Department of Education investigating school districts’ handling of sexual misconduct claims
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. The U.S. Department of Education is opening multiple investigations into the handling of staff-on-student sexual misconduct claims in school districts nationwide, including the New York City Department of Education and Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado.
Parents worry about ed tech. Most still see a place for it, polls suggest.
Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Some parents are organizing campaigns to opt their kids out of classroom tech. Others are suing education software companies.
Title IX changes by Trump administration could tee up broader goal: defining sex in federal law
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. The U.S. Department of Education cast changes to Title IX rules announced Monday as a “commonsense” step to protect women and girls by reinstating regulations from the first Trump administration.
States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
By Lily Altavena for Chalkbeat Paige Wyatt heard plenty from administrators about using AI to generate lesson plans at the school where she taught high school English. Her students used AI to cheat so frequently she resorted to spending her own money on detection tools. Yet she never got help with what she really wanted: how to effectively catch and stop the cheaters, some of whom were very clearly just copying and pasting from Google’s AI summaries.
Recent ICE arrests near schools and bus stops disrupt attendance and anger Democrats
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat's valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. A father arrested near his 6-year-old son's bus stop in Connecticut. Four people detained near an elementary school in New Jersey. Parents arrested outside of an elementary school in San Diego.
Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay on school integration sparks a reckoning for parents and education advocates
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat's valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. When education journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones documented her choice to enroll her daughter in a high-poverty, high-needs elementary school back in 2016, her viral New York Times essay helped spark a movement.
States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
Posted 9/22/26 Chalkbeat reports that while states promote AI use in schools, teachers are left to combat rampant AI cheating without adequate support or resources. This item is available in full to subscribers. E-mail Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber. “We were just trying to figure out where he was going and if he was okay.
States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
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States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
Paige Wyatt heard plenty from administrators about using AI to generate lesson plans at the school where she taught high school English. Her students used AI to cheat so frequently she resorted to spending her own money on detection tools. Yet she never got help with what she really wanted: how to effectively catch and stop the cheaters, some of whom were very clearly just copying and pasting from Google’s AI summaries.
States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
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States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
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States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
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