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Aspen Ideas fest for teens: Brooklyn students tackle mental health, immigration, rats
Kimberly Gil knows what it’s like to struggle with mental health and not have a place to turn for support. Gil, a 16-year-old sophomore at the High School for Social Justice in Bushwick, Broo...
Messy breakup at Indianapolis charter school tees up fight over students, teachers
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. A charter school is squ...
Washington Township’s longtime superintendent Nikki Woodson to retire in 2025
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. This article was origin...
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Philadelphia mayor unveils simplified pre-K application, bonuses for early childhood teachers
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. Applying to Philadelphia’s free preschool options may soon be much easier. Last we...
In need of more bilingual teachers, Denver looks to recruit and support international candidates
LEER EN ESPAÑOL. Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. When ...
Necesitando más maestros bilingües, Denver busca reclutar y apoyar a candidatos internacionales
READ IN ENGLISH. Chalkbeat Colorado es un noticiero local sin fines de lucro que informa sobre las escuelas públicas en Denver y otros distritos. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín gratis por ema...
Wayne Township school’s International Festival celebrates newcomer students and diversity
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. An Indianapolis middle ...
Illinois’ legislative session is winding down. Here are seven education issues to watch in Springfield.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. A moratorium on closing any Chicago public schools until 2027 , extra funding for schools sup...
The Philadelphia mayor’s plan for year-round school is taking shape. What will it look like?
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. A plan to put in place Mayor Cherelle Parker’s promise to lengthen the school day an...
Study finds segregation increasing in large districts — and school choice is a factor
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Over the last three decades, school segregation has been increasing — and it has in...
How will Colorado’s new funding formula affect rural districts? It depends.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. As Speaker Julie McCuskie ...
Newark Public School awards $12M contract for new AI camera system aimed at keeping schools safe
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. More than 7,000 cameras equipped with artificial intelligence capabilities will be installed...
Colorado approved $24 million for migrant students. Here’s how much each school district will get.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. A surge of one-time money ...
NYC to restore a controversial admissions boost for Manhattan students, Banks says
Schools Chancellor David Banks intends to bring back a controversial admissions bump for Manhattan eighth-graders at some of New York City’s most sought-after high schools , he told parents thi...
Preschool is popular, and more Colorado school districts are adding it
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Two best friends sat at a ...
What does it take to be a school board member? New Chicago leadership program offers a guide.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. In a classroom normally filled with teenagers, 16 adults sat at desks arranged in a U-shape o...
I became a teacher at age 55. It’s been daunting — and thrilling.
We grappled in 2020 with a pandemic and the senseless murders of several unarmed Black men that led to social unrest in our country. The murder of Ahmaud Arbery, shot to death while jogging, hit ...
Denver’s McAuliffe Manual Middle School wants to change its name to avoid confusion
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. For years, people have mix...
NYC schools chancellor to student activists: Don’t allow ‘discontent to morph into hatred’
New York City schools Chancellor David Banks sought to strike a balance between affirming students’ rights to protest and disavowing hate speech as he responded to college campus unrest and pr...
Detroit school leaders want action to get pot edibles away from kids
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy Detroit school district leaders are urging lawmakers to ...
MSCS’ $200 million funding request reflects soaring cost of new high schools
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and statewide education policy. Memphis-Shelby County Schools is asking the county for m...
‘A culture shift’ as Colorado starts its first bachelor’s degree program at a women’s prison
This story was reported by Open Campus and is republished with permission. Twenty women at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility will be part of a new bachelor’s degree program later this m...
Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers — we’re all reading teachers now
I’m in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. Literacy is a foundational skill...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/05/02/post-covid-we-are-all-reading-and-literacy-teachers/
Chicago Public Schools and the union representing school support staff reach tentative contract agreement
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. The union representing school support staff came to a tentative agreement with Chicago Public...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/05/02/chicago-public-schools-seiu-reach-contract-agreement/
College campus unrest has some NYC high schoolers rethinking their next steps
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. As tensions reached a boiling point on college campuses in recent days over pro-Palestinian st...
Charter schools could get property tax money if Pike Township referendum passes
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. This article was origin...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2024/05/01/pike-township-referendum-charter-sharing-election/
Illinois high school students must fill out FAFSA to graduate — maybe not this year, state says
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Illinois high school seniors would not be required to fill out the Free Application for Fede...
Philadelphians ask City Council for more education funding as COVID aid expires
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. Philadelphia residents urged their city representatives on Wednesday for more funding ...
