School choice had a big moment in the pandemic. But is it what parents want...
Abbey Clegg watched the Manchester school board meetings online in the summer of 2020, slowly coming to terms with what was happening. New Hampshire schools were not going to reopen in the fall....
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At the end of her first day as a full-time teacher, Caitlin Mercado logged out of Zoom and turned off her computer in her parents’ basement. Then she cried. Mercado had wanted to be a teacher ever...
View ArticleFearing fires, colleges are starting to clamp down on campus e-bikes
This special higher education newsletter comes to you from The Hechinger Report’s executive editor, Nirvi Shah. Robert Fitzer was watching news footage of New York City firefighters rescuing people...
View ArticleHow did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year’s affirmative...
Deciding what to disclose in a personal essay for college applications has plagued students since, perhaps, the essay first became required. How should they present themselves? What do they think...
View ArticleWhat education could look like under Trump and Vance
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, are persistent critics of public K-12 schools and higher education and want to overhaul many aspects of how the...
View ArticleWhat education could look like under Harris and Walz
Education vaulted to the forefront of conversations about the presidential race when Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, worked...
View ArticleAmerica’s schools and colleges are operating under two totally different sets...
In Sheridan County School District #3 in northern Wyoming, where it can take an hour on the bus each way for students to attend the K-12 Clearmont School, the Biden administration’s rewrite of Title IX...
View ArticleAt Moms for Liberty’s national summit, a singular focus on anti-trans issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Apparently, there is not enough joy to go around, and some “joyful warriors” are upset about, among other things, what they see as their nickname being ripped off.Joy has become a...
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