Matt Barnum

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Welcome to Chalkbeat Ideas , a new section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Next week we have an online event with Education Department official Lindsey Burke. You can sign up to join here . It’s hardly bre... See more

Happy New Year and welcome to Chalkbeat Ideas ! This is a monthly ideas roundup. If you’re not signed up for the newsletter, you can do so here . The debunking that wasn’t A small corner of the internet briefly lit up last month when Columbia statistics p... See more

Join us for our next Chalkbeat Ideas event, where our journalists examine the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. The Trump administration has taken unprecedented steps to unwind the U.S. Department of Education , in line with a long-standing ... See more

Unlike many other education advocacy groups, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools stayed publicly silent after the Trump administration announced last month that it was outsourcing key parts of the Education Department. Privately, though, lead... See more