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chalkbeat.org | Ann Schimke
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. What happens when teachers who earn a bit above the minimum wage get a 30% or 40% raise? They cry, cheer, and dance. Some quit second jobs, worry less about bills, and sign up for retirement plans or health insurance.
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chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Jason Gonzales |Hannah Dellinger |Ann Schimke
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Colorado lawmakers rejected a bill Wednesday that initially set out to ban seclusion in schools, which is the practice of shutting a student in a room alone.
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chalkbeat.org | Catherine Carrera |Jason Gonzales |Hannah Dellinger |Ann Schimke
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. A coalition of plaintiffs that sued New Jersey for its failure to fix deeply-rooted de facto segregation in its public school system has asked a higher court to reverse a trial court decision that denied a clear ruling in their favor.
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chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Hannah Dellinger |Ann Schimke |Becky Vevea
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Former U.S. Department of Education employees and state education leaders warned Tuesday that cuts to the federal agency will likely cause disruptions to Colorado’s education system and student learning. The cuts already are impacting students with disabilities.
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chalkbeat.org | Hannah Dellinger |Ann Schimke |Becky Vevea |Jessie Gomez
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Amid a bipartisan push to improve school safety and students’ mental health, Republican lawmakers have put forward a package of bills that aims to create a comprehensive “school-community mental health system” and put additional crisis teams in schools.
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chalkbeat.org | Ann Schimke |Becky Vevea |Jessie Gomez |Samantha Smylie
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Two of Colorado’s largest school districts will start universal dyslexia screening programs next school year, joining about a dozen other districts across the state that already look for signs of the learning disability in young students.
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chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Melanie Asmar |Amy Zimmer |Ann Schimke
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. State Rep. Hugh McKean saw a problem. Although Colorado had an outlet for students to talk with lawmakers about issues relevant to them, those conversations happened near the end of the legislative session, and the students’ priorities often got lost.
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chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Amy Zimmer |Ann Schimke |Hannah Dellinger
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Measles cases in Colorado are rising amid a national resurgence of the highly contagious disease.
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denver7.com | Ann Schimke
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Colorado officials are again putting off rules meant to ensure the state’s universal preschool program — now in its second year — offers high-quality classes.
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chalkbeat.org | Amy Zimmer |Ann Schimke |Hannah Dellinger |Amelia Pak-Harvey
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. A group of 16 Democratic attorneys general along with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration for halting access to hundreds of millions of dollars of federal pandemic relief money.
