Chalkbeat

• Michigan’s chronic absenteeism rate drops but is still above pre-pandemic levels September 17, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Nearly 28% of Michigan students were chronically absent during the 2024-25 school year, the third consecutive year the rate has dropped. But the rate is still significantly higher than it was before the pandemic began, when […]
  Lori Higgins, Hannah Dellinger
• NYC’s high rate of chronic absenteeism: 1 in 3 students missed 10% of school year September 17, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.One in three New York City public school students was chronically absent last school year, which is defined as missing at least 10% of school days, according to statistics released Wednesday.That represents a slight dip […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• Feds to withhold some funding from Chicago schools over Black Student Success Plan, transgender student guidelines September 17, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.The Trump administration says it will withhold some federal funding from Chicago Public Schools over an initiative to improve outcomes for Black students and guidelines allowing transgender students to play sports and use facilities based on the […]
  Mila Koumpilova
• After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, new scrutiny on what teachers can — and should — say September 17, 2025
  Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.America’s teachers have been put on notice. If they posted “despicable comments” about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, they could lose their state certification, Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas warned in a letter. Oklahoma State Superintendent […]
  Erica Meltzer
• Dylan, estudiante de secundaria detenido por ICE, revela cómo es su vida ahora September 17, 2025
  Suscríbase al boletín gratuito de Chalkbeat New York para mantenerse al día con el sistema de escuelas públicas de la ciudad.Read in English.Tres meses de detención han pasado factura a Dylan López Contreras, el estudiante de la ciudad de Nueva York arrestado por agentes federales de inmigración en mayo.Pero las cartas de sus compañeros de […]
  Michael Elsen-Rooney, Amy Zimmer