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Kalyn Belsha

Kalyn Belsha

Kalyn is a reporter for The Chicago Reporter. Email her at kbelsha@chicagoreporter.com and follow her on Twitter @kalynbelsha.

Education
CCA Academy Walkout

Alternative schools bear the brunt of student deaths in Chicago

By Kalyn Belsha and Cayla Clements | September 4, 2018

The district’s most vulnerable students often end up in alternative schools that are especially under-resourced to cope with the trauma of gun violence.

Behind the Data

How Illinois obscures racial disparities in school discipline data

By Kalyn Belsha | July 18, 2018

The state is legally required to publish data on the race and ethnicity of students who are disciplined in schools. Here’s why that’s not happening.

Education

As school discipline disparities worsen, Illinois has yet to require reforms

By Kalyn Belsha | July 18, 2018

The state has stalled on requiring school districts with the highest suspension and expulsion rates to improve.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

Lawsuit seeks to stop school closing, alleging racial discrimination

By Kalyn Belsha | June 19, 2018

National Teachers Academy parents argue that Chicago’s plan is discriminatory towards the top-ranked South Loop school’s mostly low-income and African-American students.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

Study: After mass school closings, impacted students lagged academically

By Kalyn Belsha | May 22, 2018

Although Chicago Public Schools promised a better education for thousands displaced by 2013’s closures, those students saw long-term negative effects, a sweeping report shows.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Urban Prairie Waldorf School / Montefiore Specialty

Private schools, poised to grow in Illinois, move into closed Chicago public schools

By Kalyn Belsha | April 24, 2018

The recent sales of four vacant schools to private school operators could stir more competition for the public school system as school choice initiatives gain support in the state and nation.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Terronda Harris

For one black family, a cycle of school closings

By Kalyn Belsha | March 1, 2018

Poor students continue to bear the brunt of Chicago’s newly approved plans to shut down more public schools.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

When Chicago closed her kids’ school, she decided to fight back

By Kalyn Belsha and Bill Healy | February 24, 2018

As Chicago Public Schools prepares to shut down more schools, it faces continued resistance from people like Irene Robinson, whose community was fractured by 2013’s mass closures.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

Thousands of black students leave Chicago for other segregated districts

By Kalyn Belsha | December 19, 2017

Many families fleeing the poorest pockets of the city are ending up in cash-strapped school systems in the suburbs and northwest Indiana.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

Closed schools could remain vacant without public subsidy

By Kalyn Belsha | July 24, 2017

Developers buying shuttered Chicago schools face stiff competition for tax credits that make their repurposing plans viable.

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