MaryEllen Elia, New York’s top...

Jul 17, 2019 by

MaryEllen Elia, New York’s top education official, will step down

New York education commissioner MaryEllen Elia is resigning next month just months after two top deputies also left their posts for...

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Gym or curriculum? Michigan sc...

Jul 14, 2019 by

Gym or curriculum? Michigan schools with the neediest students face choices that “aren’t good for kids.”

By Koby Levin – Last April, leaders of a charter school in Detroit sat down over a platter of Lebanese pastries to ponder an...

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Tennessee governor promises ‘f...

Jul 14, 2019 by

Tennessee governor promises ‘funding will be there’ for early voucher start

Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee has enough funding to develop its new education voucher program in time for a launch late next summer,...

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Detroit officials hope their n...

Jul 10, 2019 by

Detroit officials hope their new initiative for gifted children avoids equity issues that plague other cities

By Kyla Heat – Michelle Taylor’s first-grader had only been at Chrysler Elementary School for a few months, but already she was...

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As the U.S. Supreme Court weig...

Jun 19, 2019 by

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs citizenship census question, more than $10 million for New York City schools hangs in the balance

New York City students would be among the nation’s biggest losers if the Trump administration succeeds in adding a citizenship...

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Many refugee students register...

Jun 12, 2019 by

Many refugee students register for school using the wrong birthdate.

Advocates urge Aurora district to change how it verifies age. Some Aurora students are aging out of local schools — often because of...

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Michigan’s top lawyer asks cou...

Jun 9, 2019 by

Michigan’s top lawyer asks court to recognize right to a ‘minimally adequate’ education in Detroit literacy lawsuit

By Lori Higgins – Michigan’s top lawyer is asking a federal court to recognize that children have a right to an adequate...

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Lori Lightfoot gave her first ...

May 27, 2019 by

Lori Lightfoot gave her first City Council address to Chicago high school students. Here’s what she said.

On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stepped up to the Chicago City Council podium for the first time. Her audience wasn’t the...

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Summit Learning, the Zuckerber...

May 25, 2019 by

Summit Learning, the Zuckerberg-backed platform, says 10% of schools quit using it each year. The real figure is higher.

By Matt Barnum – When nearly 100 students walked out of their Brooklyn high school in protest last year, saying they were...

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Outsourcing classes to an onli...

May 22, 2019 by

Outsourcing classes to an online program may hurt student learning

This school district outsourced many of its high school courses to an online program. But it’s not clear students are learning. A...

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Five important things to know ...

May 9, 2019 by

Five important things to know about Tennessee’s final voucher legislation

By Marta W. Aldrich – When Tennessee’s General Assembly approved an education voucher plan this month within hours of receiving...

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Charter networks KIPP and IDEA...

Apr 21, 2019 by

Charter networks KIPP and IDEA win big federal grants to fuel expansion

By Matt Barnum – Two prominent charter school networks, KIPP and IDEA, netted huge grants from the federal government to fuel...

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At least 465 truant students w...

Apr 15, 2019 by

At least 465 truant students were kicked out of Indiana virtual schools under a law meant to keep them there

A controversial state policy designed to ensure virtual school students learning remotely are engaged with their coursework has...

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Read the report on de Blasio’s...

Apr 8, 2019 by

Read the report on de Blasio’s $773 million turnaround program the city kept under wraps — until now

Mayor Bill de Blasio at Brooklyn Generation School — formerly part of the Renewal program By Alex Zimmerman  – Mayor Bill de...

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College campus visits can enco...

Mar 28, 2019 by

College campus visits can encourage students to take tougher classes

By Matt Barnum – When researchers asked hundreds of eighth-graders living near Arkansas’s flagship university whether they’d...

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Reading instruction critique p...

Mar 17, 2019 by

Reading instruction critique prompts a state-wide crackdown in Colorado

By Ann Schimke – The reading courses at Colorado’s largest educator preparation program don’t match up with research on...

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Did opt-out land some New York...

Mar 7, 2019 by

Did opt-out land some New York City schools on the state’s struggling list?

By Alex Zimmerman  – PHOTO: Christina Veiga/Chalkbeat Chancellor Richard Carranza When state officials announced a new set...

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Chicago mayor’s contest:...

Feb 28, 2019 by

Chicago mayor’s contest: Lightfoot and Preckwinkle advance to runoff

Chicago mayoral candidates Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot. Chicago’s crowded mayor’s race is headed toward a runoff. Early...

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Denver teachers will strike Mo...

Feb 11, 2019 by

Denver teachers will strike Monday after negotiations end without a deal

Denver teachers will strike on Monday after school district and union leaders failed to reach an agreement in a last-ditch bargaining...

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How did an out-of-town chancel...

Jan 30, 2019 by

How did an out-of-town chancellor get to know NYC schools?

By Alex Zimmerman – PHOTO: Christina Veiga/Chalkbeat Richard Carranza climbed the steps of Tweed Courthouse, the education...

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