Voter guide: 4 Indiana districts are asking voters for funding in the May primary election
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. This voter guide was up...
NYC college campus protesters blast ‘brutal’ tactics. City Hall touts ‘precision policing.’
This story was originally published on May 1 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and top police off...
As budget cuts loom, Memphis raises minimum teacher pay to $50,000
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and statewide education policy. Memphis-Shelby County Schools is raising its minimum tea...
IPS adopts new, looser universal dress code in post-pandemic shift
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LISTEN: An exclusive interview with schools Chancellor David Banks
In this special episode of P.S. Weekly, student reporters Shoaa Khan and Jose Santana spoke to Chancellor David Banks about a range of issues facing the city’s schools — from efforts to expan...
Newark students say curfew could curb teen violence but more needs to be done
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. In November, a 15-year-old Central High School student was shot during a drive-by after stu...
LGBTQ students wonder what’s next as conservative states seek to block new Title IX rules
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. For LGBTQ youth whose rights have been under attack by Republican state officials, ne...
School funding formula rewrite clears major House vote
A proposed rewrite to Colorado’s school funding formula cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday when House members approved the measure on an initial voice vote, bringing the rewrite another step clo...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/05/01/colorado-funding-formula-rewrite-clears-house-vote/
Colorado argues in court for dismissal of universal preschool lawsuit
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. A lawyer for the state of ...
This Brooklyn high school psychology teacher wants her students to channel pessimism into action
It might seem odd that a high school psychology teacher would be selected for a National Geographic teacher fellowship in the Arctic , but for Caitlyn Homol, last summer’s “paradigm-shifting ...
‘Degree Forward’ is making college more accessible for Detroiters
Andrew Linton’s college journey has been more than 10 years in the making. After high school, the native Detroiter went off to Virginia to attend Hampton University, but left school due to a ...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2024/04/30/detroit-degree-forward-making-college-more-accessible/
Philadelphia school officials face budget questions
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system Philadelphia City Councilmembers on Tuesday questioned Superintendent Tony Watlington a...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2024/04/30/philadelphia-school-leaders-face-budget-questions/
Bill to ban seclusion in Colorado schools defeated, but sponsor pledges to try again next year
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Despite testimony that one...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/04/30/colorado-bill-to-ban-seclusion-in-schools-defeated/
New Jersey school librarians want to partner with teachers to improve literacy rates
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. Improving literacy doesn’t just happen inside the classroom. School librarians across New ...
As more youth struggle with behavior, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help
This story about medical-legal partnerships was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the He...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/04/30/medical-legal-partnership-helps-student-behavioral-health/
Sheridan picks new superintendent after deadlocking on previous finalists
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Sheridan’s school board ...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/04/29/sheridan-schools-pick-new-superintendent/
Philadelphia mayor plans to go over City Council’s head, put contested nominee on school board
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. A power struggle has erupted in Philadelphia between Mayor Cherelle Parker and City Co...
Chicago school board candidates gather virtually for first debate
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Thirteen people running in Chicago’s first school board elections participated in a virtual...
‘Ruthless in our pursuit of equity:’ How Denver is approaching its Black Student Success work
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Giant easel-sized sticky n...
AP African American Studies connects Michigan students to their own history while they make it
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy As a crackling recording of Malcolm X’s “The Ballot ...
Amid growing calls to end legacy admissions, New York considers banning the practice
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. Some New York lawmakers, students, and advocates are calling for colleges in the state to end t...
Where Tennessee lawmakers landed on vouchers, guns, AI, and other education issues in 2024
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Tennessee’s legislature is done for the year after a s...
California is investing $500M in therapy apps for youth. Advocates fear it won’t pay off.
With little pomp, California launched two apps at the start of the year offering free behavioral health services to youths to help them cope with everything from living with anxiety to body accep...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/04/25/california-invests-millions-in-therapy-apps-for-students/
NYC’s test opt-out rate doubled in the wake of the pandemic
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. The epicenter of New York’s test refusal movement has long been outside the five boroughs, ta...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/04/26/nyc-opt-out-rate-doubled-in-the-wake-of-the-pandemic/
How this Colorado science teacher helps students become environmental changemakers
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber maj...
Outgoing Philadelphia school board approves millions for new curriculum and asbestos abatement
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. Philadelphia residents got their first opportunity to publicly comment and ask questio...
