Chalkbeat

• This program teaches Chicago teens about the risks of gun ownership. It’s changing some minds. April 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Fifteen-year-old Josiah Owens is considering owning a gun one day because he wants protection. He doesn’t want to suffer the same fate as his best friend, whom he says survived a shooting a couple of years ago. […]
  Reema Amin
• Detroit school district begins to weigh options for the end of $94.4 million literacy lawsuit settlement April 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.The Detroit Public Schools Community District has started planning for what it will do when it spends the last of the $94.4 million from its literacy lawsuit settlement. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, speaking at a board committee […]
  Hannah Dellinger
• Tennessee elementary schools might limit classroom digital device use under pending law April 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.Tennessee elementary schools could limit classroom digital devices under new legislation aimed at minimizing screen time for young students, even on educational electronic devices. The General Assembly this week finalized legislation that will require schools serving kindergarten through […]
  Melissa Brown
• Meet the Philly kids fighting to keep their schools from closing April 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.Eighth graders Alexis Rodriguez and Dominic Wolbert spent the week before a recent Philadelphia Board of Education meeting getting ready. They had taken hours to write their speeches and get feedback on them from their teachers at Stetson Middle School. […]
  Rebecca Redelmeier
• Why the Classic Learning Test, which embraces Aristotle but spurns calculators, has caught Indiana’s eye April 3, 2026
  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 test that relies on classic Western texts and bans calculators for math will soon play a role in assessing how well Indiana students and schools are doing.Since February, Indiana has expanded the […]
  Aleksandra Appleton