Chalkbeat

• Colorado lawmakers propose novel investment strategy to raise money for childcare April 29, 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.More than 9,000 low-income Colorado families are in line for state subsidies to help pay for childcare so parents can work or attend school. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers […]
  Ann Schimke
• Chalkbeat Ideas Roundup: Did education reform work? Plus research, reading, and politics April 28, 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.Earlier this month, I wrote about efforts to revive the bipartisan school reform coalition that dominated Washington circa 1996 to 2015. It was this coalition that ushered in […]
  Matt Barnum
• As Michigan lawmakers push their ideas for funding schools, district leaders urge inflationary increases April 28, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Michigan superintendents say they’re not asking for much from lawmakers in this year’s state budget.They would like to see school districts get funding increases that account for inflation. They want lawmakers to stop the years-long practice […]
  Lori Higgins
• Lawmakers extend teacher preparation program amid pleas from parents and students April 28, 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. Colorado lawmakers plan to allow a last batch of high school seniors to take part in a statewide teacher preparation program before it’s eliminated.The Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation program, […]
  Jason Gonzales
• An Illinois governor-backed bill to restrict school cell phone use gains momentum April 28, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Illinois is poised to join a majority of states that have mandated restrictions on cell phone use in schools — a priority of Gov. JB Pritzker that he and other supporters say will boost learning and student […]
  Mila Koumpilova