Candor History Center has a new display that was showcased on the front porch during the annual Memorial Day Parade, and is now on display inside the center. Historical Society president Nancy Riggs has compiled an exemplary exhibition of military…
Local author, Sue Heavenrich’s newest book, coauthored with Alisha Gabriel, is all about fungi. Funky Fungi: 30 Activities for Exploring Molds, Mushrooms, Lichens, and More, goes well beyond pizza toppings, and is due out on June 21, by Chicago Review……
Update May 23, 11 a.m. MST: Gov. Doug Ducey signed the bill into law Friday after the Arizona House voted 50-1-9 on May 17 to pass it.Arizona’s largest county, Maricopa, would likely be required to recount all ballots cast in every election moving forw…
In elementary school, I noticed that my white teachers favored white students. They were first to be picked as class monitors, and their behavior was more likely to be excused when they bullied other children.In toy stores, my sister and I looked at ro…
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.It was the beginning of the school day at the beginning of the school year at the beginning of the millennium. Millions of American children were in…
Applications for the 2021-22 Chalkbeat Student Voices Fellowship are now closed. In a First Person essay published last school year, Samantha Charles, then a 10th grader in New York City, described walking through metal detectors every day at school. I…
City Councilman Jumaane Williams was elected Tuesday as New York City’s next public advocate, the bully pulpit that holds no enforcement power but can amplify issues deemed important to New Yorkers.Williams, who has been on the City Council since 2009,…
Hundreds of New York City high school students rallied outside of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Manhattan headquarters this afternoon to protest budget cuts that would eliminate free student Metrocards.The students came from all corners of the c…
Gov. Paterson said the education coalition that sued him today “don’t care about anybody but themselves.”Alan Lubin of NYSUT, part of that coalition, said raising the charter cap to 400 would be “ridiculous.”Peter Murphy of the state charter associatio…