Chicago Public Schools CEO defends new budget formula as schools consider next year’s funding
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Chicago Public Schools officials defended the district’s new school funding formula Thursda...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/04/26/chicago-public-schools-defends-new-budget-formula/
School 87 parents share prior worries about building’s culture in wake of ‘fight club’ lawsuit
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Parents of George Washi...
Gov. Bill Lee says he’ll sign bill to let some Tennessee teachers and staff carry guns in schools
Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he will sign legislation to let some teachers and staff go armed in Tennessee public schools. “Districts have the option to choose,” Lee told reporters after the...
Colorado’s largest teachers union says it opposes school funding formula rewrite
Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. The state’s largest teacher’s union has...
Illinois’ children and toddlers are experiencing more delays in getting early intervention services
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. About a year after Desi Evans’ son Christopher was born, she noticed he wasn’t making sou...
Changes to Tennessee’s 4th-grade reading law pass after compromise on retention policy
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Parents of Tennessee fourth graders would have input on ...
Superintendent Marie Feagins selects team to develop MSCS strategic plan
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and statewide education policy. Superintendent Marie Feagins said Thursday that she has ...
Colorado mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look
This story was produced by KFF Health News and is republished with permission. More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child ab...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/04/25/colorado-mandatory-reporting-laws-get-another-look/
560 NYC schools were affected by torrential downpour in September, report finds
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. About 560 New York City public schools were affected by torrential rainfall last September, far...
Philadelphia’s new school board members get City Council approval
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. In a chorus of “ayes”, Philadelphia’s City Council voted to approve eight member...
The IEP recommended a special education classroom. We chose an inclusion school.
Every year, on the first day of school, we take a picture of my now five-year-old son, Percy, by a chalkboard documenting his age, grade, interests, and more. I’m sure you’ve seen these pictu...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/04/25/why-we-chose-inclusion-school-for-our-son-with-autism/
University of Memphis plans to launch new K-12 district this fall
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and statewide education policy. The University of Memphis announced plans Wednesday to l...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024/04/25/university-memphis-to-launch-k12-district-this-fall/
Tennessee 4th graders await test scores — and outcome of debate on policies that could hold back thousands
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Carly Fair, who has three children in Tennessee public s...
As NYC’s education budget hits a fiscal cliff, Adams saves several school programs
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. New York City public schools would see its budget shrink by 2.4%, or $808 million, next fiscal ...
Indiana teachers union endorses former state schools chief Jennifer McCormick for governor
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Indiana’s largest tea...
Chicago student group hosts ‘peace talk’ forums for conversations on Israel and Gaza
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. “When you think of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, what feelings come up?” A dozen Li...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/04/24/chicago-student-conversations-about-israel-and-gaza/
Newark youth not in school or working nearly double the statewide rate, new report finds
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. Nearly 1 in 5 Newark teens and adults between the ages of 16 and 24, 7,500 young people, do ...
Here’s how to vote in Chicago’s Local School Council elections
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. There’s a uniquely Chicago election happening this week: Local School Councils. Every res...
New ‘intellectual diversity’ law could have major effects on Indiana teacher training
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. In a Ball State classro...
IPS board president announces safety task force following School 87 lawsuit over ‘fight club’
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. The Indianapolis Public...
IPS plans to transfer school building to charter network in unique facilities deal
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Indianapolis Public Sch...
Bill to let some teachers and school employees carry guns heads to Tennessee governor’s desk, despite protests
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with state education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Protesters screamed “blood on your hands!” then lay down...
Más que estudios académicos: el modelo de escuelas comuni...urora sirve de ejemplo mientras el interés crece en el estado
READ IN ENGLISH. Chalkbeat Colorado es un noticiero local sin fines de lucro que informa sobre las escuelas públicas en Denver y otros distritos. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín gratis por ema...
More than academics: Aurora’s community schools are an example as interest in the model grows
LEER EN ESPAÑOL. Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. When ...
DPSCD summer school program will aim to keep students on track after the school year winds down
Every K-8 student in the Detroit Public Schools Community District has access to summer school programming this year, school officials said this week. During a school board committee meeting Mo...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2024/04/23/detroit-summer-school-information-enrollment/
Chicago’s low-income families of students with disabilities eligible for new $500 grants
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. The city of Chicago is using pandemic relief money to offer $500 grants to students with disa...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/04/23/chicago-offers-grants-to-students-with-disabilities/
An attempt to roll back protections for trans students in sports angers NYC students and families
Rebeca moved to New York City a year ago to protect her daughter, now 8, from increasingly trans-restrictive laws in Florida. So it came as a shock when she received a 7 a.m. text from a parent...
