Chalkbeat

• Denver school board debates whether members should give 48 hours’ notice before visiting a school May 20, 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.Whether school board members should have to give 48 hours’ notice before visiting a school is a question that has split the Denver school board. One side says the 48-hour […]
  Melanie Asmar
• Lawmakers push bills that would waive key state rules to give schools freedom to innovate May 20, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Michigan school districts would be able to bypass some state requirements to launch innovative programs that would otherwise be impossible to create, under legislation discussed Wednesday in Lansing.The legislation, House Bill 5983 and House Bill 5984, […]
  Lori Higgins
• Memphis leaders decide to keep Ida B. Wells open despite school closure vote in February May 20, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.District officials will delay closing one Memphis school for at least a year despite the school board voting to shut it down in February.Memphis-Shelby County Schools officials confirmed Wednesday that students and teachers from Ida B. Wells Academy […]
  Bri Hatch
• Teens are sleeping less than ever. Experts say schools can help by pushing back start times. May 20, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Madi Watkins, 16, usually goes to bed around midnight and wakes up around 8:15 a.m. Her friends who attend school a few towns over have to wake up over three hours earlier.There’s a good reason for the difference. […]
  Lily Altavena
• Albany budget deal gives Mamdani 2-year mayoral control extension, boosts funding for needy students May 20, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Mayor Zohran Mamdani will maintain control of the nation’s largest school system for the next two years under state legislation unveiled on Wednesday. And the state will boost funding for homeless students, those in foster […]
  Alex Zimmerman