Chalkbeat

• $120 million is on the line in today’s DPSCD’s tax proposal vote August 4, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.About $120 million in operating funds is at stake as Detroiters head to the polls today.On the ballot: Whether to allow the city school district to collect revenue it needs to operate.City residents have approved previous […]
  Lori Higgins
• ‘Nobody feels good, nobody’s learning’: How high temperatures disrupt Philadelphia’s school days August 4, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.For nearly two years, teacher Isabelle Ouyang and her colleagues have dealt with the presence of construction workers, shuffling between classrooms, stress over schedules, and a host of disruptive renovations.Ouyang has, essentially, pardoned all that dust, because Philadelphia’s Kensington High […]
  Rebecca Redelmeier
• 2-K offers are out: 2,000 NYC toddlers get spots, 5,700 apply August 4, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Roughly 2,000 families received offers for a spot in the inaugural year of 2-K, New York City’s new free childcare program for 2-year-olds, officials announced Tuesday.Around 5,700 families applied for the initial 2,000 seats, which […]
  Michael Elsen-Rooney
• Detroit school district responds to influx of questions after critical posts from content creator August 4, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.The Detroit district held a virtual town hall Monday to respond to an influx of questions from the public after a content creator posted a series of viral videos calling out the school system.The videos, which […]
  Hannah Dellinger
• Memphis’ first day of school by the numbers: enrollment improves, but teacher vacancies stagnate August 3, 2026
  Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.Everything looked business as usual for the first day of school at Hawkins Mill Elementary, a Memphis public school tucked in a woodsy Frayser neighborhood. Students lined the halls wearing customary white and red. The garden out back […]
  Bri Hatch