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Whatever the problems of higher education, the narrative has raced far ahead of the reality. Let’s unpack the disconnect...
11/27/2025

Whatever the problems of higher education, the narrative has raced far ahead of the reality. Let’s unpack the disconnect between the data and the vibes.

"We know from national data that there’s a lot of kids struggling in school right now. The vast majority of those kids a...
11/27/2025

"We know from national data that there’s a lot of kids struggling in school right now. The vast majority of those kids are not identified for special ed. ... How are we making determinations about who gets help and how should they get help?"

Newark students used Tuesday night’s school board meeting to highlight what they see as urgent problems in their schools...
11/26/2025

Newark students used Tuesday night’s school board meeting to highlight what they see as urgent problems in their schools, ranging from mental health to leaky classroom ceilings.

Board member David Daughety has called for a second legal review of the contract process but has been denied.
11/26/2025

Board member David Daughety has called for a second legal review of the contract process but has been denied.

The moves dramatically accelerate a decades-long push by conservatives to eliminate the Education Department.
11/20/2025

The moves dramatically accelerate a decades-long push by conservatives to eliminate the Education Department.

We asked teachers around the country how they’re handling the giggles, shouts, and sometimes intense disruption caused b...
11/19/2025

We asked teachers around the country how they’re handling the giggles, shouts, and sometimes intense disruption caused by the 6-7 trend. Here’s what they said.

The moves dramatically accelerate a decades-long push by conservatives to eliminate the Education Department. The decisi...
11/19/2025

The moves dramatically accelerate a decades-long push by conservatives to eliminate the Education Department. The decisions also make clear the administration’s willingness to use legal workarounds to evade Congress.

“If we consider K-12 education as really preparation for adult life, preparation to enter the workforce, nowhere is it b...
11/19/2025

“If we consider K-12 education as really preparation for adult life, preparation to enter the workforce, nowhere is it better housed than at the Department of Labor that thinks about this night and day,” a senior department official said.

Stephen Paulson, a social studies teacher in Greeley, spearheaded a schoolwide service project that proved popular among...
11/18/2025

Stephen Paulson, a social studies teacher in Greeley, spearheaded a schoolwide service project that proved popular among students and staff.

The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling...
11/18/2025

The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so far to dismantle the agency.

Voters still tend to trust Democrats more than Republicans, according to most polls.
11/18/2025

Voters still tend to trust Democrats more than Republicans, according to most polls.

Short answer: yes, but only a bit.
11/13/2025

Short answer: yes, but only a bit.

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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.