ChalkbeatColorado Special Report: Read what Colorado school board candidates have to saychalkbeat.org - By Erica Meltzer Your 2019 ballot is making its way to your mailbox, and you've got some decisions to make. To help you with that process, we put key questions to …
ChalkbeatEducation Founder of Brooklyn’s high-performing Ascend charter network out as CEOchalkbeat.org - By Christina Veiga, Reema Amin The founder of Ascend charter schools, a high-performing Brooklyn network that serves more than 5,500 students, is out as CEO, Ascend’s board …
ChalkbeatDenver, CO We asked the 2019 Denver school board candidates nine questions. Here’s what they said.chalkbeat.org - By Melanie Asmar, Sam Park This fall, voters will determine the future direction of Denver schools. Three of the seven seats on the Denver school board are up for election. No …
ChalkbeatIcon version of the Flipboard logoDenver, CO Special Alert: Denver releases 2019 school ratingschalkbeat.org - By Erica Meltzer Of Denver’s 205 schools, just 38% met the district’s expectations of quality this year, according to school ratings released Friday. That’s fewer …
ChalkbeatColorado For the second year in a row, fewer Denver schools earn top ratingschalkbeat.org - By Melanie Asmar, Erica Meltzer Of Denver’s 205 schools, just 38% met the district’s expectations of quality this year, according to school ratings released Friday. That’s fewer …
ChalkbeatEducation With less than a week before strike, Chicago sweetens offer to teachers; union calls it ‘insulting’chalkbeat.org - By Cassie Walker Burke, Yana Kunichoff Seeking to avoid a strike less than six months into her term, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she had sweetened the city’s offer to …
ChalkbeatColoradoWe asked Aurora school board candidates about charters, the district’s leadership and more. Read their responses before vote.chalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles, Sam Park In Aurora, voters will select three new board members to lead the city’s school district this November. Five candidates are running to fill three …
ChalkbeatColorado We asked Jeffco school board candidates nine questions. Here’s what they said.chalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles, Sam Park This November, Jeffco voters will decide on two new board members for the county school district. Two candidates are running for a seat representing …
ChalkbeatColorado We asked the Adams 14 school board candidates nine questions. Read their answers here.chalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles, Sam Park By the end of the year, the Adams 14 school district will have up to four new faces on its five-member school board. Voters in the district, which …
ChalkbeatColorado Park County teachers could strike Monday as negotiations break downchalkbeat.org - By Erica Meltzer Teachers in the Park County school district are poised to strike Monday after negotiations with the district failed to yield an agreement. If members …
ChalkbeatEducation Education is (finally) getting some attention in the Indianapolis mayor’s racechalkbeat.org - By Dylan Peers McCoy With less than a month to vote for Indianapolis mayor, leaders in the black community are making a last-minute push for a greater focus on education …
ChalkbeatIndiana These Indiana districts are asking voters to approve a tax increase for more school fundingchalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes One Marion County district is among 10 in Indiana that will ask voters to approve a tax increase on Nov. 5 to supplement state funding for local …
ChalkbeatChicago Public Schools Everything we know so far about Chicago’s growing strike threatchalkbeat.org - By Cassie Walker Burke Negotiating teams on behalf of the Chicago Teachers Union and City Hall said they intended to bargain over the weekend, while a large teacher rally …
ChalkbeatNew York City It’s time to re-think New York’s 12-year-old education funding formula, some lawmakers saychalkbeat.org - By Reema Amin One of the thorniest education battles in New York State is, of course, over money — whether the state still owes billions of dollars to New York …
ChalkbeatEducation Applying for Chalkbeat’s 2020 paid summer internship? Start by catching up on our 2019 interns’ great work (and advice)chalkbeat.org - By Philissa Cramer When we introduced our interns to our readers back in April, we were optimistic about what would happen over the summer. But the seven up-and-coming …
ChalkbeatClimateEveryone’s talking about climate change. Now, New Jersey’s first lady wants that conversation to happen in every class,chalkbeat.org - By Devna Bose As young people around the world are taking to the streets to show their concern about climate change, New Jersey’s first lady wants them to engage …
ChalkbeatEducation Support for TNReady rebounds after problem-free testing year, says new pollchalkbeat.org - By Marta W. Aldrich Three years of technical problems and controversy surrounding Tennessee’s testing program don’t appear to have dampened Tennesseans’ support for …
ChalkbeatIcon version of the Flipboard logoColorado Rise & Shine: A top rating will be harder for Colorado schools to earnchalkbeat.org - By Erica Meltzer Welcome to another Friday edition of Rise & Shine. We've got two stories from the Colorado State Board of Education today. For months, the State …
ChalkbeatChicago, IL Understanding the Chicago Teachers Union’s strategychalkbeat.org - By Cassie Walker Burke This week, if it seemed like the twists and turns in the conversation between teachers and City Hall grew even twistier, this is the story for you. …
ChalkbeatIcon version of the Flipboard logoTennessee Rise & Shine: ICE agents sought student records, Nashville school officials saychalkbeat.org - By Jacinthia Jones Nashville school officials disclosed this week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently went to a local school seeking student …
ChalkbeatIcon version of the Flipboard logoTeaching Rise & Shine: Carranza’s vision for strengthening teaching and learningchalkbeat.org - By Christina Veiga Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has been clear about where he stands when it comes to integration and equity issues in the country's largest …
ChalkbeatIcon version of the Flipboard logoEducation Rise & Shine: This candidate for governor wants to eliminate voucherschalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes The field of Democrats in the governor’s race is getting crowded, and it seems like education is going to be a big part of their conversation. We’re …
ChalkbeatIcon version of the Flipboard logoEducation Rise & Shine: Racially charged incident in Detroit classroom prompts investigationchalkbeat.org - By Koby Levin Good morning! A world history teacher at Renaissance High School in Detroit said in class that students are slaves to teachers, according to a parent …
ChalkbeatEducation State Board raises standards, making it harder for Colorado schools to earn a top ratingchalkbeat.org - By Erica Meltzer Hundreds of Colorado schools are likely to lose their top rating under changes approved by the State Board of Education Thursday, and those that …
ChalkbeatInnovation Colorado has more than 100 innovation schools. State officials want to know how they’re doing.chalkbeat.org - By Yesenia Robles More than 10 years after Colorado passed a law allowing schools to request “innovation status” — giving them flexibility from state laws, district …
ChalkbeatEducation In a district fighting for integration, a plan to merge two East Village schools falls apartchalkbeat.org - By Christina Veiga An idea to merge two elementary schools in Manhattan’s East Village seemed to make perfect sense for a district that’s been home to a grassroots push …
ChalkbeatTeaching Filling Up the Dream Box: Strengthening Teaching and Learning for Every New York City Studentchalkbeat.org - By Richard Carranza In my experience leading school districts in four states across the U.S., I’ve noticed a trend in thinking about education like a series of shiny …
ChalkbeatEducation Why a candidate for governor wants to end vouchers, even though it’s politically ‘not possible’chalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes One candidate vying for the Democratic nomination in Indiana’s governor’s race is seizing on the frustration of public school educators by proposing …
ChalkbeatEducation Detroit teacher could face discipline over alleged ‘racially demeaning’ slavery commentschalkbeat.org - By Lori Higgins A teacher is under investigation by the Detroit school district after a parent raised concerns about alleged comments the teacher made about slavery …
