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4 weeks ago

Narrative 4 New Orleans Story Exchange Facilitator Training

Social-emotional learning. Creating a global classroom. Fostering a positive school climate. Inspiring empathy. Using stories to promote change. Are these goals for your classroom? Then…
National
3 weeks ago

2019 Curiosity Conference

RoboTerra, in partnership with the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), will host the Curiosity Conference in Silicon Valley for the second consecutive year. The…
National
3 weeks ago

Narrative 4 Kentucky Story Exchange Facilitator Training

Social-emotional learning. Creating a global classroom. Fostering a positive school climate. Inspiring empathy. Using stories to promote change. Are these goals for your classroom? Then…
National
2 mins ago

How I Teach: A friendship that started with a crouton

Welcome to the March edition of How I Teach! As a reporter, I’ve interviewed plenty of students over the years, and…
National
24 hours ago

A charter network’s donor dilemma

The big story The co-founder of the Achievement First network of charter schools faced a weighty question in a meeting with a few…

inequity in the classroom

National
24 hours ago

New teachers often get the students who are furthest behind — and that’s a problem for both

Being a new teacher is notoriously difficult — and schools often make it even tougher.

money matters

National
March 18, 2019

Achievement First charter network, still receiving Sackler money, joins nonprofits weighing opioid-linked donations

Newly public documents detailing the Sacklers’ involvement have increased pressure on nonprofits that have benefitted from the family’s largesse.

choice of schools

National
March 14, 2019

Who applies and who’s denied? Four things we learned from a new report on America’s charter schools

Fewer “no excuses” and for-profit charter schools are getting the green light to open, according to a new report.
National
March 14, 2019

A Pi Day special: How teachers are making math resonate with their students

Back when I was in high school, I’m sure I was guilty of bemoaning my math classes without thinking much about how hard it must…

How I Teach

National
March 13, 2019

How this Oklahoma geography teacher brings students from crisis to calm

"Immediately, it started clicking for me: this kid is in crisis. When she’s panicking over my tests, it really has nothing to do with my tests."
National
March 13, 2019

Do textbooks matter?

The big story The finding landed with a thud: A sweeping study of more than a dozen textbooks across six states found that…

curricular questions

National
March 11, 2019

The Gates Foundation is hoping better curriculum will boost student learning. A new study says, not so fast

The results raise questions about the likelihood the Gates Foundation’s curriculum-focused approach will do what its leaders hoped.

portfolio push

National
March 8, 2019

A Chalkbeat explainer: What is the ‘portfolio model’ of running schools?

We answer common questions about the portfolio model, including what the heck it means, why it’s so controversial, and whether it “works.”
National
March 6, 2019

Striking results

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! Sarah Darville and Matt Barnum here, working to help you make sense of efforts to improve education across the country.

the financial crisis

National
March 6, 2019

Getting results: School spending is up in four states that saw teacher protests in 2018

In four states where teachers walked out of their classrooms last year, education spending is up, helping to make up for deep cuts in the wake of the Great Recession.
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