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Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Jefferson County voters will decide in November whether to approve $133 million in tax increases to boost teacher salaries, fund more career and technical education classes, repair school buildings, and improve security systems. The…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Lindsey Cornett is asking the Marion Superior Court to put her back on the ballot for the Indianapolis Public Schools board of commissioners after she was removed for not meeting criteria to list her party affiliation. She’s also filed…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Michigan students may be planning to head back to school with their cell phones in tow, but parents should know that new rules will restrict how much they can use those devices. The 2026-27 school year begins Monday in the Detroit Public Schools Community District and many…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. Philadelphia schools will open their doors to students next week as educators and families brace for what could be a tumultuous year. The upcoming school year will be the last for nine district schools as Superintendent Tony Watlington moves forward with his plan to close schools beginning in 2027…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Where do Tennessee’s governor candidates stand on education issues? Tennessee voters this month tapped Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Memphis City Council member Jerri Green to face off in the November general election. In a Chalkbeat candidate…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Denver Public Schools’ standardized test scores have gone up under the watch of Superintendent Alex Marrero, but not enough to meet all of his goals. In 2022, a year into his tenure as superintendent, Marrero released his first-ever…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. The Philadelphia school district is making a digital hall pass available at all schools for the upcoming year that allows administrators to closely track students’ whereabouts. Under the Infinite Campus system, which schools already use for course materials, students ask to leave the classroom…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system. The School District of Philadelphia’s closure plan is moving ahead as written, even as elected officials demand parts of the plan be reconsidered. District officials announced Thursday they are opening applications on Aug. 31 for new school transition committees. Those committees will be…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. Newark Public Schools students head back to school next month amid major state and local changes, including a statewide cellphone ban and new district leaders. Just over 43,200 students are enrolled in the state’s largest public school district, a slight decrease…
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. As New York City memorializes the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, Chalkbeat wants to hear from teachers across the five boroughs: How do you teach about 9/11 in…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. At West Philadelphia High School, kids are sometimes on their phones — but they’re not breaking any rules. The school has a new cellphone policy, implemented last school year, that requires teachers to lock up student phones in a clear cabinet at the front of each classroom. During class, the…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Driving a school bus allowed Carly Kendall to see her daughter off to school every day, while balancing her service in the National Guard. But once her daughter was older, Kendall wanted to start a career. She found one via an…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. If it seems like you’ve heard more about Chicago’s school board in the past two years than ever, it’s for good reason. That’s because for the first time after 30 years of mayoral control, the Chicago Board of Education will be fully elected in November. No matter what involvement you…
Higher education has had a public perception problem for years. Annual surveys show that despite a recent rebound , the sector suffers from a general lack of trust. But a new survey shows students, at least, have more trust in higher education leaders. New survey data from Lumina Foundation and Gallup finds 55% of students believe their school’s leadership usually makes decisions that are in…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Jeremiah Steen, a 25-year-old philanthropist and youth advocate, joined the Detroit school board as its newest member Wednesday. Steen will serve on the Detroit Public Schools Community District board through the end of December. He was appointed during a Wednesday board…
