Remainders: How a Chicago turnaround school lives with death
Inside a Chicago high school that has lost multiple students to gun violence. (This American Life, 1/2) Part two explores the looming end of the school’s federal “turnaround” status. (This American...
View ArticleRemainders: “Deep wells of concern” over Common Core rollout
A survey of American teachers finds “deep wells of concern” about the Common Core rollout. (EdWeek) Shael Polakow-Suransky explains why the DOE is focusing on leadership. (Wallace Foundation) SUNY...
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Why we’re creating an Education News Network and how to help
Updated March 3 to add some information in response to a reader’s questions. As we hinted the other day in Remainders and have hinted in the past, we’ve got some personal GothamSchools news to share....
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Kopp vows that TFA’s “unstoppable force” will steer next mayor
Department of Education Senior Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg and Shipnia Bytyqi, a graduate of the high school he founded who now teaches at a charter school in the city, took the stage last week at...
View ArticleRemainders: What happens to accountability under pressure
In Indiana, the big question is, can accountability systems hold up to pressure? (Indy Star) A movement to build STEM facilities in young children — via playing with blocks. (Early Ed Watch) Limited...
View ArticleRemainders: On the brink of teacher evaluations, anxiety
The anxiety of teacher evaluation: what used to work is “wrong”; what to do is vague. (Miss Rimbus) How to introduce your teacher to peer mediation: start with the discipline code. (Insideschools) A...
View ArticleRemainders: Does anyone really stand up for the status quo?
Does anyone really defend the educational status quo, or is that a bogeyman? (Teach For Us) One co-CEO defends her terms and defines what she means by status quo. (Pass the Chalk) Tony Bennett...
View ArticleRemainders: Inside the UFT’s efforts to campaign for Thompson
Chinese food wasn’t enough to get NYC Educator to campaign for Bill Thompson. (NYC Educator) Inside a charter school’s first-year teacher training, by the author of this GS post. (Amy Schultz) Gallup...
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Why we’re changing our name and expanding beyond New York
We have exciting news: As we previewed in March, we’ve spent the last 10 months working with EdNews Colorado, the award-winning education news site based in Denver, to form a national education news...
View ArticleWelcome to Chalkbeat New York, your new home for education news
Dear readers, You might have noticed some changes around here. After more than five years as GothamSchools, we have changed our name to Chalkbeat New York — the latest step in our efforts to serve you...
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Beyond the viral video: Inside educators’ emotional debate about ‘no excuses’...
Many people have asked me what I make of the video, recently published by the New York Times, of a New York City charter school teacher scolding a first-grader and then ripping her paper in half. After...
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Three pushes to green the schools. But will the DOE join?
Councilman Bill deBlasio at PS 154, which stopped using Styrofoam trays this spring. Photo from ##http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/2008/03/pm-update-windsor-terrace-school-tosses.html##Gowanus...
View ArticleWelcome to Chalkbeat Indiana, your new home for education news
Dear readers, We are very excited to introduce Chalkbeat Indiana, a news site focused on delivering you the most relevant news about education policy and practice right here in our community. Since...
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What I want to give teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week
Appreciation is nice, but isn’t recognition better? In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I want to reprise some of the strongest voices we’ve showcased in Chalkbeat so far this year: those of...
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Meet the talented people who will help us push Chalkbeat into the future
As the new school year kicks off, we’re both looking forward and looking back. This has been a significant year for us. We covered important stories, broke big news, and launched coverage in two new...
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