Chalkbeat: Local and State Coverage of Educational News Podcast for Leaderful Schools

Lori Higgins is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Detroit. Chalkbeat is a national nonprofit educational news organization providing local coverage of educational policies and practices. Chalkbeat also covers school news in communities across the state. Lori Higgins discusses the media partnerships, covering district use of ESSER Funds, teacher recruitment and retention initiatives, and her experience reporting on COVID’s lasting toll on schools in an article co-published with the New York Times. https://www.chalkbeat.org/