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Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
School funding’s surprising U-shape, the future of work, digital tests, and more: A Chalkbeat Ideas roundup

Troy High School on April 24, 2026

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Indiana third grade reading scores surpass pre-pandemic levels on IREAD test

Third grade students in Warren Township read in summer school to focus on passing the IREAD exam in June 2025.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
How a Queens school transformed a local playground — and its students’ lives

Voyages Prep students Joseth Laiz (center) and Kamrin Jones (far left), helped spearhead the Playground Ninety basketball court project. They are with New York City Council member Shekar Krishnan at the playground's...

The 74
Leadership
A Bad Jobs Report for Public Education

A version of this analysis originally appeared in the “Aldeman on Education” Substack. According to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, K-12 schools lost 50,000 workers from June to July. The...

The 74
Leadership
NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline among third...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Judge rules Virginia school board discriminated against Black students by restoring Confederate names

The Shenandoah County School Board must rename two schools after a federal court found its 2024 decision violated students' rights. The post Judge rules Virginia school board discriminated against Black students by...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
The school year begins in LA with one big change

This year brings a new challenge for Armaghan Khan and many other teachers in the nation's second-largest school district: Ban screen time for younger students, and significantly limit it for older kids. The post The...

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Technology & AI
More Dads Are Taking Paid Paternity Leave

A.J. Johnson’s oldest son was born in 2019, the year before residents of his home state of Washington could receive benefits from its newly passed paid family leave program. Johnson, a full-time firefighter, had to save...

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Most 4-year graduates work in same state as their alma mater, report finds

States looking to grow their college-educated workforce should focus on "homegrown talent” over wooing outside workers, according to the analysis.

The 74
Budget & Finance
‘What Did We Do Wrong Now?’: Rural Iowa Schools Weigh Impact of ESA Expansion

As Iowa’s Education Savings Account program continues to expand to include all K-12 families, rural public school districts are still trying to determine how the scholarships will affect their classrooms, budgets and...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Marion County Election Board removes Lindsey Cornett from IPS school board ballot after challenge

The Marion County Election Board met Monday to vote on challenges to the candidacy of IPS school board District 4 candidates Lindsey Cornett and Chris Bultman.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Colorado district will eliminate Bible-based content in new reading curriculum, officials say

District officials in the Montezuma-Cortez district will remove Christian faith-based content from elementary reading lessons provided by the Houston school district in Texas.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
‘Have a great day’: School 51 welcomes students to the new year with cheers and high fives

Student Titan Jones gives a high five to a staff member at James Russell Lowell Montessori School 51 on the first day of school in Indianapolis.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Haverford settles with group accusing college of fostering antisemitism

Under the settlement terms, the private college will bar discrimination against Zionist, Jewish and Israeli students and employees.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Chicago school board to weigh adding ballot questions about new revenue sources

The Chicago Board of Education is poised to consider two nonbonding referendums to seek symbolic support for more state and city funding from city voters in November.

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Technology & AI
Denver District Accused of Keeping Kids In English Learner Program Far Too Long

Updated When Jen Hanson, a veteran multilingual educator, first arrived at Denver’s Cherry Creek School District in June 2025, she said she quickly suspected the district was creating its own rules for moving students...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
NYC is acting faster on special education legal orders but still misses most deadlines

Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska signed a court order in 2023 requiring to the city to complete dozens of reforms to more quickly provide special education services and payments to families. The city has yet to...

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: How Tracking Portrait of a Graduate Leads to Learning That Matters

Standardized testing has long been the gold standard of student success. Large-scale assessments give districts a big-picture view of student progress, offering convenient data points to compare performance, identify...

The 74
Technology & AI
Major Virtual Tutoring Provider Shuts Down; Experts Cite Lack of Evidence

As students head back to class across the country, Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest providers, has gone out of business. In a shareholder letter last week, Chuck Cohn, CEO of Nerdy, Varsity’s...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Rising computer costs threaten school-issued laptop programs

COVID funding provided underfunded Philly-area schools with laptops. ‘RAMageddon’ might send them back in time as the worldwide computer memory shortage drives up the cost of laptops. The post Rising computer costs...

District Admin
Leadership
Tough choices face Black parents when schools struggle

Black Texas families weigh whether to send their children to schools with more academic resources — but potentially fewer of their values. The post Tough choices face Black parents when schools struggle appeared first...

The 74
Leadership
Opinion: Miami’s Decision to End Universal School Lunch Harms More Than Just Hungry Kids

 For the past several years in Miami public schools, every student — including my own children — could stand in the same cafeteria line, carry the same tray and eat lunch for free. But on July 22, the Miami-Dade...

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Technology & AI
Absenteeism Is a Major Problem. So Why Can’t Schools Agree on How to Measure It?

It’s 2026. Satellites connect to devices in our pockets, artificial intelligence algorithms can drive cars and scan X-rays, and Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem is the basis for the summer’s hottest movie. But there’s always...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Newark piloted the state’s cellphone ban with positive results. Here are lingering concerns.

Newark piloted a cellphone ban last school year. The experience was positive in several respects, but teachers and parents still have concerns.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
How Sonoma State saved academic programs slated for closure

After wide-ranging academic cuts, the public institution’s leaders worked with faculty to make some previously doomed programs more efficient and viable.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Week in review: The conservative vision for higher ed

We’re rounding up recent stories, from a request from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to cuts at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Education Dive
Leadership
Elite colleges are returning to the SAT and ACT. Will others follow?

Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere. 

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Policy & Legislation
Nearly 15 Years After Student Discipline Reform, School Suspensions in Mass. Are Falling. Are Emergency Removals Taking Their Place?

In 2012, after child advocates spent years trying to reduce punitive suspensions in schools, Massachusetts passed sweeping education reforms under Chapter 222, kickstarting a longstanding policy shift away from...

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Technology & AI
California Expands Lunch Program That Pairs Schools With Farms

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want...

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Leadership
LAUSD’s Youngest Students Will Start a Screen-Free School Year. Here’s What Parents Need to Know

Screen time limits for Los Angeles Unified School District’s youngest students begin in August. “My hope and expectation is that most families will see a dramatic reduction in screen time during the school day, but also...