Chalkbeat

• Holding kids back in 3rd grade can raise test scores — but a new study shows a long-run cost March 10, 2026
  Chalkbeat Ideas is a new section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work. Next week we have an online event on whether college is still worth it. Join us!It’s an age-old debate with an emerging conventional wisdom: Third graders should […]
  Matt Barnum
• In states where voucher programs have exploded, opponents make their case for limits March 10, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Capitalizing on headlines about misspending and concern about ballooning costs, some Arizona public school advocates want voters to do something lawmakers haven’t: add certain guardrails to the state’s education savings account program.A proposed ballot measure in Arizona is […]
  Lily Altavena
• Authorizer of Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ settles with family for $20,000 March 9, 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 authorizer of Riverstone Academy, a controversial “public Christian school” in southern Colorado, has agreed to pay the parents of a student $20,000 to settle a special education complaint filed […]
  Ann Schimke
• NYC 2025 graduation rate dips, fueled by declines among students with disabilities and English learners March 9, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Graduation rates dipped last year across New York City by just over 2 percentage points to 81.2% — the largest year-over-year decline in more than two decades — as officials have reinstated requirements that were […]
  Alex Zimmerman
• Teachers, parents, and students: What’s your take on homework? Is it worth it? March 9, 2026
  Chalkbeat Ideas is a new section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work.Homework is one of the most foundational aspects of American schooling. It’s also intensely debated and in flux. Some teachers swear by homework; others say it simply doesn’t […]
  Matt Barnum