Timeline: How private school voucher movement gained momentum in Tennessee before hitting a bump
As Tennessee lawmakers got to work this year, school voucher proponents appeared to be closing in on their ultimate prize: a state law that would eventually allow for taxpayer funding for most ki...
Redistricting: Denver school board chooses new map
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. The Denver school board ha...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/04/22/denver-school-board-chooses-new-map-redistricting/
Tennessee’s universal school voucher plan is dead for now, governor acknowledges
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. In the end, the gulf between competing school voucher bi...
The botched FAFSA rollout hurt immigrant families like mine
LEER EN ESPAÑOL Sitting at my dining room table, I dialed the toll-free number, hoping that today would be the day that someone actually picked up. Instead, I heard the words that have rung i...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/04/22/fafsa-poses-problems-for-immigrant-families/
La implementación fallida de la FAFSA perjudicó a familias como la mía
READ IN ENGLISH. Sentada a la mesa del comedor, marqué el número gratuito, esperando que hoy fuera el día en que alguien realmente contestara. En cambio, escuché las palabras que han reson...
Birdie’s Bookmobile spreads joy of reading to Detroit children
Inside classroom 148, a gleeful Alyce Hartman was telling the tale of three musicians: a squirrel cradling a guitar, a grizzly bear plucking a bass, and a chicken strumming a banjo. Hartman’s...
Will a child care center at Denver’s airport take off?
Denver airport leaders are considering building a child care center — maybe more than one — to help recruit and retain employees at the growing airport campus. To further study the concept,...
Illinois lawmakers propose extending Chicago’s moratorium on school closures to 2027
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Illinois lawmakers want to extend a moratorium on school closures in Chicago and prevent chan...
Colorado adult education providers say they may lose grant funding and have to trim classes
Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about the role of college and career education in Colorado. Students who attend The Learning Source’s Pueblo...
Three state Board of Education safety proposals fail to move forward
After the State Board of Education dismissed her three school safety proposals, member Nikki Snyder stormed out of the meeting Tuesday morning. It was the second time in five months one of Snyd...
Illinois lawmakers propose having half of Chicago voters select school board members in 2024
Roughly half of Chicago voters would get to elect school board members in 2024 and the other half would vote in 2026, according to new language proposed by state lawmakers late Friday. Earlier ...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2023/11/3/23945824/chicago-elected-school-board-voting-districts/
Illinois lawmakers release third draft map for Chicago elected school board
As trick-or-treating got underway Tuesday night, Illinois lawmakers released a new draft map for Chicago’s soon-to-be-elected Board of Education . It’s their third attempt at drawing distr...
Illinois lawmakers push back deadline for drawing Chicago’s elected school board maps
Illinois lawmakers are giving themselves more time to divide Chicago into districts ahead of the city’s first school board elections . Under a measure passed late Thursday night, the deadlin...
Illinois lawmakers to hold hearing on revised draft map for Chicago elected school board ahead of possible vote
Illinois lawmakers released a new draft map for Chicago’s soon-to-be-elected school board at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday ahead of a hearing scheduled for this evening. Their initial proposal for d...
Chicagoans want elected school board to better represent Black and Latino students
Chicagoans who spoke at a public hearing Wednesday evening want to see the soon-to-be elected school board better represent the mostly Black and Latino students attending the city’s public scho...
Think my South Side high school is a ‘bad school’? Think again.
When I say I attend Wendell Phillips, a public high school in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, people who know me as quiet and studious are often surprised. They ask me why, out of all the h...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2022/2/8/22890130/wendell-phillips-high-school-south-side/
I expected the America I had seen on TV. But life on Chicago’s South Side is a struggle.
My name is Ajibola (pronounced ha-jee-boh-la). Try saying it three times, and I’m pretty sure you’ll say it wrong. Most people do. My name is Nigerian, and so am I. I moved to Chicago almos...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2021/12/17/22815394/chicago-south-side-immigration-american-dream/
Teacher Appreciation Week: Chalkbeat readers salute educators who went above and beyond
Teacher Appreciation Week is a celebration of educators. But after more than a year of disrupted learning due to the coronavirus , a week of festivities feels both needed and insufficient in 2021...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/3/22410511/teacher-appreciation-week-2021/