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Hello!
Mila Koumpilova here, with the latest from Chalkbeat Chicago and other Chalkbeat bureaus across the country. We’re days away from the start of the new school year in Chicago Monday, and campaigning for November’s historic school board races is heating up in the city. We have lots of coverage of the candidates, their fundraising, their takes on the issues, and much more coming your way in the weeks ahead.
This week, my colleague Makiya Seminera put together a helpful explainer of how this first fully elected school board will work and how its role will shift. It’s essential reading.
A new school year needs strong local reporting. Help Chalkbeat’s reporters keep asking the questions that matter.
Local News
Chicago Board of Education 101: Know the basics of the soon-to-be elected board guiding Chicago Public Schools
What is the CPS Board of Education? What big decisions do they make? How do they influence CPS? Here’s an explainer ahead of the historic November election.
Around Chalkbeat
Denver’s test scores are up, but not high enough to meet all of the superintendent’s strategic plan goals
Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero’s first-ever strategic plan, released a year into his tenure in 2022, called for increasing test scores by 10 percentage points by 2026.
Pennsylvania still hasn’t passed a school cellphone ban. Some Philly principals aren’t waiting.
Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to ban cellphones during the entire school day. But some school leaders like the flexibility of creating their own cellphone policies.
Work first, college degree later: Indiana wants students to consider a new postsecondary model
Indiana is expanding apprenticeships and employer-paid training as an alternative to the college-first path. Will students and families embrace the new model?
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What We’re Reading
Former CPS principal gets more than a year in prison, Chicago Sun-Times
What do the candidates for school board president think of the CPS budget? Chicago Tribune (Paywall)
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