The Hechinger Report16h
Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3
This week’s mass layoffs by his secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees delivered a crippling blow to the agency’s ability to tell the public how ...
The Hechinger Report4d
10 lives, 5 years later: How the pandemic altered the futures of these parents, kids and educators
Some educators, parents and students say Covid stunted their education and careers, while others were derailed temporarily but found new careers or a sense of purpose.
The Hechinger Report5d
Five years later, lots of kids are still behind at school — and life. How about yours?
Roughly five years have passed since schools shut down and turned to remote learning in the United States — but the pandemic’s toll on education lingers. Students are still behind where they would ...
The Hechinger Report3d
Shawn Healy
Two hundred and forty-nine years ago, the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, fortunes and honor to what has become the world’s longest-standing experiment in ...
The Hechinger Report4d
Coal plants are closing. For some schools, that means lost revenue and fewer jobs for graduates
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The Hechinger Report4d
STUDENT VOICE: What losing the Department of Education would mean for special education
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The Hechinger Report4d
Romila Santra
My family’s first and only move was for the sake of special education. My twin brother, Rohan, had just been diagnosed with profound nonverbal autism. We were 2 years old, and my parents realized the ...