Happy Presidents Day! We’re off today, and we hope you’re enjoying a three-day weekend too.
I’m planning to spend part of today catching up on Chalkbeat stories. Since last summer, when I started as executive editor, I’ve felt like a student again. I’ve never worked in education journalism before, so I’ve tried to read as much as I can — and there’s no better place to start than Chalkbeat’s reporting.
In honor of the holiday celebrating George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and our other past presidents, I’ve rounded up a special reading list — for myself and for you, our trusted Chalkbeat community.
Two stories that take place in schools named after U.S. presidents:
Why one Brooklyn high school is making a big bet on teacher training
Indianapolis needs tech workers. IPS hopes that George Washington will help fill that gap.
Two stories about local education leaders (even though they probably won’t ever get a national holiday in their honor):
Can this Detroit principal help her students learn quickly enough to save her school?
Meet the Memphis educator leading the charge to take down her city’s Confederate monuments
And one recent story that has nothing to do with Presidents Day but is so terrific I had to include it:
Tight-knit and tightly budgeted: Inside one of Denver’s smallest schools
-Bene
P.S. Got other education stories you think I should read? Send them my way!