Chalkbeat

• Tennessee TCAP testing time to increase in 2027 due to new, unscored writing test September 1, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.The amount of time Tennessee students spend taking state standardized tests next spring will increase significantly due to an additional writing test that won’t actually be scored. Tennessee is adding an unscored field test writing subpart to the […]
  Melissa Brown
• Fresh faces, AI fears: 4,000 new teachers gear up for NYC’s first day of school September 1, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Career stability. The chance to give back to neighborhoods that shaped them. A knack for working with children. As more than 4,000 new teachers streamed into orientation at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center before next week’s first […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• The promise and limits of career and technical education September 1, 2026
  Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work.Career and technical education may be the last bipartisan issue in America.From President Donald Trump to various Democratic governors, like Maryland’s Wes Moore, there’s wide consensus that U.S. high […]
  Matt Barnum
• Know a young musican? Chalkbeat’s back-to-school rap contest is here. September 1, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.School is almost back in session, and Chalkbeat Philadelphia wants to know which of Philadelphia’s young lyricists can lay down some bars about the school system.Entries will be judged by Amir ‘The Bul Bey’ Richardson, whose music has […]
  Sammy Caiola
• What do Memphis schools need to improve? Here’s what local experts say. September 1, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.Memphis-Shelby County Schools is under state and local pressure to boost student achievement as the battle over district control continues to play out in federal court. People advocating to establish a state-appointed oversight board for MSCS cite years […]
  Bri Hatch