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Taxes
Report stating Philadelphia schools lose $112 million a year to tax breaks is incomplete, city says
chalkbeat.org - Dale Mezzacappa
Local tax breaks to promote development deprive school districts around the country of at least $2.37 billion in revenue, with Philadelphia losing …
1 hour ago
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Students
Will the pandemic reshape Chicago’s high-stress high school applications?
chalkbeat.org - Mila Koumpilova
Maile Solis’ son wants to follow an older sister to Lane Tech College Prep, one of Chicago’s selective-enrollment high schools on the Northwest Side. …
2 hours ago
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Students
COVID hit this Brooklyn high school hard. Paying students to tutor their peers is helping them get through it.
chalkbeat.org - Christina Veiga
Brooklyn high school freshman Alandinio Cineas was stumped: the algebra assignment asked him to write and graph an equation showing how many …
3 hours ago
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Colorado
Jeffco board approves contract for new superintendent, Tracy Dorland
chalkbeat.org - Yesenia Robles
The Jeffco school board approved a three-year contract for new superintendent Tracy Dorland to begin Monday. The contract will give Dorland a starting …
3 hours ago
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United States
Students’ environments matter for learning, studies show.
chalkbeat.org - Matt Barnum
In Chicago, when coal-fired power plants closed, students in nearby schools were absent less often. In Rhode Island, children exposed to lead were …
4 hours ago
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Pennsylvania
In emotional testimonies, students discuss needs for federal relief money going to Philadelphia schools
chalkbeat.org - Johann Calhoun
Fatima Hmada, a senior at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber, refuses to accept the notion that there are limited resources to help the students …
6 hours ago