Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Dora Chan hasn’t been to her school for more than a week. A senior at Brooklyn Technical, one of the largest high schools in the country, she worries about getting sick with COVID and bringing the virus home to her grandparents, who live with her. Now Chan has joined students…
Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat On Twitter, the U.S. News and World Report’s new rankings for elementary and middle schools were roundly castigated. “Truly just an appalling use of your time and expertise,” wrote one commentator. “This is terrible and will reinforce and exacerbate inequalities,” said another. Elsewhere, the reaction was more favorable. The new metrics drew…
Lori Higgins and Tracie Mauriello, Chalkbeat Detroit With COVID surging and a growing number of schools shifting to virtual learning, the first seven days of 2022 have provided an unsettling preview of what’s to come in education this year, when the continued struggle to recover from the pandemic will dominate. COVID, and its effects on…
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 schools. Statewide and district-level data was released in August. The latest scores offer the…
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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 Benito Juarez High School, Martinez’s alma mater. Martinez is the first Latino to be permanently appointed…