Sargent ArtSargent Art 66-2012 12-Count White Dustless Chalk

The chalk is great but every piece arrived broken so keep that in mind. Its still usable for what I need it for but don’t expect to have long pieces of chalk—I guess that’s expected when fragile things have to ship.

if you like white chalk, this is your chalk. Good chalk

Well packaged. It does the job.

To begin, this is excellent quality chalk. It writes smoothly, it does not break under normal writing conditions, it generates little dust, and it erases more easily than most other brands. Frankly, this is by far the best chalk I have found for writing on classroom blackboards. I give five stars for the chalk itself.However, two stars were removed because the packaging was disgraceful. I ordered three boxes of chalk, and they arrived packed in a cardboard packing sleeve, loose with no padding. Upon opening the package I found only 13 intact sticks of chalk, 18 half sticks, and the rest was comprised of uselessly short bits of chalk. At the steep price of nearly $5 per dozen, what are we paying for if not careful packaging?If you can find this chalk at a local store, buy it. If you can only find it here, think twice.Update: Amazon.com will not accept returns for this product even though it is Prime enabled. Factor that into your purchase as well.UPDATE (October 20th, 2017):I Purchased the colored chalk assortment recently, and it came in a padded packing sleeve. Only one of the twelve sticks were broken upon arrival - I will be changing my rating from 3 to 4 stars.

Of all the chalk brands I have tried ( Crayola Nontoxic Anti-Dust Chalk, White, 12 Sticks/Box (50-1402) , Blackboard Chalk ), Sargent is certainly the best. The other brands are more suited to be sidewalk chalks, not so great for blackboards. These other brands make awful scratchy sounds when writing, and they are so hard that they damage the blackboards if you apply enough pressure to make your writing legible. Enter Sargent Art chalks to solve your blackboard chalk writing needs! They are soft and smooth to write with, the way blackboard chalk should be. As other reviewers noted, some of the sticks did arrive broken. But Amazon is getting better at shipping them, only a few sticks were broken, nothing as bad as what some other reviewers posted with the entire box arriving in tiny unusable pieces. Given the choice, I will choose chalk that can be used for writing and might occasionally break over hard chalk that won't break but can't be used for the purpose it's made for - writing! Crayola Nontoxic Anti-Dust Chalk, White, 12 Sticks/Box (50-1402)Blackboard Chalk