Philly Bureau Chief @chalkbeat. Grew up @POLITICO NJ and @njspotlightnews. Email me: csitrin@chalkbeat.org
Joined July 2012
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13 Feb 2023
Hello! Was hoping I could announce this in the glory of an Eagles win but! Next week will be my last week with Politico. Starting March 6th I am beyond excited to announce I will be @Chalkbeat's new Philly bureau chief. #GoBirds
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Carly Sitrin retweeted
May 19
I love old school buildings...
... But they're old. And crumbling. @CarlySitrin reports on a proposal in Congress to transform America's aging education infrastructure. chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…
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Apr 16
A lot of outrage and calls for greater oversight have been aimed at Newark schools' spending lately.
Haven't *quite* seen the same energy at the state level aimed at my fav Hillsborough schools where a district employee plead guilty to embezzlement tho
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12 Nov 2025
PA finally has a state budget. Here's what's in it for schools:
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7 Nov 2025
Newark's board of ed considered extending the superintendent's contract. That vote failed.
Then in the dead of night a month later with no public notice, a board member changed her vote.
The district says the whole thing is legit. We have questions.
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31 Oct 2025
In the dead of night, Newark’s school board seemingly extended Superintendent León’s contract — without an official motion or prior public notice.
We sought clarity & the district spox shouted “I’m not authorized to talk about what just happened"
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31 Oct 2025
Over and over again Newark residents have demanded transparency and instead, decisions to extend León’s contract have consistently been made with little to no public input. chalkbeat.org/newark/2025/08…
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12 Jun 2025
Came back to this friggin sinkhole of a website to say you absolutely MUST read this @amysrosenberg story
11 Jun 2025
For Steve Sweeney, primary election night may have been the onetime South Jersey Democratic power broker’s swan song inquirer.com/politics/new-je…
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5 Feb 2025
If Trump’s actions are changing how your school approaches issues like teaching, DEI, and immigration, Chalkbeat wants to know about it. Fill out our short and confidential survey. chalkbeat.org/2025/02/04/how…
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5 Feb 2025
Philly schools will go virtual tomorrow due to impending weather
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3 Feb 2025
Hi! Amid....everything we here @Chalkbeat are HIRING for an education reporter in Philly. There could not be a more important time to focus on local ed issues and I think Chalkbeat is a really incredible place to get to do that. Come work with me! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/…
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3 Feb 2025
If you have any questions or want to chat about the job, drop me a line! And help spread the word!
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Carly Sitrin retweeted
24 Jan 2025
Here's where this circus stands:
CPS said ICE agents came to Hamline. We all, I'm sure, reached out to ICE. ICE told some (not us personally) that they didn't go to Hamline.
Secret Service tells ABC *THEY* were at Hamline.
CEO Martinez told MSNBC that agents ID'd as ICE. 🫠
24 Jan 2025
Our updated story on ICE agents — per CPS — today at Hamline Elementary School on Chicago's SW Side. The incident heightened fears among local families.
"I empathize with those children,” Chavez said through sobs.
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Carly Sitrin retweeted
24 Jan 2025
.@MichaelElsenRoo and I spoke with migrant parents who were too afraid to send their kids to school this week, in Trump's first days in office. School communities are doing what they can to reassure them, amid a mountain of uncertainty.
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24 Jan 2025
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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Carly Sitrin retweeted
24 Jan 2025
A few days after Homeland Security cleared way for immigration authorities to make arrests at schools, agents showed up at Hamline Elem in Chicago's Back of the Yards, a mostly Latino immigrant community that had recently distributed know your rights cards hamlinehawks.org/ourpages/au…
24 Jan 2025
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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Carly Sitrin retweeted
16 Jan 2025
I wrote about a school community upended by the Los Angeles fires. chalkbeat.org/2025/01/15/alt…
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14 Jan 2025
Huge story out of @ChalkbeatNWK today. "The district has fought to keep all versions of the report private, nearly two years after Newark school board leaders commissioned it."
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Carly Sitrin retweeted
5 Jan 2025
All schools and offices will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 6, 2025, due to inclement weather. Stay safe! Read more: bit.ly/inclementweatherupdat… #PHLed
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19 Dec 2024
It's that time of year!! @ChalkbeatPHL is back, back, back again with our 2024 guide to early childhood education in Philly. Check out our 4-part series and let us know what your experience has been with pre-K and child care in the city chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…
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14 Nov 2024
Philly school district officials are haunted by the last school closure process in 2012-13. This time, they say, the community will be more involved. Some takeaways from the recent listening sessions: chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…
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