Schools Why Chicago’s $198 million gain buys just 100 more support staff: Teachers want to knowchalkbeat.org - By Cassie Walker Burke Despite Chicago Public Schools reaping $198 million more for the coming school year for its $6.1 billion operating budget, the district will add just …
Schools Raising the bar or moving the goalposts? Changes pending for Colorado school rating systemchalkbeat.org - By Erica Meltzer It soon could be harder for Colorado schools to earn the state’s top ratings. Currently, the large majority of Colorado schools earn the state’s …
Schools Rise & Shine: Federal investigators look into troubled virtual schoolschalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes This week we found out that federal investigators are looking into two troubled online schools: Indiana Virtual School and its sister campus. Both are …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIndiana Rise & Shine: South Bend to track when students get off the buschalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes This week we found out that federal investigators are looking into two troubled online schools: Indiana Virtual School and its sister campus. Both are …
Schools Federal investigators seek student records and spending details at Indiana Virtual Schoolchalkbeat.org - By Stephanie Wang Federal investigators are scrutinizing the enrollment and financial practices of two Indiana virtual schools on the brink of collapse amid …
Schools Q&A with Detroit schools chief Vitti: ‘Some doors … are opening up to what DPSCD can do.’chalkbeat.org - By Lori Higgins Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti is entering what could arguably be considered his most critical year at the helm of the city school district — …
Schools This turnaround model is spreading. Is it a better way to help struggling schools or just a new brand of takeover?chalkbeat.org - By Kalyn Belsha SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Principal Lisa Richardson knows it will take a lot to turn around Navarre Middle School. Two years ago, a state review laid bare …
Chicago Public Schools Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has trusted this deputy to oversee schools. What’s her plan?chalkbeat.org - By Adeshina Emmanuel When Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a new school board she also named Sybil Madison deputy mayor for education and human services. But while …
Education These free New York summer schools for English learners are in demandchalkbeat.org - By Reema Amin At home, fifth-grader Aileen Shao usually speaks Mandarin with her family. So when she heads to the hallways of P.S. 1 in Brooklyn for summer school, …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoColorado Rise & Shine: Stocking classrooms with books, pencils — and lockdown supplieschalkbeat.org - By Ann Schimke Pour yourself a large cup of coffee because our news roundup is packed today. We have a story about a surprising set of school supplies — kitty …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTennessee Rise & Shine: 3 out of 4 Americans support giving teachers a raise, the highest in a decadechalkbeat.org - By Caroline Bauman Nearly three in four Americans think teachers should be paid more, a new poll shows. That points to a potentially strong base of support for the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSchools Rise & Shine: IPS poised to commission real estate studychalkbeat.org - By Dylan Peers McCoy Two of Indiana’s most troubled online schools appear to be shutting down earlier than planned after state officials voted to try to claw back …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Rise & Shine: What you need to know about this year’s test scores, out soonchalkbeat.org - By Philissa Cramer For close observers of New York schools, August can feel like a long wait — not just for classes to resume, but for test scores that will offer the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Rise & Shine: Come hear what Detroit students have to say about life in schoolchalkbeat.org - By Koby Levin Education issues can be so complicated, so very dry, that it’s possible to forget why we talk about them in the first place. That’s why six students …
Education 3 out of 4 Americans support giving teachers a raise, the highest in a decadechalkbeat.org - By Matt Barnum Striking teachers have been successful at drumming up support for a raise, a new national poll suggests. Nearly three in four Americans think teachers …
Indiana ‘This is not rocket science’: Indiana educators bring ideas for raising teacher pay to Holcomb’s commissionchalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes When Robin Robinson stood in front of the governor’s teacher pay commission on Monday, she came prepared with a script: a paper listing her salary, …
Schools As they ask for more money, two Indiana virtual schools say they are all but closedchalkbeat.org - By Stephanie Wang As two scandal-plagued virtual charter schools face losing their charters, their attorney appeared before an authorizing board Monday night and …
Schools Newark parents can now enroll their children at neighborhood schoolschalkbeat.org - By Devna Bose Starting Monday, Newark families can visit their neighborhood school to enroll their children in schools for the fall — the school district’s latest …
Chalkbeat en español: Los resultados de los últimos exámenes estatales ya están aquíchalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles Esta semana regresan a clases los estudiantes de Denver, y les tocó regresar durante una ola de calor. Aproximadamente 60 escuelas del distrito aún …
Colorado Aurora Central High School faces deadline to show improvement plan has workedchalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles As in much of the state, Aurora Central High School’s average SAT scores dropped this year — but the consequences of that decline could turn out to …
Colorado Back-to-school supplies in some Colorado schools include kitty litter and buckets for lockdownschalkbeat.org - By Melanie Asmar Beyond the supplies themselves, which she’s grateful to have, it was the nonchalant way the buckets, kitty litter, and Sharpie marker were handed out …
Education New York’s state test scores are expected soon. Here’s what we’ll be looking for.chalkbeat.org - By Reema Amin The wait is almost over: State test scores will be released by the end of this month, education officials confirmed. Despite the state’s steady shift …
Chicago Public Schools Hundreds of Illinois schools taught abstinence last year. They could continue despite questions about the messagechalkbeat.org - By Yana Kunichoff More than 150 schools in Illinois, including 22 in Chicago, used a sex education curriculum last year that taught abstinence only. That could continue …
Detroit, MI Come hear six Detroit students as they take the stage Friday to share their school experienceschalkbeat.org - By Imani Harris Detroit students face many challenges and it’s not every day they get to talk about them publicly. But this Friday, they get a chance to share them …
Education As pre-K teachers celebrate pay raises, day care union seizes the moment to reach more schoolschalkbeat.org - By Christina Veiga All of the teacher groups that Jennifer Corre follows on Facebook were buzzing with the news: A just-announced deal would significantly boost pay for …
Colorado Complicated language excludes parents from the IEP process. It doesn’t have to be this way.chalkbeat.org - By Brenna Aversano I don’t agree with the school’s evaluation of my daughter. What do I do? The school suspended my son for “being physical,” but he has a disability. Can …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSchools Rise & Shine: New teachers in Jeffco would get a $2,000 raisechalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles Today, students in Denver, the state's largest school district, are going back to school. At some schools, that involves high fives and music to get …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTennessee How student-led conferences changed the way this teacher does her jobchalkbeat.org - By Caroline Bauman Congrats, Tennessee, on making it through the first week (or second, or third) of school! Did you know we do a First Person series at Chalkbeat? These …
Students How student-led conferences changed how I see my studentschalkbeat.org - By Alyssa Patel We love to ask middle school students what they want to be when they grow up. But what happens when we ask them to explain how they will get there — …
