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Detroit
February 8, 2019

Rise & Shine: The debate over how to spend millions of new dollars for Michigan’s youngest children

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your…

Windfall

Detroit
February 7, 2019

Universal pre-K for Detroit? Affordable child care? How Michigan could spend new federal funds

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan quickly identified that money as a way to pay for the universal pre-K system he envisions for Detroit but other advocates say the money should be used to help parents afford child care so they can work or go to school.

city hall watch

Chicago
February 6, 2019

Why Rahm Emanuel’s rollout of universal pre-K has Chicago preschool providers worried

Rahm Emanuel’s big-budget, top-down expansion of public preschool has provoked high anxiety among community providers.

Billions

Chicago
January 16, 2019

State school board asks new Illinois governor to quintuple early childhood spending

The state board of education is putting Illinois’ new governor to the test with a $2.4 billion-plus request to fund a universal preschool system for 3- and 4-year-olds.

New York
January 4, 2019

Amid questions over new transit program, de Blasio downplays challenges of rolling out universal pre-K

De Blasio appeared to downplay universal pre-K as he faced questions about why the rollout of a new low-income transit program won’t be immediately accessible to every low-income New Yorker.

The race

Detroit
October 8, 2018

As governor, Bill Schuette would consider ‘all options’ for struggling schools, including closings

Schuette stopped short of saying that he would actively close schools down but he has supported school closings in the past.

Education debate

Tennessee
October 2, 2018

What the candidates for governor said about education during the debate

Education was front and center in the debate Tuesday night between Williamson County businessman Bill Lee and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean.

big data

Chicago
August 13, 2018

Three out of four Illinois kids aren’t ready for kindergarten. Why that’s a problem.

Only 16 percent of low-income students demonstrated kindergarten readiness in Illinois. The three core benchmarks are social emotional learning, literacy, and math.

Asked and answered

Chicago
August 9, 2018

Longtime advocate (and current First Lady) Diana Rauner sizes up the challenges ahead for early education in Illinois

Fluent in the languages of developmental psychology (her Ph.D., from the University of Chicago) and finance (her MBA, from Stanford University), Illinois First…

universal pre-k

Chicago
August 2, 2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is on a high-speed timeline for his universal pre-K rollout

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has clearly articulated his vision for a free, universal prekindergarten program for 4-year-olds in Chicago, staging events throughout the…

highlight reel

New York
November 7, 2017

Beyond pre-K: Here’s what you need to know about de Blasio’s education record this election day

De Blasio's success with universal pre-K has allowed him to sidestep contentious issues during the campaign: charter schools, school segregation and the Renewal program.

Measuring success

New York
September 11, 2017

New York City wants to know: How effective is its training for pre-K teachers?

The NYU study will use measures of student behavior and third-grade test scores to track the impact of the city’s different teacher training programs.

(Very) early education

New York
August 15, 2017

Bank Street heads to East New York to help child care providers play to their strengths

The Guttman Center wants to help child care providers solve problems and improve their care.

3-K for All

New York
July 27, 2017

New York City has sent its first offer letters for 3-K for All. Here’s a look at the new pre-K initiative by the numbers.

Today was a milestone in New York City’s effort to make free, full-day pre-K available to 3-year-olds: The first round of offer letters went out…

Broad success

New York
June 12, 2017

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz is having a very good week

New York City’s largest school charter network, Success Academy, has won the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.
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