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States and cities are banning hair discrimination. Here’s how that’s affecting schools.
By Kalyn Belsha
January 16, 2020

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New York
Background check backlog leaves students without after-care, special education teachers
By Christina Veiga
51 mins ago
Colorado
Polis pitches preschool expansion, insists Colorado can afford it
By Erica Meltzer
January 17, 2020
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Detroit
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Visiting days: How a Detroit high school extends its family feel by sticking with graduates through college
By Lori Higgins
January 16, 2020

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Newark
Money for college? Newark helps students tackle the complex federal aid form
By Devna Bose
January 17, 2020
Tennessee
Education Trust names Tennessee director as advocacy work on equity shifts to states
By Marta W. Aldrich
January 17, 2020
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New York
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My high school sent a counselor to visit me in college. I repaid the favor by running a marathon.
By Karla Arroyo
January 16, 2020

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Detroit
Ambitious new school at Marygrove hits another snag as interim principal leaves unexpectedly
By Koby Levin
January 17, 2020
Chicago
In Illinois state board’s $9.64 billion budget ask: more money for teacher recruitment, testing
By Yana Kunichoff
January 17, 2020
Tennessee
Struggling charter schools implore Memphis board to ‘look at the entire record’ in the community before voting to close them
By Laura Faith Kebede
January 16, 2020
New York
Mayor de Blasio’s NYC budget proposal calls for cuts to teacher training
By Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga
January 16, 2020
Colorado
Denver should scrap its school ratings and use state’s version instead, committee says
By Melanie Asmar
January 16, 2020

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National
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2020 cheat sheet: What the Democratic presidential candidates have said about education
By Chalkbeat Staff
Updated January 13, 2020
New York
SEE: Find your NYC school’s 2019 graduation rate
By Reema Amin, Sam Park
January 16, 2020
Tennessee
Charter school growth drives enrollment increase in Memphis schools
By Laura Faith Kebede
January 16, 2020
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Detroit
Latest in How I Teach
What makes a stable school in Detroit? This principal has a few ideas.
By Koby Levin
15 hours ago
New York
NYC’s 2019 graduation rate inches up to 77%
By Reema Amin
January 16, 2020
New York
NYC councilman calls on city to let PTAs share funds
By Reema Amin
January 15, 2020
Detroit
Detroit principal fired over alleged remarks about sex
By Eleanore Catolico
January 15, 2020
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