Chalkbeat Ideas

Studies suggest CTE can help students stay engaged, graduate, and land better-paying jobs. But its strongest results may be difficult for more schools to reproduce.

Families are increasingly choosing online public schools, even as research has raised concerns about their academic results.

Researchers found that simply giving students access to a capable AI tutor did little to ensure they used it for learning. More structured use of the technology showed greater promise.

A new paper traces how family income, test scores, and educational spending rise together — leaving the least advantaged students in the least-resourced colleges.

Low- and high-poverty districts tend to spend more than those in the middle. This Chalkbeat Ideas roundup also examines where COVID relief went, why testing moved online, and whether “college for all” was ever really the message.

Technology was often sold as a shortcut to better learning, but now amid a backlash, schools risk abandoning useful tools along with the bad ones, says ISTE leader Richard Culatta

Studies tracking nearly identical students on opposite sides of admissions cutoffs find sizable economic gains, even among those without top grades or test scores.

Teacher attrition peaked in many places around 2022 and has since declined. But years of churn have reshaped faculties, strained school leaders, and may have slowed academic recovery.

About 1 in 10 Indiana educators had significant apprehension teaching math. Their students made less progress, and struggling students faced the greatest risks.

The Brown’s Promise founder says segregated schools remain unequal — and that voluntary, cross-district programs can help change that.

Teacher turnover is a longterm struggle, not just a pandemic blip. Join Chalkbeat editor Matt Barnum and education experts for a live conversation on July 30 about the data and what you should know.

The backlash to classroom technology is colliding with a basic reality: Many required exams now happen on computers.

The policy chips away at a 1982 Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a free K-12 education for immigrant students.

One reason: Voters aren’t prioritizing it either.

An internal estimate from a school choice group suggests it could cost $300 or more to persuade each taxpayer to participate — potentially complicating efforts to scale the new tax credit.

Research in Texas and South Carolina found students benefited when incentives came with new resources.

Politicians and educators are encouraging students to consider routes outside four-year college. A Chalkbeat analysis finds well-paying options exist, but they are not available at scale.

The Trump administration says it wants less federal control of schools. But state education leaders describe a messier reality: modest waivers and funding pressures