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decision 2020

National
Updated June 14, 2019

2020 cheat sheet: What the Democratic presidential candidates have said about education

Chalkbeat's cheat sheet to what Biden, Booker, Castro, Harris, Sanders, Warren (and many more) say about pre-K, charter schools, free college, and other education issues.
National
June 12, 2019

What happens to school districts when charters expand?

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s national newsletter! Sarah Darville, Matt Barnum, and Camille Respess here, working to help you make sense of efforts to improve…

hard choices

National
June 11, 2019

Critics of charter schools say they’re hurting school districts. Are they right?

Charter schools really do divert money from school districts. Those districts can make up for that by cutting costs over time. But the process of doing is often fraught.

donor dilemma

National
June 6, 2019

Charter network says no to further donations from opioid-linked Sackler family

“Achievement First has decided not to seek further funding from the Sackler family or any of their affiliated foundations,” the network’s founder and CEO Dacia Toll said.
National
June 5, 2019

A nudge to nowhere

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.
National
June 4, 2019

The Starting Line: The long shadow of lead poisoning

nudge to nowhere

National
May 31, 2019

The College Board tried a simple, cheap, research-backed way to push low-income kids into better colleges. It didn’t work.

“Our interventions led to no change in the likelihood or sector of college enrollment,” the new paper, largely written by in-house researchers at the College Board, says.
National
May 29, 2019

How segregation affects special education

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…

First Person

National
May 29, 2019

When I became Puerto Rico’s education chief, I wasn’t prepared for the level of poverty I’d see. Now, I want others to pay attention.

I met hundreds of smart, hardworking students who lacked notebooks, pencils, or other basic supplies. I wish I could have done more.

the over under

National
May 28, 2019

How school segregation affects whether a black student gets labeled as having a disability

Disability labels seemed to be the most accurate where there's a mix of white students and students of color in a school.

By the numbers

National
May 23, 2019

Summit Learning, the Zuckerberg-backed platform, says 10% of schools quit using it each year. The real figure is higher.

The numbers offer a starting point for understanding the scope of pushback to Summit Learning — which has made headlines in Brooklyn, Connecticut, Kansas, and elsewhere.
National
May 22, 2019

Graduating without learning?

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.

virtually learning

National
Updated May 21, 2019

This school district outsourced many of its high school courses to an online program. But it’s not clear students are learning.

New research finds the approach does help students graduate — but raises big questions about whether it actually helps them learn.

How I Teach

National
May 17, 2019

Meet the Brooklyn science teacher who got Elizabeth Warren to narrow her education secretary options

Liat Olenick teaches at Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School.
National
May 16, 2019

How I Teach: America’s teacher of the year has an agenda

Welcome to the “happy birthday” edition of How I Teach! The newsletter is officially one year old and to celebrate, we’d…
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