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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.
National
February 21, 2018

After Parkland

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter. We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…

Shifting strategy

National
February 13, 2018

To fight poverty in U.S., Bill and Melinda Gates say they may move beyond education

The couple’s philanthropy has had an outsized influence on U.S. schools over the last two decades.
National
February 7, 2018

Bill Gates’ curriculum conundrum

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
January 31, 2018

The selling of ‘personalized learning’

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make…
National
January 24, 2018

Chalkbeat’s national newsletter: The new testing debates look a lot like the old testing debates

Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy, fascinating, often controversial efforts to improve education for poor students across the country.
National
January 24, 2018

The new testing debates look a lot like the old testing debates

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
January 17, 2018

Are charter networks the future or the problem?

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
January 10, 2018

The 1 percent (of these teaching positions that aren’t filled)

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
January 3, 2018

Looking back and looking forward in 2018

Welcome to 2018, and to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense…
National
December 20, 2017

More evidence that personalized learning is ‘in’

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
December 13, 2017

How efforts to ensure teacher quality can backfire

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
December 6, 2017

The quiet revolution to remake urban schools

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
November 29, 2017

Who gets suspended?

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! We’re Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat’s national team. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy,…
National
November 21, 2017

How federal rules might block local school integration

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville here. We’re feeling thankful for the many of you who’ve joined us since last week.
National
November 15, 2017

What the Endrew F. parents want Betsy DeVos to know

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville here. Our goal is to help you make sense of the messy, fascinating, often controversial…