Melanie Asmar

1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar

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. A candidate for Denver school board has a criminal record in Tennessee. Jeremy Harris, a mortician and Denver Public Schools father who is running to represent northeast Denver’s District 4 on the board, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft in 2014, according to documents obtained by Chalkbeat from Shelby County Criminal Court.

1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar

Read in English. Chalkbeat Colorado es un noticiero local sin fines de lucro que informa sobre las escuelas públicas. No se cerrarán ni consolidarán más escuelas en Denver hasta 2030 debido a que tienen pocos estudiantes inscritos después de que el consejo escolar modificara su norma el jueves para agregar una pausa de 4 años. Pero la pausa no es una prohibición total.

1 week ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Amy Zimmer |Alex Zimmerman |Jessie Gomez |Melanie Asmar

How do teachers captivate their students? Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask great educators how they approach their jobs. Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free monthly newsletter How I Teach to get inspiration, news, and advice for — and from — educators. In late 2023, New York City Education Department officials approached historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to be the lead scholar on a new curriculum focused on Jewish American history.

1 week ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Samantha Smylie |Melanie Asmar |Ann Schimke |Amy Zimmer

How do teachers captivate their students? Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask great educators how they approach their jobs. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Rachael Mahmood has been on the road for the past year asking educators across Illinois about what belonging means to them and what school districts can do to support educators.

2 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar

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. Denver Public Schools will have to “analyze and adjust” school enrollment boundaries every five years under a policy unanimously approved Thursday by the school board. The policy, known as Executive Limitation 19, is meant to help balance student enrollment among schools.