Anna Tovchigrechko

Nov 12, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Elizabeth Green |Melanie Asmar |Reema Amin |Anna Tovchigrechko

I want to say something to our readers and our supporters here at Civic News Company about last week’s presidential election. However you voted, many of us right now are united in a sense that our politics are broken — and that our country may not be able to take on the challenges we face. I think we can. But to get there, we have to repair something that goes deeper than politics. We have to repair the fabric of our civic life.

Nov 12, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Reema Amin |Anna Tovchigrechko |Yesenia Robles

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. In school libraries and cavernous auditoriums, the Denver school board on Monday began a week of listening to students, parents, and teachers in 10 schools facing possible closure. What they heard was emotional at times.

Nov 11, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Reema Amin |Anna Tovchigrechko |Yesenia Robles |Mitzi S. Morris

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. The City of Chicago has extended a deadline for low-income families to apply for at least $500 if they have children with disabilities — a cash grant effort meant to provide some relief for students and parents with additional needs who faced challenges during the pandemic. The original deadline for the effort — first unveiled in April — was Oct. 30.

Nov 11, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Anna Tovchigrechko

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education. in the United States have experienced the incarceration of a parent. I know firsthand the challenges that come with this painful situation. While in middle school, I spent many weekends in the car, making the eight-hour journey from Maryland to rural upstate New York to visit my mom in prison.

Oct 31, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Julian Shen-Berro |Anna Tovchigrechko |Yesenia Robles |Mitzi S. Morris

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. New York City educators are eagerly awaiting new details on the state’s efforts to reimagine high school graduation requirements, which officials are expected to unveil on Monday.