Behind closed doors: When it c...

Feb 21, 2020 by

Behind closed doors: When it comes to seclusion and restraint, Colorado schools ‘are investigating themselves’

By Melanie Asmar – Nearly every day, Brenna Wann saw staff members take young students, sometimes kicking and screaming, to the...

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‘Everything fell apart.’ Paren...

Feb 15, 2020 by

‘Everything fell apart.’ Parents pin voucher program problems on upheaval in Tennessee education department

By Marta W. Aldrich – Eight-year-old Gigi Benassi winces as a pressure probe tickles her ear during a hearing test with...

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As more black and Hispanic stu...

Feb 2, 2020 by

As more black and Hispanic students enter Memphis’ gifted program, here’s how it might change

Shelby County Schools officials will continue to look for implicit bias and make sure qualified students who have been overlooked are...

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Charter leader’s abrupt depart...

Jan 29, 2020 by

Charter leader’s abrupt departure raises questions for one of Detroit’s largest charter networks

Ornstein was a familiar face in Detroit’s powerful charter school sector, and his perspectives appeared often in print. By Koby Levin...

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‘What we’re doing is not worki...

Jan 23, 2020 by

‘What we’re doing is not working.’ Why Detroit students struggle in college

A report from a Michigan nonprofit highlights the struggles Detroit high school graduates face in college, and what can be done to...

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Same classroom, different sala...

Jan 4, 2020 by

Same classroom, different salaries: Special education pre-K teachers earn dramatically less than their general education co-teachers

NYC preschool teachers serving students with disabilities — arguably some of the children with the highest needs — are making the...

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‘It’s killing children and no ...

Dec 29, 2019 by

‘It’s killing children and no one is talking about it’: Asthma is taking a steep toll on Newark’s students and their schools

Abdula Sewell did all he could to control his 7-year-old son Leland’s asthma, going so far as to take a job as a teacher’s aide at...

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I thought Local School Council...

Dec 14, 2019 by

I thought Local School Councils were a way to make a difference. Here’s why I resigned.

I came prepared to each meeting. I asked questions. I treated it with the attention I felt it deserved. But there came a turning...

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What it’s like for the middle ...

Dec 1, 2019 by

What it’s like for the middle schoolers at the forefront of Brooklyn’s integration push

Families enrolled in previously under-the-radar schools could help Brooklyn’s integration push by sharing their experiences...

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Procedure isn’t enough: What I...

Nov 10, 2019 by

Procedure isn’t enough: What I’ve learned advocating for students at NYC suspension hearings

By David Altman – Recent changes to New York City’s school discipline code aimed at shortening suspensions and making...

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‘Heart has dropped out of read...

Nov 9, 2019 by

‘Heart has dropped out of reading literature,’ says professor who analyzed a century’s worth of English Regents exam

By Reema Amin – As Stanford University education professor Sarah Levine sifted through nearly 120 years worth of New York’s...

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Do charter schools ‘lift all b...

Oct 3, 2019 by

Do charter schools ‘lift all boats’? Here’s what the latest research tells us

By Matt Barnum – Lots of research on charter schools amounts to a horse race: Which schools produce better test scores or...

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KIPP charter schools are getti...

Sep 28, 2019 by

KIPP charter schools are getting more students to college — but it’s not clear yet whether more are getting diplomas

Students who attended a KIPP middle school a decade ago were 13 percentage points more likely to enroll in college as a result,...

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This company ran schools for d...

Sep 24, 2019 by

This company ran schools for dropouts across the country. Chicago is the latest district to cut ties.

By Kalyn Belsha – PHOTO: DNAinfo/Wendell HutsonStudents work on computers at a Bridgescape school run by EdisonLearning in the...

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Want better readers? Spend les...

Sep 18, 2019 by

Want better readers? Spend less time teaching kids to find the main idea, ‘Knowledge Gap’ author Natalie Wexler argues

By Matt Barnum – In the average public elementary school, third graders spend nearly two hours a day on reading instruction,...

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Ahead of public charge rule, C...

Sep 14, 2019 by

Ahead of public charge rule, City Council tasks schools with providing resources to immigrant families

A bill passed in the City Council would require the public schools to give students “educational materials” about the new federal...

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The College Board says it’s tr...

Sep 11, 2019 by

The College Board says it’s tried to reduce inequity in college admissions. A new book argues it hasn’t

By Matt Barnum, Sarah Darville – It was a small detail tucked inside a March 2014 New York Times Magazine piece titled “The...

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Council members: preserve NYC’...

Sep 5, 2019 by

Council members: preserve NYC’s gifted program — but rethink admissions

PHOTO: Christina Veiga/Chalkbeat Robert Cornegy, left, and other New York City Council members called for the preservation of gifted...

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Ousted KIPP co-founder Mike Fe...

Aug 22, 2019 by

Ousted KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg files suit against charter network

The suit alleges KIPP destroyed Feinberg’s career and his reputation. KIPP calls it “baseless and frivolous.” Mike...

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NYC families rely on libraries...

Jul 30, 2019 by

NYC families rely on libraries to combat summer learning loss after months of city budget uncertainty

By Zipporah Osei – When school let out in June, Genevieve Weiler, who has a 4-year-old entering kindergarten in the fall,...

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