by bmanyibe | Jan 19, 2022 | Seasonal
Winnie Williams-Hall, Chalkbeat Chicago Chicago teachers deserve real training — not just an occasional lesson plan. This school year, my eighth grade students took part in two very different conversations mere days apart – one focused on how the Kyle Rittenhouse...
by bmanyibe | Sep 25, 2021 | Seasonal
Marta W. Aldrich and Thomas Wilburn, Chalkbeat Tennessee Nearly six months after Tennessee students sat down for their end-of-year tests, all of the scores are now out. State officials released the final results Friday for each of the state’s 1,800-plus public...
by bmanyibe | Sep 22, 2021 | Seasonal
by bmanyibe | Sep 18, 2021 | Seasonal
Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat Chicago Pedro Martinez, a Chicago Public Schools graduate who now leads the San Antonio Independent School District, is Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to be the next Chicago schools chief. Lightfoot made the announcement Wednesday morning at...
by bmanyibe | Aug 26, 2021 | Seasonal
Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat In just a week, more than a dozen of the country’s large urban school districts have shifted policies to require masks for all students and staff. And on Monday, the country’s largest school district announced it will require all school staff to...
by bmanyibe | Aug 17, 2021 | Seasonal
Maia Spoto, Chalkbeat Chicago Chicago Public Schools will require all Board of Education employees to be vaccinated by Oct. 15 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption, the district announced Friday. School-based teachers and staff, central office,...
