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Curriculum and instruction

Chalkbeat Tennessee

Tennessee law restricting classroom discussions on race inspires passionate, poignant and enraged feedback

By Marta W. Aldrich and Annie Fu September 20

Chalkbeat Colorado

New reading curriculum for some Jeffco schools, a step toward bigger changes

By Ann Schimke September 10

Chalkbeat New York

Office hours in store for NYC students who must quarantine when their peers remain in school

By Reema Amin September 1

Chalkbeat Colorado

First-graders in the reading red zone: How one Colorado school is tackling pandemic gaps

By Ann Schimke August 24

Chalkbeat New York

I am an elementary school educator, and I embrace critical race theory

My lessons center on my students’ lives and stories.

By David Rosas August 23

Chalkbeat Indiana

Five key takeaways from how Indiana students learned last school year

By Aleksandra Appleton and Aaricka Washington August 17

Chalkbeat Tennessee

Virtual schools see increased enrollment in Memphis and Nashville

By Ian Round August 5

Diversity & Equity

‘They’ll know more than I ever knew’: More states move to require lessons on Native American history and culture

The efforts to improve curriculum are continuing nationwide, despite concerns about potential backlash.

By Kalyn Belsha August 4

Chalkbeat New York

72 NYC schools are getting money to lower class sizes. Will it help students?

By Reema Amin July 29

Chalkbeat Tennessee

Tennessee students don’t learn enough Black history, professors say

By Ian Round July 29

Chalkbeat Tennessee

Tennessee education chief touts Memphis efforts to combat learning loss

By Cathryn Stout July 26

Chalkbeat New York

From isolation to building solar ovens: For one NYC student, summer school is a bridge to the fall

By Reema Amin July 22

Teaching & Classroom

Efforts to restrict teaching about racism and bias have multiplied across the U.S.

Chalkbeat is tracking efforts to restrict teaching about race and bias in schools, as well as efforts to expand it, on this map.

By Cathryn Stout and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee July 22

Chalkbeat Colorado

In bid to boost Colorado reading scores, small program shows promise where larger efforts failed

By Ann Schimke July 21

Chalkbeat New York

‘Literacy blitz’ and other ways de Blasio plans to spend $635 million to help NYC students catch up

By Amy Zimmer and Pooja Salhotra July 8

Chalkbeat Colorado

Denver charter network banks on intensive summer tutoring to help students catch up post-COVID

By Melanie Asmar July 6

Chalkbeat Tennessee

Protesters confront Tennessee education commissioner over claims of critical race theory in curriculum

By Marta W. Aldrich July 1

Chalkbeat Tennessee

10 Tennessee education laws, on topics from Common Core to vaccination, taking effect July 1

By Marta W. Aldrich June 28

Curriculum and instruction

Cardona: I trust teachers to handle history ‘we’re not proud of’

By Matt Barnum June 24

First Person

I asked my daughter if she’d read Dickens. She asked me if I had read Trevor Noah’s memoir.

My children understand what great literature is. Libraries and reading lists are still catching up.

By Nicole Klett June 17

Chalkbeat Chicago

‘Proof is in implementation:’ Chicago offers a first look at its $135 million curriculum overhaul

By Cassie Walker Burke and Mila Koumpilova June 17