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Sarah Darville
@sarahdarv
I'm experimenting with stuff as national editor of
@Chalkbeat
. Formerly editor
@ChalkbeatNY
. Email me sdarville@chalkbeat.org
New York, NYny.chalkbeat.orgJoined March 2009
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Sarah Darville
@sarahdarv
Bummed to be losing 
@nvavery
and excited to be stepping into the best gig around -- working with this thoughtful group of education journalists across the country.
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Elizabeth Green
@elizwgreen
I am SO thrilled to share that @sarahdarv has agreed to serve as Chalkbeat’s interim editor in chief. ✨ Sarah began here as an intern and has served (by my unscientific count) in every newsroom job we have here at Chalkbeat.
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The Associated Press
@AP
“If African Americans being killed by police is the throughline of our times, then the drumbeat of aggressions for existing in white spaces is the steady rhythm.”
@AP
Deputy Managing Editor
@AmandaB1201
on life as a black journalist in a troubled America.
apnews.com
AMERICAN DIARY: To be black and a journalist at this moment
For many Americans, “space” means leaving the Earth’s atmosphere and exploring the galaxy. They think of this weekend’s SpaceX launch...
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Jada Yuan
@jadabird
Last night I met a special ed teacher from BK who'd been pepper sprayed. Other protesters helped her & she kept marching. Later, she had to stop and cry bc she thought about her students, young black boys, & worried they wouldn't get to grow up. Here's her story.
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Daniel Foglens
@510home
Sorry, the link goes to the page full of updates. But this teacher’s devotion to her kids, & her appreciation of the kindness of fellow strangers, moved me to tears.
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Kalyn Belsha
@kalynbelsha
There are many students educators worry will be left behind by remote learning as schools close due to #coronavirus. Here's one group that stands out: new immigrant students who are learning English & navigating a new life in America
chalkbeat.org
Teachers try to keep newcomer students connected as schools close
Educators who work with new immigrant children and teens adapting to life in America say these students face some of the most complex challenges as schools close due to coronavirus.
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@sarahdarv
So grateful that the brilliant
@philissa
let me stick around (and then somehow spend most of the last decade thinking about education with her!). She helped make
@Chalkbeat
what it is and I am wildly excited for her.
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Philissa Cramer
@philissa
Finally, I want to give a special shoutout to Chalkbeat’s national editor and my ride-or-die @sarahdarv, whose vision and wisdom has quietly shaped Chalkbeat and me for years, ever since she showed up as a surprise-to-me intern back in 2011. (h/t @annamphillips!)
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Kalyn Belsha
@kalynbelsha
Some charter networks are trying something new to help alumni who've dropped out of college: launching partnerships to help them get online degrees. I spoke w/ 20+ students, experts & charter & university officials to find out how it's working. My latest:
chalkbeat.org
Charter operators are offering online degrees as a plan B for their alumni
As charter operators have gotten more low-income students of color to college, some are realizing they need to do more to help alumni who've dropped out. Now, some are partnering with Southern New...
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Patrick Wall
@patrick_wall
I wrote about Courtney Everts Mykytyn, an activist who urged white parents to voluntarily integrate schools — and to do so with respect. She didn't pretend that would end segregation, but argued it was one important step. She died last week at age 46.
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Activist Courtney Everts Mykytyn urged white parents to integrate schools
Courtney Everts Mykytyn, a parent organizer in Los Angeles who founded the group Integrated Schools, died last week. She was 46.
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Kalyn Belsha
@kalynbelsha
NEW: Early in the Trump presidency, the Education Department killed a $12M school integration program launched under President Obama. Dozens of school districts wanted to participate. Without federal support, many of their plans went nowhere. My latest:
chalkbeat.org
What happened after Trump officials killed a school integration program
Dozens of school districts wanted to be part of an Obama-era grant program to fund school integration. Without federal support, few accomplished their plans to integrate schools.
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Philissa Cramer
@philissa
This excellent story raises so many questions. Among them: What might happen to Chicago's grad rate amid scrutiny on dropout recovery programs? Why are for-profit "programs" allowed to operate as schools? And also: EdisonLearning?!
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Kalyn Belsha
@kalynbelsha
6 yrs ago @ChiPubSchools opened several alternative HSs run by for-profit EdisonLearning known as Bridgescape. In June CPS quietly closed them. A scathing district review found students spent too much time learning on computer, doing mostly low-level tasks chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/
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Kalyn Belsha
@kalynbelsha
I was reading the Democratic candidates' ed platforms & realized: SO many of them had v specific plans to boost teacher diversity. 6 of 10 leading ones, in fact. So here's an overview of what they're talking about, from funding HBCUs to teacher residencies
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Most Democratic candidates say they'd boost teacher diversity
While the Democratic candidates generally agree that the next president should do something to expand America’s pool of teachers of color, how they’d do it varies.
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Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
NEWS: As WH pondered ideas to stem illegal immigration last year, Stephen Miller pressed for way to help states limit/block undocumented kids’ enrollment in K-12 public schools. Effort included consideration of a DOE guidance memo. Story w
@justinsink
bloomberg.com
White House Looked Into Ways to Block Migrant Children From Going to School
Some top aides to President Donald Trump sought for months for a way to give states the power to block undocumented immigrant children from enrolling in public schools -- all part of the administra...
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@sarahdarv
Still struggling to understand rationale for NYC admissions changes. City says it's to make process shorter + easier. But if rules were in place this year, looks like 44,000 kids would be on at least 1 waitlist — waiting for final answers for 5 months. ckbe.at/2Z5YVJB
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Sarah Darville
@sarahdarv
"If we don’t just fixate on the word busing, we can think about — should the next president take seriously the fact that our education system continues to not serve students of color and low-income students as well as it should?"
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Matthew Delmont on Biden comments: Idea that desegregation requires local buy-in 'farcical'
Delmont, author of "Why Busing Failed," says he was surprised to see school segregation take center stage as Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden on his anti-busing record.
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Sarah Darville
@sarahdarv
🎉 We're so so excited to have
@kalynbelsha
joining us on Chalkbeat's national desk next week! She'll be based in Chicago but bringing her genius to writing about schools all over the country. 🎉
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Reema Amin
@reemadamin
There's a quiet push from advocates here to get lead-exposed children connected to a deeper evaluation when they're seeking special education services – one offered in Flint — with the hope that they get the proper services they deserve. Hope you'll read:
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Chalkbeat New York
@ChalkbeatNY
Bishop was exposed to lead as a 2-year-old, and eight years later, struggles in school. Could an evaluation used in Flint help students like him from the start? ckbe.at/2E5SChi
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Sarah Darville
@sarahdarv
From Betsy DeVos's prepared remarks at
@EdWriters
: "While it is true that 90 percent of students today are enrolled in traditional public schools, it’s also true that 60 percent of their parents say they would prefer something different if only they had the freedom to choose."