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After years of parent advocacy, NYC is piloting dyslexia screening tool at two Brooklyn schools
By Yoav Gonen, THE CITY
January 10, 2020
Detroit
A federal grant will allow Michigan to improve access to early childhood programs for families 
By Lori Higgins
January 9, 2020
New York
As contract negotiations drag on, NYC principals union says schools are struggling with discipline reforms
By Christina Veiga
January 9, 2020

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Newark
Arts High School will pilot new LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, ahead of state mandate
By Devna Bose
January 9, 2020
The duel enrollment proposal to make it easier for students to earn college credit while still in high school seemed like a done deal. Then it vanished. Chicago
The real enrollment challenge in Chicago: what to do with all those empty school seats
By Cassie Walker Burke
January 8, 2020
New York
These NYC parents struggled to find schools that would address dyslexia. Now they want to start their own.
By Alex Zimmerman
January 7, 2020
Detroit
Why a local university is investing in a new teacher residency program to fill a pressing need in Detroit and Dearborn schools
By Lori Higgins
January 7, 2020
Courtney Everts Mykytyn National
Drawing lessons from her own missteps, activist Courtney Everts Mykytyn urged white parents to integrate schools with respect
By Patrick Wall
January 6, 2020
National
Some educators spend little extra time in the communities where they teach. Doing so can pay real dividends.
By Rann Miller
January 3, 2020
Chicago
More Chicago schools fall below the capacity line. Is yours on the list?
By Sam Park, Cassie Walker Burke
January 2, 2020
New York
Same classroom, different salaries: Special education pre-K teachers earn dramatically less than their general education co-teachers
By Christina Veiga
January 2, 2020
New York
Brooklyn twins families win middle school sibling policy change for September
By Christina Veiga, Amy Zimmer
December 20, 2019
Tennessee
50 years after thousands of black Memphis parents kept their children out of school in protest, here’s where their demands stand today
By Laura Faith Kebede
December 20, 2019
Chicago
Chicago’s teaching corps is becoming whiter. How the district hopes to entice — and keep — more teachers of color
By Ariel Cheung, Adeshina Emmanuel
December 20, 2019
New York
Listen: Chalkbeat talks with School Colors podcast creators about race, class, and the struggle for power in Bed-Stuy schools 
By Amy Zimmer
December 20, 2019