Kae Petrin

Data & Graphics Reporter

Kae is a Data & Graphics Reporter on Chalkbeat's data visuals team. They come to the role after working briefly as a data analyst in the healthcare industry. Previously, as a digital reporter at St. Louis Public Radio, they created graphics, built newsroom-wide tools, and covered data-driven stories across beats. Before that, Kae was an editorial assistant at St. Louis Magazine. They also produced freelance investigations, breaking news, web redesigns, and entertainment criticism. In 2020, Kae co-founded the Trans Journalists Association with a collective of transgender and nonbinary media-makers; they also serve as a secretary for the St. Louis Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

FROM Chalkbeat Chicago

Así está la educación bilingüe mientras los estudiantes inmigrantes se matriculan en las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago

Ahora que se acerca el primer día de clases, esto es lo que sabemos sobre los recursos bilingües y los estudiantes de inglés en las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago.

Max Lubbers

Kae Petrin

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Traducido por Milly Suazo-Martinez

| August 24

FROM Chalkbeat Chicago

As migrant students enroll in Chicago Public Schools, here’s a closer look at bilingual education

More than 5,000 new English learners enrolled in Chicago schools last year. With the first day of school rapidly approaching, a Chalkbeat analysis found a complicated picture of bilingual staffing resources at the district.

Max Lubbers

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Kae Petrin

| August 16

FROM Chalkbeat Tennessee

Tennessee’s TCAP test scores climb for second straight year after pandemic

The results suggest that Tennessee’s early investments in summer learning camps and intensive tutoring are paying off.

Marta W. Aldrich

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Kae Petrin

| June 29

FROM Chalkbeat Indiana

Using charters to fix ailing IPS schools yields instability and inconsistent academic results

Since IPS created ‘restart’ schools in 2015, the district has replaced two charter operators and a third school has closed.

Amelia Pak-Harvey

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Kae Petrin

| April 3

FROM Chalkbeat New York

A gender divide: Why NYC students are unusually likely to go to a high school where boys or girls predominate

About 17% of New York City public high schoolers go to a school where boys outnumber girls by at least 2 to 1, or vice versa, a Chalkbeat analysis found.

Michael Elsen-Rooney

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Kae Petrin

| March 22

FROM Chalkbeat New York

NYC public schools are shrinking — including some of the city’s most popular charters

58% of NYC charter schools shrank during COVID, even as the sector grew overall. Two of the city’s major charter networks — Success Academy and Uncommon Schools — saw student enrollment shrink last year.

Alex Zimmerman

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Kae Petrin

| December 5, 2022

FROM Chalkbeat Colorado

Online enrollment grows in Colorado but some say more accountability is needed

Far more Colorado students are enrolled in online schools than before the pandemic, but there isn’t much information about how these schools perform.

Yesenia Robles

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Kae Petrin

| October 11, 2022

How the COVID-19 pandemic is changing school data

COVID-19 forced schools to collect and share data differently. But experts and education departments are still determining what changes will stick.

Kaitlyn Radde

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Kae Petrin

| July 1, 2022

LGBTQ

Nonbinary students aren’t reflected in federal civil rights data. That might change.

It remains unclear how useful the data would be in its early forms, but would be a significant step toward assembling data on nonbinary students.

Kae Petrin

| May 10, 2022

FROM Chalkbeat New York

UPDATED: NYC parents, was your child exposed to COVID? Here’s what to do next

Chalkbeat created a flow chart to help families in NYC schools navigate the city’s new test-to-stay and quarantine policies when someone tests positive for COVID.

Kae Petrin

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Amy Zimmer

| January 19, 2022