Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat Colorado Colorado's high school social studies exam might just go away chalkbeat.org - Erica Meltzer Closing a chapter in the state’s testing wars, Colorado lawmakers are quietly preparing to do away with the statewide high school social studies exam. …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat Tennessee County mayor expresses support for new school buildings, but cost is about half what Memphis district estimated chalkbeat.org - Laura Faith Kebede County Mayor Lee Harris expressed support for a new high school in one of the county’s poorest areas as he stood in a new $95 million high school in …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat stories A test with no time limit: Chicago’s high-stakes NWEA test under microscope after critical report chalkbeat.org - Cassie Walker Burke Chicago Public Schools said Friday it will re-evaluate all the standardized tests it administers after its top investigator found irregularities in …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat Colorado Denver to explore reopening a traditional high school in Montbello chalkbeat.org - Melanie Asmar The idea of reopening a comprehensive high school in the Montbello neighborhood in far northeast Denver is back on the table. The announcement comes …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat stories At community asthma workshop, doctors say parent collaboration is key chalkbeat.org - Devna Bose As their children colored nearby, parents went table to table, asking doctors and nurses about the different kinds of asthma medication their …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat stories After violence targeting youth spikes, Chicago to expand program offering therapy and mentorship chalkbeat.org - Yana Kunichoff With 11 children shot just last weekend in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday announced the expansion of a program to offer therapy, field trips …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat stories Newark students take a new entrance exam to get into magnet schools chalkbeat.org - Patrick Wall Last year, the Newark school district scrambled to create a new entrance exam for its coveted magnet schools, raising questions about whether the …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat NationalIcon version of the Flipboard logo The City Fund has given out over $100 million to support charter and charter-like schools chalkbeat.org - Matt Barnum The newest major player in school reform has already issued more than $110 million in grants to support the growth of charter and charter-like …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoColorado This Denver librarian wants school books to reflect diverse characters chalkbeat.org - Ann Schimke Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask educators who’ve been recognized for their work how they approach their jobs. You can see other pieces …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoColorado Too hot: Denver exploring a later start for schools without air conditioning chalkbeat.org - Melanie Asmar Six months after school started on a 98-degree day, the Denver school district is exploring having an alternative school calendar for its 55 schools …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesTennessee Early education nonprofit First 8 Memphis hires executive director chalkbeat.org - Jacinthia Jones The nonprofit overseeing early childhood education efforts in Memphis has a new executive director. Kandace Thomas was approved Thursday by the board …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoColorado Denver black educators call on district to address systemic racism chalkbeat.org - Melanie Asmar A new black educators caucus within the Denver teachers union called on the district Thursday to address systemic racism, including by creating a …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesColorado This Colorado proposal could send charter-district disputes to the courts chalkbeat.org - Erica Meltzer For more than two decades, the Colorado State Board of Education has had the final word on disputes between charter schools and the school districts …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat New YorkEducation I teach global religions to teenagers. Here’s how NYC schools should approach its new curriculum on hate crimes. chalkbeat.org - Jody Madell I teach ninth-grade history at a public school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and I am very happy that New York City’s education department is creating a …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoColorado To reduce dropouts, Adams 14 will change how it supports ninth graders chalkbeat.org - Yesenia Robles Trying to cut down on the high number of students who disengage and drop out, Adams 14 officials plan to change how teenagers transition from middle …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat DetroitEducation ‘It’s just easier to kick a kid out’: Progress is elusive three years after school discipline reforms in Michigan chalkbeat.org - Koby Levin On a Sunday afternoon last summer, four children slipped into their Detroit charter school through an unlocked window, took popsicles from a …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesIndiana IPS parents are resisting restart at their school. Will the district listen? chalkbeat.org - Dylan Peers McCoy When Angela Cordova finally paused to check her voicemail late one night in January, she was stunned by the robocall she’d received. The school …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesCollege & University Oprah Winfrey gives $5 million boost to college-prep program in Newark chalkbeat.org - Patrick Wall For more than two decades, the nonprofit Pathways to College has helped propel Newark students towards higher education. Now the group is getting a …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Chicago changed school policing, but teachers and students can't tell chalkbeat.org - Yana Kunichoff For years, the role of police in Chicago schools was murky. If principals had an issue with an officer, they didn’t know whether to take it up with …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesColorado On seclusion and restraint, Colorado schools ‘are investigating themselves’ chalkbeat.org - Melanie Asmar Nearly every day, Brenna Wann saw staff members take young students, sometimes kicking and screaming, to the “quiet room” of her Colorado elementary …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Newark will pilot monthly bus passes for students at six schools chalkbeat.org - Patrick Wall Newark will start giving some students monthly bus passes instead of single-use tickets, officials said — a trial run years in the making designed to …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat New YorkEducation Thousands of NYC immigrant youth didn't enroll in school. Advocates want to fix that. chalkbeat.org - Reema Amin Georges Remy had one year of high school remaining when he left Haiti with his family in March 2017 and settled in Brooklyn. At first Remy, then 17, …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Proposed change to public comment policy at Newark board meetings sparks debate chalkbeat.org - Devna Bose At a special meeting earlier this month, the Newark school board debated limiting the number of public speakers at its monthly board meetings. After …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat ColoradoColorado The Boys School of Denver charter school will close at end of year chalkbeat.org - Melanie Asmar Facing a daunting financial outlook and declining enrollment, Denver’s only all-boys public school will close at the end of the school year, its …
Chalkbeatflipped into Chalkbeat New YorkEducation Facing backlash, Queens middle school integration plans are tweaked chalkbeat.org - Christina Veiga Answering intense criticism from parents, the education department on Wednesday announced changes to the process that officials hope will lead to a …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Unpleasant surprise: Illinois governor proposes holding back some school funds until November tax vote chalkbeat.org - Cassie Walker Burke Saying he had to make hard choices in a hard budget year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday disappointed education leaders and advocates by proposing …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesCollege & University Is a high school equivalency good enough to graduate? Some Indiana districts say it should be chalkbeat.org - Emma Kate Fittes Educators in two Marion County districts are pushing lawmakers to let schools count as graduates certain students now labeled as dropouts. But some …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducationOnce in danger of state takeover, these Memphis schools are showing results from strategies learned from the Innovation chalkbeat.org - Laura Faith Kebede At first glance, the three Memphis elementary schools that improved test scores enough to come off the state’s list of lowest performing schools have …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Stop-and-frisk under Bloomberg led more NYC black students to drop out chalkbeat.org - Matt Barnum When Andom Ghebreghiorgis was a middle school teacher at the Richard R. Green campus in the Bronx, his students sometimes arrived to class late, …
Chalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesEducation Elected school board bill to get a renewed push in the Illinois legislature chalkbeat.org - Marie Fazio Backers of a bill that would establish a 21-member Chicago school board say they are building momentum again, this time in the Illinois Senate. If the …
