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Las escuelas de Newark recuperaron el control. Unificar a la comunidad escolar sigue siendo un reto
09/26/2025

Las escuelas de Newark recuperaron el control. Unificar a la comunidad escolar sigue siendo un reto

Board members rejected the extension after public speakers raised concerns about school lunches, racism, bullying, stude...
09/26/2025

Board members rejected the extension after public speakers raised concerns about school lunches, racism, bullying, student achievement, and more.

Ryan Walters, a conservative firebrand who embraced the culture wars, says his goal now is to “destroy the teachers unio...
09/25/2025

Ryan Walters, a conservative firebrand who embraced the culture wars, says his goal now is to “destroy the teachers unions.”

The Newark school board will hold a public hearing today to discuss extending Superintendent Roger León’s contract as pa...
09/25/2025

The Newark school board will hold a public hearing today to discuss extending Superintendent Roger León’s contract as parents, students, and advocates demand more public input in the process.

The Newark school board will hold a public hearing on Thursday to discuss extending Superintendent Roger León’s contract...
09/25/2025

The Newark school board will hold a public hearing on Thursday to discuss extending Superintendent Roger León’s contract as parents, students, and advocates demand more public input in the process.

Using his own journey as a Haitian immigrant, Websder Corneille builds a connection with Haitian students and their care...
09/25/2025

Using his own journey as a Haitian immigrant, Websder Corneille builds a connection with Haitian students and their caregivers and offers resources beyond school walls.

Keeping track of what happens at Newark Board of Education meetings can be tough. That's why we launched a texting servi...
09/24/2025

Keeping track of what happens at Newark Board of Education meetings can be tough. That's why we launched a texting service to help keep you informed on key decisions the school board makes every month. Sign up for free!

After cutting various federal resources for English language acquisition, Trump is also pushing to eliminate all K-12 fu...
09/23/2025

After cutting various federal resources for English language acquisition, Trump is also pushing to eliminate all K-12 funding for it. Congress is split on the idea so far. Supporters say such work should be left to states. Critics allege the move would hurt students and schools in general.

In 2020, Newark Public Schools officially returned to local control after decades of state takeover. Did the promise of ...
09/19/2025

In 2020, Newark Public Schools officially returned to local control after decades of state takeover. Did the promise of local control bring a better education for students?

Charlie Kirk’s death has led to investigations of teachers for their social media posts and calls for a crackdown on ina...
09/17/2025

Charlie Kirk’s death has led to investigations of teachers for their social media posts and calls for a crackdown on inappropriate speech. But his assassination has also highlighted uncertainty about how teachers can foster debates and inquiry in a climate where political strife and anxiety are pervasive.

She saw how much her colleagues give to their students. This NYC teacher spent her summer abroad learning how to give a ...
09/17/2025

She saw how much her colleagues give to their students. This NYC teacher spent her summer abroad learning how to give a little back to them.

In his new book, the Yale law professor says colleges still have a “panoply” of options to recruit diverse student bodie...
09/16/2025

In his new book, the Yale law professor says colleges still have a “panoply” of options to recruit diverse student bodies within the confines of the Supreme Court ruling.

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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.