COVID Stimulus
In the Detroit Public Schools Community District, officials are directing more than half of their COVID funds to fix buildings that are in disrepair.
Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says officials will host engagement sessions after spring break to share and explain their recommendations.
Train paraprofessionals and parents, carve out class time, and be wary of virtual programs.
As virtual tutoring struggles to reach students nationwide, education officials in the state said Paper had failed to get enough students help.
Less than 10% of students received any tutoring this fall in several large districts, according to an AP/Chalkbeat survey. In others, it was less than 1%.
The pandemic economy brought more funding — and higher prices.
Summer school to be scaled back, too, as the district prioritizes nurses, social workers and academic interventionists.
The ballot question set for May would produce an estimated $11 million annually.
Pressure is on to sort out budgets and avoid a ‘fiscal cliff’
From students with disabilities to schools serving disadvantaged students, ‘there’s just a lot of uncertainty’
The debate over whether to ease up on academic expectations or double down is flaring up across the country.
The district hopes to increase proficiency levels to 50% by 2025 using tools from tutoring to curriculum changes.
NYC has used hundreds of millions worth of federal relief funding for programs with recurring costs, including pre-K and hiring more nurses and social workers.
Adams announced that he will delay the previously scheduled cut, giving a temporary reprieve to schools who lost students during the pandemic and are still struggling with the effects of last year’s cuts.
The ratio of students to counselors has reached its lowest point in 36 years, spurred both by new counselors and a nationwide decline in enrollment.
Advocates say they will push for solutions to issues that have become more pressing during the pandemic, including funding, hiring challenges, and student mental health.
Chalkbeat’s data team looks back at an eventful 12 months covering education across America.
Spending accelerated this fall as planned projects started in U.S. school districts.
Less than half of the federal COVID money sent to Illinois has been spent by school districts, according to a new data dashboard. The money has so far helped pay for staff, new technology, tutoring, and building repairs.
Mayor Eric Adams plans to open 800 new special education seats for New York City’s for 3- and 4-year-old children by this spring. Hundreds of kids have been waiting to get into programs that meet their needs.
Chicago’s public schools saw a historic investment in technology thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and federal dollars. But the district has struggled to keep track of inventory and lacks a cohesive plan for using the new devices to accelerate learning, WBEZ and Chalkbeat found.
State considers eligibility criteria that could exclude student poverty levels
Chalkbeat requested the data from the Michigan Department of Education in May
Several big school districts had fewer psychologists or counselors this fall than they did before the pandemic.
Educators and officials in districts that contracted with Paper say its text-based tutoring service often frustrates the students who need the most help.
As of this fall, the city had planned to open 55,000 3-K seats, but 15,000 seats are currently unfilled.
“The national conversation on homelessness is focused on single adults who are very visible in large urban areas. It is not focused on children.”
Facing a budget shortfall because of enrollment declines, Soundview Academy’s principal made an unusual request to students, staff and families: Would they help market the school?
Some districts in Chicago’s south suburbs stand out for spending small portions of their COVID recovery dollars as reported to the state.
Dolton West’s superintendent wants to use technology to reimagine the school day and week.
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