Chalkbeat

• Why these Minnesota superintendents are suing to keep ICE away from schools February 11, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.When the Department of Homeland Security did away with the longstanding practice of avoiding immigration enforcement at schools, a memo to agents instructed them to use “common sense.”But common sense is not what Superintendent Brenda Lewis says she […]
  Erica Meltzer
• Underfunding or mismanagement? Financial troubles at multiple Chicago charters spur a push for answers and solutions. February 11, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Jema Fabara knows what can happen when a charter school hits financial turbulence. She lost her teaching job when the Acero network’s Cruz campus closed last year.Now Fabara, who is teaching at the ASPIRA charter network’s alternative […]
  Mila Koumpilova, Reema Amin
• Sheffield committees weigh in on role of education, arts in Detroit’s future February 11, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.When Cyekeia Lee was invited last fall by then Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield’s transition team to advise the incoming administration on youth and education affairs in the city, she could hardly believe the moment was real.The executive […]
  Micah Walker, BridgeDetroit
• Memphis leaders criticize ‘premature’ audit comments from GOP lawmakers February 11, 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 interim leader Roderick Richmond says state lawmakers’ comments about the forensic audit of the district are “premature,” given no findings have been officially reported.Last week, the Tennessee Comptroller and audit company CliftonLarsonAllen held a meeting […]
  Bri Hatch
• How schools in Marion County responded to anti-ICE student protests February 11, 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.As they left their fourth period classes last week for an anti-ICE walkout, several Southport High School students said they noticed a school employee near the front door. The students decided to go […]
  Aleksandra Appleton, Carley Lanich