ChalkbeatIndiana Indiana poised to open school vouchers to families earning over $100,000 chalkbeat.org - Dylan Peers McCoy Indiana lawmakers are poised to approve a significant expansion of what is already a broad private school voucher program, setting one of the highest …
ChalkbeatNew York State NYC schools used first coronavirus relief package to cover custodial expenses, documents reveal chalkbeat.org - Reema Amin How are New York City schools spending the first of its three federal coronavirus relief packages? It’s all covering the paychecks for custodial …
ChalkbeatMichigan Detroit district will pause in-person learning until May chalkbeat.org - Lori Higgins The Detroit school board voted Thursday night to suspend in-person instruction until its May 11 meeting, a pause that could be extended if the city’s …
ChalkbeatColorado MSU Denver wins full state approval for two majors after reading revamp chalkbeat.org - Ann Schimke Eight months after getting dinged by the State Board of Education for its approach to covering reading instruction, Metropolitan State University of …
ChalkbeatChicago Public Schools Union and district reach tentative agreement to reopen Chicago high schools after weeks of tense negotiations chalkbeat.org - Yana Kunichoff An agreement on reopening high schools is headed for a union vote that would allow Chicago to reopen its classrooms to students starting Monday as …
ChalkbeatGermantown Memphis-Germantown dispute over suburban schools should be settled locally, says Tennessee lawmaker chalkbeat.org - Marta W. Aldrich A Tennessee lawmaker says he’ll back off of legislation that would force Memphis officials to cede four schools to suburban districts, as long as …
ChalkbeatColorado Expanded SNAP benefits helping college students during COVID chalkbeat.org - Eric Galatas Thousands of low-income college students in Colorado now have an easier path to food assistance during the pandemic, after the federal government …
ChalkbeatDisability NYC students set to ‘age out’ of school may stay an extra year chalkbeat.org - Alex Zimmerman New York City students who are turning 21 this school year, and who would otherwise age out of the school system, will be allowed to stay for an …
ChalkbeatMentoring ‘Mentoring helped me’: Philadelphia to expand initiative pairing Black students with safety officers chalkbeat.org - Johann Calhoun Ryan “Smitty” Smith believes mentors helped him turn his life around as an at-risk teenager in North Philadelphia. Now, years later, he advises Black …
ChalkbeatEducation Read the tentative agreement that could govern Chicago’s high school reopening chalkbeat.org - Cassie Walker Burke Students will return one, two, or four days a week to campuses, depending on the size of the school. Wednesdays will be for remote instruction only. …
ChalkbeatEducation Under pressure from pandemic, Chicago lays out changes to competitive high school admissions process chalkbeat.org - Mila Koumpilova Chicago Public Schools will streamline its high-stakes high school application process next year, replacing a spring test and its selective …
ChalkbeatColorado Colorado House gives initial approval to 2022 budget chalkbeat.org - Jason Gonzales After a marathon session Wednesday in which lawmakers debated more than 90 amendments, the Colorado House gave its initial approval to the state’s …
ChalkbeatLearning Learning pods are now helping vulnerable students. Will the trend survive the pandemic? chalkbeat.org - Lauren Constantino, THE CITY This is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Chalkbeat and THE CITY investigating learning differences, special education and other education …
ChalkbeatIllinois Partially elected Chicago school board bill finds a Senate backer chalkbeat.org - Samantha Smylie Mayor Lori Lightfoot found a carrier for her bill to create a partially-elected Chicago school board — a state senator who on Wednesday voted for a …
ChalkbeatEducation Giving families little notice, Jeffco lays out plan to close small elementary school chalkbeat.org - Yesenia Robles The Jeffco school district is planning to close Allendale, a small elementary school in Arvada, at the end of this school year. It’s a decision, …
ChalkbeatTaxes 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 …
ChalkbeatStudents 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. …
ChalkbeatStudents 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 …
ChalkbeatColorado 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 …
ChalkbeatUnited 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 …
ChalkbeatPennsylvania 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 …
ChalkbeatEducation Union says Chicago high school teachers won’t report to school buildings Wednesday chalkbeat.org - Cassie Walker Burke Despite a “productive” day of talks Tuesday with district leadership that went late into the evening, Chicago’s high school teachers were asked to …
ChalkbeatMichigan Here’s why a Detroit school board vote to suspend in-person learning until the end of the school year was deemed invalid chalkbeat.org - Lori Higgins The Detroit board of education voted 3-2 Tuesday night to suspend all in-person learning in the district until the end of the school year, after …
ChalkbeatIndiana Families raise safety concerns over busing cuts for 2,600 Indianapolis Public Schools students chalkbeat.org - Aaricka Washington In response to a proposal to cut bus service for 2,600 students, community members at a virtual town hall peppered Indianapolis Public Schools …
ChalkbeatPennsylvania New school board member talks goals for Philadelphia students, lawsuit by former affiliate group ACLU chalkbeat.org - Johann Calhoun Reginald Streater was picked by Mayor Jim Kenney to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education, one of three new board members to join in …
ChalkbeatMichigan This is the best available count of COVID-19 cases in Michigan schools. Here’s what it means. chalkbeat.org - Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee Cumulative COVID outbreaks in Michigan K-12 schools Date added Date updated Date added Date updated Traditional K-12 Adrian Public Schools Adrian Public …
ChalkbeatEducation With clock ticking, no deal yet with union on Chicago high school reopening chalkbeat.org - Yana Kunichoff The next 24 hours will be closely watched in Chicago as a union-imposed deadline nears for the city to reach a deal to reopen high schools. If a deal …
ChalkbeatUnited States Tennessee’s fatal shooting is first inside of school since massive security investments in campuses chalkbeat.org - Marta W. Aldrich This week’s violence at a Knoxville high school is not only the first fatal shooting inside of a U.S. school since the pandemic began a year ago. …
ChalkbeatAsian-American Voices Anti-Asian racism overwhelmed me this year. So I started speaking out. chalkbeat.org - William Diep I feel myself getting punched every time I see a photo of an Asian American person being brutally attacked while simply walking down the street, …
