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Education news. In context.

Everyone has an opinion about how to fix education, especially for the poorest children. As a nonprofit news organization, we at Chalkbeat offer you solid facts about what is actually happening and what it means, from local reporters who really understand.
No bias, no spin, no jargon.

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History Matters

Brown v. Board of Education turns 65 today. These students are still fighting for integration in NYC schools.
New York
May 17, 2019

No more

Colorado
May 16, 2019

Pushed by students, DSST’s founding school drops name of Denver’s former Klan mayor


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Policy change

Colorado
May 16, 2019

Denver school board to consider limiting the use of handcuffs on young students

public schools

Detroit
May 16, 2019

Open and accessible? Here’s what happened when we tried to attend 10 Detroit charter school board meetings in a month.

How I Teach

National
May 15, 2019

How the National Teacher of the Year offers history lessons plus ‘love and care and comfort’

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First Person

First Person

National
May 15, 2019

I was a white teacher who couldn’t talk about race. A journey through successful U.S. high schools changed my thinking.

“I know what schools and classrooms shouldn’t look like. I want to know more about what they can be at their best.”

First Person

Colorado
April 24, 2019

I’m a Denver principal who’s watched too many colleagues leave. Here’s how our new superintendent could help.

Principals feel undervalued, and too often my peers are placed into their roles and not offered enough support when it gets tough.

First Person

Tennessee
April 23, 2019

As the parent of African-American kids, this is what I want from Memphis’s next superintendent

I know superintendents come and go. Still, I hope our next schools chief can improve a system that often feels like it operates to keep certain communities in power.

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milestone

Colorado
1 day ago

Adams City seniors say they pushed themselves, often for their families, to reach graduation day

Adams City High School graduated 305 students on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

union politics

Chicago
2 days ago

Chicago teachers union leadership retains power, despite vocal challenger

Incumbents will retain control of the Chicago Teachers Union, despite a challenge from a group seeking to redirect attention back to “bread-and-butter issues."

Budget time

Tennessee
3 days ago

Memphis school leaders plan to ask the county for at least an additional $10 million for next school year

The 2019-20 budget is the first for Superintendent Joris Ray, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, and a majority of the 13-member county commission.

collaboration

Colorado
3 days ago

To better serve black students, Denver will help a community group develop its school

The school board directed district staff to work with the group to strengthen its application for a new high school.

How I Teach

How I Teach

National
3 days ago

Meet the Brooklyn science teacher who got Elizabeth Warren to narrow her education secretary options

Liat Olenick teaches at Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School.

How I Teach

Detroit
May 13, 2019

From genetics to robots, here’s how one Detroit science teacher brings the real world into the classroom

Joel Hockin looks at his eighth-graders and sees great potential.

How I Teach

Tennessee
May 13, 2019

This Tennessee educator wants to build the future of computer science, especially for students of color

Mehreen Butt has helped to build an award-winning computer science program at a Nashville charter school – and she’s doing it in part for other young women of color.