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Kalyn Belsha

Kalyn Belsha

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Senior National Education Reporter, Chalkbeat

Chicago

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  • Supreme Court to rule on right of religious parents to opt kids out of LGBTQ material

    By Kalyn Belsha Verified| DATIA K12@ This story originally appeared in Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.When the devout Muslim parents of a second grader learned their son would be reading a story at school about a prince who falls in love with a knight, they asked to opt him out. The story about a man who marries another man after they team up to vanquish a dragon went against their religious teachings, the parents said.

    By Kalyn Belsha Verified · DATIA K12

    Apr. 21, 2025

  • How a story about battling a dragon led to a Supreme Court case on parent rights and LGBTQ books

    By Kalyn Belsha Verified| Chalkbeat Verified Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.When the devout Muslim parents of a second grader learned their son would be reading a story at school about a prince who falls in love with a knight, they asked to opt him out. The story about a man who marries another man after they team up to vanquish a dragon went against their religious teachings, the parents said. They wanted an alternative assignment.

    By Kalyn Belsha Verified · Chalkbeat

    Apr. 17, 2025

  • A Maine pole vaulter cleared the bar to win the state title. Waiting below was Donald Trump.

    By Kalyn Belsha Verified, Gabby DeBenedictis Verified| The CT Mirror Verified This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersThe winning pole vault at Maine’s Class B girls’ track and field championship in February missed the state record by 7 inches. But it was high enough to catapult Maine to the top of President Donald Trump’s enemies list.

    By Kalyn Belsha Verified, Gabby DeBenedictis Verified · The CT Mirror

    Apr. 14, 2025

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Chalkbeat

New York, New York, United States

+1 908-827-1448