October 1, 2020Seemingly willed, or tweeted, into existence by Chalkbeat CEO Elizabeth Green, the news organization got off the ground quickly by building on the education-focused news organization’s existing business and fundraising infrastructure. (Chalkbeat covers education in nine states with a staff of 66 and “has become a $9.4-million-a-year venture,” Poynter reported.)
Votebeat has announced they’ll continue through the midterm elections in 2022, but Green said they are still nailing down the funding to keep the project afloat for that long. “Our ability to go through the 2022 election depends on the success of the campaign,” Green said. The Institute for Nonprofit News has supported Votebeat, along with a number of other donors.
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Rural schools battle bad internet, low attendance January 21 2021
In the final part of our series: Students return to classrooms, but educators wonder how to get kids back on track.
Part of a series on rural education under the pandemic.
Andy and Amy Jo Hellenbrand live on a little farm in south-central Wisconsin where they raise corn, soybeans, wheat, heifers, chickens, goats, bunnies and their four children, ages 5 to 12.
For the entire fall semester, the quartet of grade school students learned virtually from home, as their district elected to keep school buildings closed.
That has put a strain on the family, as well as the childrens grades and grammar.