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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
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.
New York
August 17, 2015

Rise & Shine: Why are New York City’s schools so segregated?

New York
August 11, 2015

City’s incoming Teach for America class hits five-year low

Teach for America, which places new teachers in hard-to-staff public schools, will send 230 teachers into city schools this fall, down from 400 teachers last year.
New York
August 10, 2015

Rise & Shine: Teacher literacy exam gets an OK after earlier versions ruled discriminatory

where credit is (and isn't) due

New York
August 5, 2015

Behind city’s latest credit-recovery controversy is a complicated history

Low-performing high schools, now under threat of being taken over by outside groups, are still under pressure to increase their four-year graduation rates.
New York
August 4, 2015

Rise & Shine: How the Renewal program’s price tag became nearly $400M

New York
August 3, 2015

Rise & Shine: City promises to investigate education at yeshivas after complaint

New York
July 27, 2015

Rise & Shine: Testing trouble, then tragedy, for Teachers College Community School

Tennessee
July 24, 2015

Weekend Reads: The complicated connections between housing and school quality

Plus, the argument for merging small schools, how Silicon Valley's real estate boom affects teachers, and more in this week's education must-reads

reading list

New York
July 24, 2015

Weekend Reads: The complicated connections between housing and school quality

Plus, the argument for merging small schools, how Silicon Valley's real-estate boom affects teachers, and more in this week's education must-reads.

survey says

New York
July 20, 2015

Teacher satisfaction with schools chancellor jumps, survey shows

The results come after the first full school year of leadership for Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Mayor Bill de Blasio.