Chalkbeat

• Left Behind: How school buses disadvantage NYC students with disabilities June 4, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Constant delays. No-shows. Missed class. Roughly 145,000 New York City students, 43% of whom have disabilities, rely on yellow bus service to get to school each day. It’s a sprawling system with 9,000 routes operated […]
  Chalkbeat Staff
• Memphis charter students are bucking district math trends. Here’s what’s guiding their growth. June 4, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.In examining post-pandemic learning loss, officials at Leadership Preparatory Charter School came to a realization: Teachers were following scripted math curriculum a bit too closely. “We were expecting teachers to make changes” to cater to students’ needs, said […]
  Bri Hatch
• Newark’s charter schools are seeing fewer students. Where are they going? June 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. After years of growth, Newark’s charter school enrollment is slowing down this school year, raising questions about where students are going.Charter schools added 200 students this school year, pushing total enrollment to 21,588. […]
  Jessie Gómez
• Why switching Philadelphia to an elected school board would be very complicated June 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.Furious over the Philadelphia Board of Education’s vote to close several schools, City Council Education Committee Chair Isaiah Thomas wants to explore changing the board from one appointed by the mayor to one that’s elected.But doing so would […]
  Dale Mezzacappa
• Dozens of Chicago seniors were forced to change schools this spring. Here’s how one got his diploma. June 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Jonathan Escobar sat among roughly 350 students in royal purple caps and gowns waiting to walk across the stage at Carl Schurz High School as hundreds of relatives and friends periodically erupted in cheers. Just two months […]
  Reema Amin