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Meet the 23-year-old Bed-Stuy native who won a $200,000 David Prize for teaching kids money skills

When Aaliyah Duah was 17, she realized one of the major differences between an underserved community like Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, where she grew up, and more affluent ones was early access to information on how to manage money. In her public schools, she never learned about financial literacy — and had not heard the term — until she started going down a “rabbit hole” to educate herself on investing. She began to believe: To address the wealth gap in a systemic way, she needed to address

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Colorado educators can get homebuying help through new state program

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. Colorado teachers and other public school employees can now get help with down payments and closing costs through a new state program aimed at making homeownership more attainable. The Schools to Home program launched July 1 to provide assistance to educators and other public school employees who are first-time homebuyers. So far, 85

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Fights and weapons confiscations are down in Philly schools. The safety chief aims to continue the trend.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system. With a new school year underway, School District of Philadelphia Chief of Safety Craig Johnson is determined to maintain the downward trends he’s been seeing in student violence. The number of weapons confiscated from students dropped about 67%, from 516 in the 2021-22 school year to 171 in the 2024-25 school year, according to district-provided data. Knives are the most commonly found w

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‘In a purgatory period’: NY takes next step in graduation overhaul, leaving unanswered questions

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. New York’s Board of Regents voted Monday to press ahead with sweeping changes to graduation requirements, even as state officials acknowledged that key questions about the transition remain unresolved. Under the state’s timeline, current high school seniors will be the last graduating class subject to the state’s current Regents exam requirements. But state education o

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Preliminary NJ test results show math, reading struggles in grades 3-9

This story was originally published by NJ Spotlight News through the NJ News Wire. Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. More than half of New Jersey third graders are not meeting literacy standards, and an overwhelming majority of eighth graders are not hitting math standards, signaling that post-pandemic learning trends continued under the modernized state exams that were administered in the spring.

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After delay, Chicago mayor’s office opens applications for the school board’s noncitizen advisory panel

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office is seeking people interested in serving on a state-required noncitizen advisory panel meant to advise Chicago’s school board members — 20 months after the city’s current partially elected school board was seated. The applications, which opened Aug. 31 and close Sept. 25, also come two months before voters will choose a new, fully elected Chicago Board of Education. The

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As school begins, Queens families keep watch for ICE

This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. The original article can be accessed here. For the last few months, Margarita and her husband have been waking up at 4 a.m. most days. While their children slept, she lovingly brewed him coffee and packed him breakfast and lunch — bread, fruit and a sandwich — before sending him off to his job working construction. But last week, th

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Parents worry about ed tech. Most still see a place for it, polls suggest.

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Some parents are organizing campaigns to opt their kids out of classroom tech. Others are suing education software companies. But there may be a quieter majority: Parents who support some screen time in schools. That’s according to recent polling, which also indicates parents might welcome students’ exposure to tech like artificial intelligence in order to prepare them for the job market. Tw

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Michigan increased funding for English learners by $12.5 million. Advocates say a big gap persists.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. This year, Michigan lawmakers increased state funding for English language learners by $12.5 million — but not all such students will benefit. Michigan does not provide school districts with additional funding for students who are nearly proficient in English, even though state and federal law require that districts provide services to those students. Of 49 states that f

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Two Denver school board members accused of policy violations call for an independent investigation

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. Two Denver school board members accused of policy violations are demanding an independent investigation into the allegations, which include that one of them used antisemitic language. Board Vice President Monica Hunter and member DJ Torres sent a letter Friday to the school board president, Denver Public Schools’ superintendent, and t

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Court order: Lindsey Cornett is back on the ballot for IPS school board

Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. After a court order, Lindsey Cornett is back on the ballot for the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners election but without a political party affiliation. “I am really excited to get to move forward and head to November,” Cornett said, adding that she’s not worried about no longer having a Democratic affiliation

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Colorado’s 2027 Teacher of the Year: Meet the 8 finalists

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. This story has been updated with more finalists. Colorado education officials have announced the eight finalists for Colorado’s 2027 teacher of the year award after winnowing down the 21 semifinalists announced in June. The finalists include a Summit County humanities teacher, a Denver language arts teacher, a Jeffco construction trad

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IPS to stop using Enroll Indy, drawing criticism from charter school leaders

Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Indianapolis Public Schools is leaving Enroll Indy, upending the one-stop school enrollment website shared by IPS and most charter schools in the city. The district is moving its “application, lottery, and registration into PowerSchool — an existing platform our parents already know and use,” IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said i

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Your guide to 2026 school board elections in Marion County

Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. This article was co-published by Chalkbeat Indiana, Mirror Indy and WFYI as part of a collaboration ahead of the 2026 school board elections. Update, Sept 11: This guide was updated to reflect that Lindsey Cornett is now on the ballot for IPS school board and not a write-in candidate. This November, more than 50 candidates are on ba

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Tennessee kids could see major Meta settlement windfall. How will it be spent?

Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Tennessee state lawmakers next year will have access to an unprecedented pot of money earmarked for child mental health support, but it’s not yet clear where the funds will go and whether school programs will directly benefit. Lawmakers in January will get to decide when and where to spend tens of millions of dollars from a landmark settlement with Facebook and Instagr

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