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…
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 be vaccinated, joining Chicago and Los Angeles. New York City’s…
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, regular vendors, and network employees who aren’t fully vaccinated or can’t provide documentation of an exemption…
Spiral review refers to a method of instruction where students are given multiple opportunities to practice a given skill. Spiral review is different from the traditional teaching practice where teachers teach in “chunks.” In teaching in chunks, the teacher focuses on one skill at a time until the syllabus is covered. In traditional instruction, because…