Chalkbeat

• Colorado’s higher education funding formula rewrite takes another shot at putting a focus on students April 27, 2026
  Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. Five years ago, Colorado lawmakers changed the way the state funds public colleges and universities. Instead of sending money based mostly on enrollment, the plan was to dole out money […]
  Jason Gonzales
• Denver school board adds a school to the district’s last remaining innovation zone April 27, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.The Denver school board voted last week to add another school to the district’s last remaining innovation zone, rejecting a recommendation from the superintendent who said that doing so would […]
  Melanie Asmar
• What is your child learning at school? NYC launches new tool to track literacy lessons April 27, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Is your child learning about animal behavior, how the 19th Amendment was ratified, or Japanese internment during World War II?A new tool quietly launched by New York City’s Education Department gives families and the broader […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• NYC pulls contentious proposals to open AI-themed high school, close Upper West Side middle schools April 27, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.In a major reversal, New York City schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is withdrawing controversial proposals to open the city’s first artificial intelligence-focused high school, close two middle schools, and relocate another.The plan to open Next […]
  Michael Elsen-Rooney, Alex Zimmerman
• Meet the 9 appointees who will control buildings and transportation for public schools in Indianapolis April 27, 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.Inadequate transportation. Declining enrollment. An impending financial cliff. These are the challenges that the nine-member Indianapolis Public Education Corporation must tackle as it creates an educational ecosystem that gives district-run and charter schools […]
  Carley Lanich, Amelia Pak-Harvey, Eric Weddle