Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesColorado A Denver school bus driver called police on a 6-year-old girl chalkbeat.org - Melanie Asmar The Denver school district said it is responding to an incident on a school bus in which district transportation personnel restrained a 6-year-old …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat IndianaIndiana After years of waiting, Indianapolis Public Schools will purchase new English textbooks chalkbeat.org - Dylan Peers McCoy For the first time in seven years, Indianapolis Public Schools is buying new English materials for dozens of schools across the district. The school …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat DetroitEducation Michigan school leaders and health officials take proactive steps to ease fears of a possible coronavirus outbreak chalkbeat.org - Eleanore Catolico Michigan’s education and health departments are joining forces to create guidance for school districts across the state in the event of a novel …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat TennesseeTennessee No coronavirus plans yet, but Tennessee schools are on alert chalkbeat.org - Jacinthia Jones School districts across Tennessee are being told to stay on top of developments involving the coronavirus and to start crafting contingency plans now. …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat New YorkEducation What should it take to graduate high school? NYC families and educators sound off on exit exams and more. chalkbeat.org - Reema Amin As the state’s Board of Regents reconsiders the requirements to earn a diploma in New York, it kicked off the city’s participation in the two-year …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Parent group pushes Democratic presidential contenders on charters, winning audience before Biden and Warren chalkbeat.org - Matt Barnum The Powerful Parent Network is getting meetings, but not concrete promises, from some leading Democratic candidates for president. In South Carolina …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation We asked Chicago teachers to tell us about their most powerful lesson. Here are five answers. chalkbeat.org - Marie Fazio Chicago is embarking on a $135 million curriculum redesign and leaning on committees of teachers to help. But which lessons resonate most with …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat IndianaIndiana Amid pushback, Indiana lawmakers abandon restrictions on school referendums chalkbeat.org - Emma Kate Fittes After receiving pushback from teachers, lawmakers scrapped a proposal that would have limited when school districts could ask voters to approve a tax …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoTeaching 'We trust each other': New literacy approach in Adams 14 schools showing slow but steady results chalkbeat.org - Yesenia Robles In a darkened room one Monday afternoon, first-grade teacher Nicole Houghton sat in a rocking chair facing about a dozen of her students sitting on …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Lawmakers reject plan to crack down on Indiana virtual schools. Here’s what they propose instead. chalkbeat.org - Emma Kate Fittes A panel of lawmakers on Thursday killed a bill that would have created new safeguards for virtual schools. They instead offered a less-direct …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation ‘It becomes a battle’: Newark school officials struggle with how to involve more parents chalkbeat.org - Devna Bose When Yolanda Johnson attended Camden Street Elementary, her grandmother, who raised her, helped lead the school’s parent organization. While keeping …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Chicago district defense academic record over critical report on NWEA test chalkbeat.org - Yana Kunichoff Chicago school officials bristled and responded critically Wednesday to the city’s outgoing inspector general, whose latest report documented …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesColorado The Colorado education voter’s guide to the 2020 Democratic presidential primary chalkbeat.org - Erica Meltzer Four years after they threw their support behind Bernie Sanders, Democratic voters are again weighing in on who should be the Democratic nominee for …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoPublic Health Colorado school districts to work with local health departments amid coronavirus threat chalkbeat.org - Yesenia Robles Colorado school districts have pledged to work closely with local public health authorities to keep students safe as federal health officials …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat DetroitEducation Grad rate down in the Detroit district, but up statewide chalkbeat.org - Lori Higgins For the second year in a row, the graduation rate in the Detroit school district declined, landing at 75.84% for students who graduated last …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation New law aims to shed light on sex and gender discrimination — and prevention — in NYC schools chalkbeat.org - Christina Veiga New York City Council members will vote Thursday on a bill that would require schools to share prominently information about sex and gender …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat NationalEducation Tell us: How is your school handling information (and misinformation) about coronavirus? chalkbeat.org - Caroline Bauman School districts around the country are ramping up guidance for parents and students on the coronavirus outbreak, while educators are also combating …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesIcon version of the Flipboard logoEducation Illinois schools warned to be on lookout for coronavirus as national fears mount chalkbeat.org - Cassie Walker Burke The Illinois Department of Public Health is advising that any student who has recently traveled to China should not attend school for 14 days, and …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation No plans to close NYC schools as coronavirus threat escalates, officials say chalkbeat.org - Alex Zimmerman There are no immediate plans to cancel classes in the nation’s largest school system in the face of growing concern about the coronavirus, officials …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat TennesseeTennessee This Memphis educator struggled to connect with a student, but a smile changed everything chalkbeat.org - Caroline Bauman When Diedra Hawkins was running a summer camp for young girls in Memphis, she remembers one particular student that she just didn’t know what to do …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat DetroitDetroit Politics Student safety, more summer recreation options, and universal preschool: How Detroit’s mayor plans to help children chalkbeat.org - Eleanore Catolico Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City address last night focused on Detroiters’ lack of equity in car insurance rates, job opportunities, …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Report says charter school authorizers lack oversight chalkbeat.org - Lori Higgins A report out Wednesday shines a spotlight on an ongoing issue in Michigan, concluding that the agencies that authorize charter schools lack state …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat IndianaIndiana How thousands of ‘ghost’ students at two Indiana virtual schools went undetected for years chalkbeat.org - Stephanie Wang An alleged $86 million education scam has exposed a troubling weak spot in Indiana: For years, two virtual charter schools appear to have duped the …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoEducation Colorado teachers plan to rally and at least one district will cancel classes chalkbeat.org - Ann Schimke Colorado’s second largest school district will cancel school on March 19 because so many teachers will be absent for a statewide teachers rally at …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Chicago charters at risk of closure look to state board of education for relief chalkbeat.org - Yana Kunichoff For the first time in nearly a decade, the Illinois Board of Education will have to take on the controversial decision of deciding whether or not to …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Murphy's latest budget calls for $336 million boost in school aid chalkbeat.org - Patrick Wall Gov. Phil Murphy called for another annual hike in school spending on Tuesday, part of a multi-year plan to boost state aid to Newark and other …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation How well are students reading in your Tennessee school district? Check this list. chalkbeat.org - Marta W. Aldrich Tennessee officials are far from reaching a consensus about the best way to improve students’ reading scores, but they agree on one point. “We do not …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Michael Bloomberg is running for president on his education record. Here’s what research found about those policies. chalkbeat.org - Matt Barnum As mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg was one of the most powerful people in American education. For more than a decade, he effectively …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation What does a win in California’s ‘right to read’ case mean for Detroit students? chalkbeat.org - Koby Levin The advocates who insist that poor conditions in Detroit schools amounted to a violation of students’ civil rights are finding hope in a similar …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesIndiana They worked for companies accused in the Indiana Virtual School fraud. Now they run a new online program. chalkbeat.org - Stephanie Wang Last summer, as two large Indiana virtual charter schools collapsed under the weight of fraud allegations, a small new online program made its …
