Become a Chalkbeat sponsor

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s national newsletter


The most important stories from across Chalkbeat and across the country, with news and analysis that help you make sense of efforts to improve public schools. Delivered to your inbox every Wednesday.


Just enter your email address in the field below to get started.

Want to check out the newsletter first? View a sample.



Latest news

Carolyne Quintana, a deputy chancellor who oversees the department’s signature literacy initiative, is leaving at the end of the school year.

This year, fifth and eighth grade students will shift to computer-based state exams. Some educators worry the move will affect performance.

The board was considering a policy that prohibited members from blocking people or deleting comments based on the views expressed.

The guidance is new this spring and comes in response to the influx of newcomer students.

An estimated 78,000 teachers, firefighters and nurses are among the group of borrowers who will see their debts canceled under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Their place in the city’s education landscape has taken on new importance as the share of English learners has also increased.

Students in Washington, D.C. were less likely to miss school on days they had a scheduled tutoring session. Researchers think the relationship kids build with tutors has a lot to do with that.

Every school will have certain guaranteed staff, including an assistant principal, a counselor, and core classroom teachers, under a new funding formula officials plan to use starting next school year.

University of Northern Colorado school officials said the work to better represent the state’s population and get more Hispanic students to graduation isn’t done.

Become a Chalkbeat sponsor