Chalkbeat

• 4 numbers that show how chronic absenteeism is becoming a long-term crisis June 30, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Chronic absenteeism rates have barely improved over the past year, signaling that school attendance problems that grew during the pandemic have remained a stubborn challenge, according to a new report.The analysis released Tuesday by the right-leaning American Enterprise […]
  Lily Altavena
• Detroit school district loses court appeal against state over paying debt with operating tax revenue June 29, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision against the Detroit school district in its battle over collecting operating tax revenue.Unless appealed again, the ruling means the Detroit Public Schools Community District will […]
  Hannah Dellinger
• This Brooklyn teacher connects chemistry to the real world — and just won $25,000 for it June 29, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Rayhan Ahmed, a Brooklyn high school chemistry and environmental science teacher, knows that the human brain is wired to care about people and their stories, not formulas and equations.That’s why at Gotham Professional Arts Academy […]
  Amy Zimmer
• Chicago’s school board is supposed to have a noncitizen advisory board. It still doesn’t exist. June 29, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.When state legislators created Chicago’s elected school board, they also required the city’s mayor to name a noncitizen advisory board, meant to give people without citizenship a more formal voice in school board matters since they cannot vote or run […]
  Reema Amin
• Housing, groceries, and medical needs: Detroit’s Health Hubs helping to get kids to school June 29, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Upbeat on-hold music blared from Jerrica Mickens’ cellphone for nearly 50 minutes as she searched on her laptop for affordable housing for a parent in Detroit. Mickens was on a three-way call with a mother and […]
  Hannah Dellinger