Kalyn Belsha

Senior National Reporter

Kalyn Belsha is a National Reporter for Chalkbeat based in Chicago. Previously, she covered education for The Chicago Reporter, Catalyst Chicago and the suburban Chicago Tribune. She is a former Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting at Columbia University and has taught journalism at Loyola University Chicago.

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FROM healthbeat National

Undocumented children will be barred from Head Start preschool under new Trump rule

This major policy change treats Head Start as a welfare program rather than an educational one.

Kalyn Belsha

| July 10

FROM healthbeat National

Miguel Cardona told schools: Use Covid aid on long-term academic gains. Here’s what schools did.

Many schools used federal Covid aid on longstanding, costly needs like new curriculum materials and buildings, a federal report says.

Kalyn Belsha

| January 16