Chalkbeat

• Parents, students skeptical of ILEA proposals to change who oversees Indianapolis schools December 11, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.Parents and others have expressed skepticism about a task force’s proposals to change who oversees charters and Indianapolis Public Schools, arguing the plans would create additional bureaucracy without improving education. Roughly 100 people […]
  Amelia Pak-Harvey
• As the ILEA mulls changing how Indianapolis schools are run, here are 5 key unanswered questions December 11, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.A state-mandated task force is one step away from proposing major changes to who oversees public schools in Indianapolis. But even at this late stage, significant questions remain. The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance […]
  Amelia Pak-Harvey
• Judge’s ruling in charter case casts doubt on Philadelphia school board member’s legal standing December 10, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.A Philadelphia judge has stated that a longtime member of the city Board of Education is not actually a “de facto” member. On Monday, Judge Christopher Hall of the Court of Common Pleas granted an injunction to two […]
  Carly Sitrin, Rebecca Redelmeier
• ‘Science of reading’ 101: Free course for NYC teachers helps unpack latest literacy research December 10, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Mayor Eric Adams’ shakeup to elementary school reading curriculums had a clear goal: to align instruction with the “science of reading,” the catchphrase for a longstanding body of research.But in the rush to train teachers […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• Detroit school district increases staff to keep up with special education evaluation demands December 10, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.To keep up with a growing demand for special education evaluations, the Detroit school district will spend $9 million more than expected this school year to staff additional school psychologists and speech language pathologists. The extra […]
  Hannah Dellinger