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Victor and Franklyn Bush graduated from the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township. Years later, they both ca...
07/16/2025

Victor and Franklyn Bush graduated from the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township. Years later, they both came back to the district as principals.

Lauren Brady, a winner of the Math for America’s 2025 Muller Award, has taught at Park East High School for two decades.
07/16/2025

Lauren Brady, a winner of the Math for America’s 2025 Muller Award, has taught at Park East High School for two decades.

Despite winning court injunctions to restore some funding and staff to AmeriCorps, the Trump administration’s attempt to...
07/14/2025

Despite winning court injunctions to restore some funding and staff to AmeriCorps, the Trump administration’s attempt to cut the group’s funding continues to hamper its work in schools and elsewhere.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the layoffs are a first step toward eliminating the department. However, a la...
07/14/2025

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the layoffs are a first step toward eliminating the department. However, a lawsuit challenging the staff cuts can proceed in the lower courts.

The nearly $7 billion approved by Congress was supposed to go to states on July 1 to support English learners, literacy ...
07/14/2025

The nearly $7 billion approved by Congress was supposed to go to states on July 1 to support English learners, literacy initiatives, after-school programs, and more.

SNAP-Ed helps people on a limited budget eat healthier and shop smarter, teaches children and families how to cook meals...
07/11/2025

SNAP-Ed helps people on a limited budget eat healthier and shop smarter, teaches children and families how to cook meals from scratch, and promotes physically active lifestyles. The program reached more than 2 million New Yorkers last year. But it’s slated to expire on Sept. 30.

The funding is under review after the Trump administration froze federal dollars allocated for before- and after-school ...
07/11/2025

The funding is under review after the Trump administration froze federal dollars allocated for before- and after-school programs, summer school, professional development, and English language learners.

The case, which has been going through the court system for seven years, could be closer to seeing a resolution after an...
07/11/2025

The case, which has been going through the court system for seven years, could be closer to seeing a resolution after an appeals court decided to step in.

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars undocumented children from e...
07/10/2025

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars undocumented children from enrolling. Head Start providers condemned the departure from longstanding practice.

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars the children of undocumented...
07/10/2025

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars the children of undocumented immigrants. It’s a dramatic change from longstanding practice.

Charisma Holly, a Detroit honors student and poet, shares her family’s story of eviction and resilience.
07/10/2025

Charisma Holly, a Detroit honors student and poet, shares her family’s story of eviction and resilience.

By the time I was 11, toxic comments and content had begun to feel routine.
07/09/2025

By the time I was 11, toxic comments and content had begun to feel routine.

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Chalkbeat launched in 2013 to address an alarming collision: the business model for news was collapsing during a period of dramatic upheaval in American education. In particular, local news faced an existential threat just as public education — which is inherently local — was undergoing transformation in how schools were governed, funded, and assigned students.

Six years later, Chalkbeat is one of the largest nonprofit news organizations in America, reporting on the most critical topics in education across seven states. We have published thousands of stories and spurred real-world changes in every state where we operate, from the shuttering of a flagrantly mismanaged virtual school in Indiana to the abolishment of a high-school admissions method in New York City that penalized low-income families. We’ve won 60 local and national journalism awards and mobilized 1,345 donors and sponsors to support our work.

While Chalkbeat has expanded, the local news crisis has accelerated, leaving Chalkbeat with a formidable challenge: We are chasing growing demand for high-quality local education news at a time when resources for news have never been more scarce.

The task is daunting, but our unique model — a nonprofit newsroom covering a single topic in multiple locations — represents a promising path forward. By accepting the economics of the internet and using them to our advantage, we have mobilized new and diverse sources of support for an essential public good. We’ve reimagined what local news can be as we’ve rebuilt it, elevating a subject that was previously a stepping-stone beat for rookie reporters, treating readers as partners, and focusing exclusively on the education story that matters most: the almost 30 million children in America who live near or below the poverty line.