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Sarah Darville

Sarah Darville is Chalkbeat's national editor. She was previously the bureau chief for Chalkbeat New York and a Google Journalism Fellow.
New York
October 7, 2015

Rise & Shine: Will John King’s effort to desegregate New York City’s schools work?

New York
September 28, 2015

Rise & Shine: Could community college soon be free for NY students?

New York
September 22, 2015

Rise & Shine: A new skirmish in the space wars

clashes in the space wars

New York
September 21, 2015

Charter leaders continue to battle de Blasio over space in public school buildings

At the heart of their criticism is the battle for limited space in city-owned buildings, which the de Blasio administration has been reluctant to offer to charters.
New York
September 21, 2015

Rise & Shine: Schools facing quick takeover threat are still waiting for final goals

a new plan

New York
September 16, 2015

Your guide to de Blasio’s announcement, with new goals for grad rate, coding for all

De Blasio recently laid out a host of new education initiatives, and a goal of having all second-graders reading on grade level with the help of new reading specialists.
New York
September 14, 2015

Rise & Shine: Mayor to give ‘important’ education speech Wednesday

New York
September 11, 2015

De Blasio to give ‘important’ education speech Wednesday

The mayor hinted that he would soon have education news to share while on his first-day-of-school tour this week, when he focused his remarks on pre-kindergarten.
New York
September 9, 2015

Rise & Shine: Welcome to a new school year!

New York
September 8, 2015

Rise & Shine: New York City’s door-to-door approach to family engagement

New York
September 4, 2015

Rise & Shine: Cuomo says it’s time to review the Common Core (again)

New York
August 31, 2015

Rise & Shine: What New York City can learn from a low-tension co-location

New York
August 24, 2015

Rise & Shine: Using test scores in teacher evals is unpopular nationwide

New York
August 21, 2015

Rise & Shine: How one New York City charter network is grappling with high school

eyes on opt-out

New York
August 20, 2015

Elia says supporting opt-outs ‘unethical,’ vows to keep pushing feds for waiver

“I think opt-out is something that is not reasonable,” State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said Thursday.