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Andrew Ujifusa

@andrewujifusa

@CivicNewsCo editor. N.Y., Japan, Mississippi, more. "Virtue ... is first; but next to it, and to it alone, the greatest of all things is friendship." - Cicero

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My phone froze: CPS confirms ICE showed up the school; school staff turned them away, as they didn’t have a criminal judicial warrant.

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Federal immigration agents showed up at a Chicago school, CPS says. Staff turned them away. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

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Re: Rumors circulating about ICE agents at a Philly school this morning, those rumors are NOT TRUE. Per school principal and the school district.

Re: Rumors circulating about ICE agents at a Philly school this morning, those rumors are NOT TRUE. Per school principal and the school district.
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More than $13 million poured into Chicago's first school board elections, with the Chicago Teachers Union handily outspending pro-school choice groups. We took a final look after this month's deadline to report spending in the historic November races: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

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"The available evidence doesn’t clearly show that the statutes targeting curriculum, library books, and transgender students have accomplished their stated goals. But there’s reason to believe they’re increasing families’ interest in vouchers." chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0… Chalkbeat

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NEW w/ Kalyn Belsha The most significant feature of the 2024 NAEP results is the growing gap between high- and low-performing students. This gap first started to widen about a decade ago. No one is sure why. chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/nae…

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"That probe could be a preview of how the federal government might deal with schools that the Trump White House believes are ignoring or somehow flouting the executive order, without a time-consuming complaint or investigative process." chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/tru…

"That probe could be a preview of how the federal government might deal with schools that the Trump White House believes are ignoring or somehow flouting the executive order, without a time-consuming complaint or investigative process." chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/tru…
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BREAKING NEWS: Universal school voucher plan passes in Tennessee House. Senate vote set for later today. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2025…

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BREAKING NEWS: Tennessee lawmakers approve Gov. Bill Lee’s universal private school voucher bill, creating a new track for educating K-12 students statewide. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2025…

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"What students — especially struggling students — also need is teacher-directed explicit instruction." chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

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“The president is responding to what he feels like the voters who put him in office feel strongly about.” chalkbeat.org/2025/02/03/tru…

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Illinois could become the next state to rollback an Obama-era reform to connect teacher evaluations to student performance. Samantha Smylie Chalkbeat Chicago chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

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At least 5 states are considering legislation to charge tuition to undocumented students or require proof of citizenship to enroll. These bills set up a challenge to Plyler, the Supreme Court decision that protects all children's right to an education. chalkbeat.org/2025/02/08/rep…

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Hit by pandemic ‘aftershocks,’ kids fall further behind in reading, still trail pre-COVID peers chalkbeat.org/2025/02/11/stu…

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High school sophomore Kimani Vines walked into a college + career fair for students with disabilities with the idea that she was going to pursue the military right after high school. Now, she's thinking: What if I studied animation in college first? chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

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From today: Bill to give property tax revenues to charter schools advances to Senate floor over objections from IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson, who says it would cause at least 20 school closures and lay off 100s of employees chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…

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Operators of two now-shuttered virtual charter schools used $40,100 in funding meant for students to give to Republican candidates/committees for the General Assembly in the months preceding the 2018 election, federal prosecutors say 🧵 chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…