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Sharon Noguchi

Story Editor

Sharon Noguchi is Story Editor for Chalkbeat Chicago and Colorado. She worked at the San Jose Mercury News for three decades, as an education reporter, op-ed editor, editorial writer, and copy editor. Earlier in her career, she was an editor for English-language newspapers in Tokyo, and she later spent a year in Japan as a Fulbright fellow reporting on migrant workers from South America and Southeast Asia.

Teacher raises in IPS signal an end to larger raises of the past two years. Support staff will get 2% raises, with more for instructional assistants
Superintendent Aleesia Johnson doesn’t foresee closing schools in the coming year, but IPS still must cut to avoid falling into the red
Indianapolis Public Schools police review finds ambiguity in the roles of police and protocols, and shortcomings in training in racial equity and fighting implicit bias
How have quarantines by Indiana schools to guard against COVID affected your life and how have you adjusted?
Defunct virtual schools, ex-officers sued for $154 million for allegedly defrauding Indiana of tuition paid to educate online students
Chicago schools’ Inspector General, Nicholas Schuler, detailed findings of waste, fraud and misconduct in a report; the largest portion of complaints dealt with sexual misconduct.
There’s a tentative agreement, and educators and students are back at schools. But we know the conversations about the strike, and the contract, will continue. Help inform our reporting by taking this brief survey. Your responses could be considered for publication.
Eastside’s focus on its alumni and its generous budget has enabled the private school — which serves students from low-income families — to succeed where others stumble.