National Headlines

Brendan Clarey | September 25 (Chalkboard News) — Lawmakers in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a congressional hearing on the “covert influence” of foreign governments in the nation’s K-12 education system, specifically concerns from a recent report on cultural centers, which some allege have ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 

Julian Roberts-Grmela | September 22, 2023 (Chalkboard News) — Community schools are popping up across the country, but what are they? What makes them unique or different from other schools? José Muñoz, the national director at the Coalition for Community Schools, said community schools are different from their conventional counterparts because they partner with community

Brendan Clarey | September 21, 2023 (Chalkboard News) — As Chalkboard has previously reported, parents and voters have been outspoken in their desire for school choice and education options since the pandemic. Hybrid homeschooling is one of the models parents are turning to, which offers some of the structure of formal programming with at-home instruction. But