Christian Robles
Staff Reporter
crobles808 | christian.robles@yale.edu
Christian Robles covers education & youth services. He is a sophomore in Davenport College studying Political Science and Economics.
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CHRISTIAN ROBLES, JABEZ CHOI & PIA BALDWIN EDWARDS
NHPS, Connecticut set the groundwork for ethnic studies

In the midst of a nationwide debate regarding how teachers are permitted to teach about race in K-12 schools, Connecticut has become the first state […]

September 27, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES & PIA BALDWIN EDWARDS
Local teacher on activist slate announces run for teachers union president against longtime incumbent

A social studies teacher challenges the current teachers union president on a platform of increasing teacher and community engagement.

September 16, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES
BOE discusses district quarantine learning policies, virtual academy

BOE members critique remote learning protocol for quarantined students and call for a virtual learning academy.

September 13, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES & SARAH COOK
Yalies develop app that innovates public safety, 911 services

Former Yale student Michael Chime, along with co-founders Neal Soni ’24 and Dylan Gleicher ’23, has launched an app that aims to change how schools and 911 centers across the country address emergencies.

September 10, 2021

Chime and Soni smile for the camera
CHRISTIAN ROBLES
NHPS ready for a ‘Summer of Fun’

NHPS students will be dancing, playing sports, learning and more this summer.

May 7, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES
BOE discusses 2020-21 magnet school lottery results, non-magnet school reputations

The Board discussed how to improve NHPS’s school choice lottery program and change negative perceptions of non-magnet schools.

April 26, 2021

A screenshot from the presentation at the BOE meeting.
CHRISTIAN ROBLES
Local activists call for climate change action, peace on Earth Day

New Haveners demand their elected officials to cut military spending and invest in climate change solutions at the rally.

April 25, 2021

Elicker speaks at a podium during the rally.
SYLVAN LEBRUN & CHRISTIAN ROBLES
Looking for a summer youth program in New Haven? Here are some options

More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, local nonprofits, New Haven Public Schools and the city’s Youth and Recreation Department have made tentative […]

April 16, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES & RAZEL SUANSING
BOE passes recommendation to keep school resource officers, invest in psychologists, social workers

After nearly a year-long debate over the fate of school resource officers, or SROs, in New Haven Public Schools, the Board of Education has accepted […]

April 14, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES
UP CLOSE | Teachers in a pandemic: Adapting and innovating in an unorthodox school year

April 13, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES
NHPS superintendent recommends federal dollars go to temporary hires, educational programming

After receiving feedback from about 775 stakeholders in the New Haven Public Schools community, Assistant Superintendent Keisha Redd-Hannans presented the Board of Education with NHPS’ […]

April 12, 2021

The steps of New Haven City Hall