parting ways

Founder of Brooklyn’s high-performing Ascend charter network out as CEO
New York

2 days ago

dollars and sense

New York

2 days ago

It’s time to re-think New York’s 12-year-old education funding formula, some lawmakers say

integration push

New York

October 10, 2019

In a district fighting for integration, a plan to merge two East Village schools falls apart

First Person

New York

October 10, 2019

Filling up the dream box: strengthening teaching and learning for every New York City student

Dreaming big

New York

October 10, 2019

NYC gives first glimpse of how many undocumented students could apply for tuition help

First Person

First Person

New York

October 2, 2019

I never talked about race in my seven years in the classroom. Now I work to make sure future teachers do.

As someone who trains future teachers, I do what I do because I never want another educator to come to recognize race and racism in the way that I did.

First Person

New York

September 30, 2019

My son didn’t get into any of the schools he wanted. My disappointment made me realize I’d been hoarding opportunity.

Lisa Raymond-Tolan: It took a wrenching disappointment for me to truly become aware of my family’s privilege.

First Person

New York

September 17, 2019

What NYC can learn from my experience ending tracking — and running into the politics of ‘keeping white people happy’

The hullabaloo over the recommendation to eliminate some gifted programs in the New York City schools elicits an uncomfortable side of school system leadership.

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chancellor chat

New York

October 8, 2019

Anti-bias training and culturally responsive education are a ‘matter of life and death,’ Carranza says

“The idea of implicit bias training, the idea of having culturally responsive and sustaining curricula and pedagogy is not a matter of just educational practice."

It takes a village

New York

October 7, 2019

To boost literacy, this Queens school is training support staff to teach reading

Deploying paraprofessionals to help teach reading is a core element of the school’s strategy to boost literacy.

sound off

New York

October 3, 2019

NYC is dedicating $32M to rethinking schools. What kind of innovation would you like to see?

Chalkbeat wants to hear from you: What should innovation look like in schools? Is innovation even what today’s classrooms need?

pay up

New York

October 3, 2019

City, labor leaders announce deal to close pay gaps for NYC pre-K teachers in Head Start programs

Hundreds of New York City pre-K teachers who work in Head Start programs could receive a significant pay boost under a proposed labor agreement announced Thursday.

School segregation / integration

admissions maze

New York

September 27, 2019

Two coveted Manhattan high schools, Lab and Baruch, tweak their admissions

Baruch College Campus and Lab High School for Collaborative Studies are changing their admissions policies.

Gifted gap

New York

September 23, 2019

Brooklyn’s District 16 urges mayor, chancellor to phase out the gifted program they once fought to create

It’s a remarkable turn for a district that once fought for gifted classes in their schools.

Diversity & Equity

New York

September 20, 2019

Brooklyn’s District 16 once fought for gifted programs. Now parents may support getting rid of them.

The Community Education Council in District 16 is voting Monday on a resolution that calls for overhauling gifted programs.

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Counter offer

Chicago

2 days ago

With less than a week before strike, Chicago sweetens offer to teachers; union calls it ‘insulting’

Seeking to avoid a strike less than six months into her term, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she had sweetened the city’s offer to teachers.

environmental education

Newark

3 days ago

Everyone’s talking about climate change. Now, New Jersey’s first lady wants that conversation to happen in every class, too.

As young people around the world are showing their concern about climate change, New Jersey’s first lady wants them to engage on the issue in school, too.

dollars and sense

New York

2 days ago

It’s time to re-think New York’s 12-year-old education funding formula, some lawmakers say

Some lawmakers want to dig into another longstanding question: Does the foundation aid formula itself need updating?

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