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Colorado
Chalkbeat listening tour: Parents, what do you want to know about school choice?
By Melanie Asmar
September 12, 2019
New York
Success Academy does ‘screen’ its students. It’s not in the way you might think.
By Robert Pondiscio
September 10, 2019
Detroit
A look at how we plan to cover education in Detroit this school year — and how you can help
By Lori Higgins
September 6, 2019

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Tennessee
Memphis district launches investigation into Southwest Early College High School as school leaders acknowledge ‘growing pains’
By Caroline Bauman
September 6, 2019
Detroit
Report: Detroit students leave the city for schools that aren’t much better
By Lori Higgins
September 4, 2019
Chicago
On wishlists for the new school year in Chicago: Better grades, better lunches, safe schools
By Cassie Walker Burke, Adeshina Emmanuel, Yana Kunichoff, Catherine Henderson
September 3, 2019
Indiana
GEO charter network to get a second chance in Indianapolis
By Dylan Peers McCoy
August 30, 2019
Indiana
Board members quit after two embattled Indiana virtual schools lose their charters
By Stephanie Wang
August 27, 2019
Tennessee
Parents, students petition Shelby County Schools board to investigate Southwest Early College High School
By Caroline Bauman
August 27, 2019
Tennessee
Here’s how two Nashville state-run schools are tackling teacher turnover, low student performance
By Caroline Bauman
August 27, 2019
New York
School diversity group: NYC should phase out gifted programs, curb selective screening in admissions
By Christina Veiga
August 26, 2019
Detroit
This is what can happen when charter schools work together in Detroit
By Koby Levin
August 26, 2019
Indiana
Teachers who continued to work at failing Indiana virtual schools won’t get a final paycheck 
By Stephanie Wang
August 23, 2019
Colorado
French immersion K-8 and high school modeled after historically black colleges OK’d in Denver
By Melanie Asmar
August 23, 2019
Chicago
Illinois abolishes charter schools commission, eliminating state appeals body for charters
By Yana Kunichoff
Updated August 23, 2019