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Emanuel tries to shore up education legacy in final budget address
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Miseducation
Chicago
2 days ago
In one Chicago neighborhood, three high schools offer dramatically different opportunities
Gradebooks
Chicago
October 11, 2018
Three Chicago principals and the war against Fs
public comment
Chicago
2 days ago
Chicago sets community meetings on controversial school inventory report
Best of Chalkbeat
Chicago
Chicago school board backs down on ID policy but clings to limits on speakers
Meet Chalkbeat Chicago
Meet us
Chicago
May 22, 2018
Chalkbeat Chicago reporter Adeshina Emmanuel on race, public schools, and “tough love” in CPS
Last week, I gave you an overview of our plans for Chalkbeat Chicago and shared an inside look at our first community…
Listening Tour 2018
Chicago
May 15, 2018
“Don’t test dummy my children.” What you told us about schools in Washington Park
At Chalkbeat Chicago, the following question is in our DNA: How do we improve public education here? As we gear up to start publishing…
An Introduction
Chicago
May 14, 2018
What’s missing from the conversation about Chicago schools?
Last week, I co-hosted a dinner for 45 parents, educators, students and community members at Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts in Washington…
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research
Chicago
Updated October 12, 2018
You thought failing PE or art in high school doesn’t matter? Not so, new Chicago study says.
Study found students struggle with the transition from middle to high school, but the impact varies by race, gender and ethnicity.
Deadlines
Chicago
October 10, 2018
90 days until no paycheck: Time running out for Illinois child-care providers in subsidy program
It’s hard to dispute the importance of training child-care providers on how to administer CPR or how to properly report suspected child abuse.
Chicago
October 9, 2018
Can a program designed for British diplomats fix Chicago’s schools?
Senn High senior Shrda Shrestha is attending her neighborhood high school in Edgewater against pretty much everybody’s advice. “When I…
Asked and answered
Chicago
October 9, 2018
Why Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief believe an elite curriculum can resuscitate neighborhood schools
Chicago is doubling down on a big bet that the International Baccalaureate program can be boon to its struggling neighborhood schools. We…
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Chicago
Three high schools. Three very different opportunities.
Chicago
Waging a war against Fs in high schools
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Future of Teaching
Talent office
Chicago
September 14, 2018
With the alarm sounded statewide over shortages, Chicago forges ahead with a teacher experiment
Katrina Johnson was working as a special education classroom assistant in a Greater Grand Crossing school when she received an email several…
Asked and answered
Chicago
September 11, 2018
Teachers’ union chief Jesse Sharkey on school closings, contract battles, and life after Rahm
What the CTU president says about Chicago schools chief Janice Jackson, being called out by investigator Maggie Hickey, and union challenges post-Janus.
Education Funding
Chicago
Updated September 4, 2018
What crowdfunding is telling us about the future of Chicago education
Cushioned seating, compost bins, standing desks, even a science kit for forensic investigation — these are some of the things Chicago teachers are…
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Miseducation
National
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What our local education reporters learned when we collaborated with ProPublica to look at equity data
Opportunities continue to depend in many cases on where students live and the color of their skin, but educators and policy makers are trying to increase equity.
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How a new career program has put these Indianapolis students to work as nursing assistants
The program is part of Indianapolis Public Schools’ effort to revamp education for high school students.
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Tennessee
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How football prepared me for my first year of teaching (but maybe not the second)
A former football player writes about how his gridiron experience helped him be a classroom teacher in Memphis.
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