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OPINION: NAEP scores show we need new approaches, more resources and all hands on deck to address underlying education problems
The latest NAEP scores paint a grim picture, but progress in American education has generally been stalled for at least a decade. Leaders at every level need to stop using the pandemic as an excuse and start looking for solutions.
OPINION: Let's reshape the liberal arts with a focus on applied learning, internships and training for jobs of the future and let faculty lead the way
The liberal arts evolved to meet the needs of society and the state of knowledge but were created for the industrial era. They are badly dated and must be rethought to prepare students for the global, digital, knowledge economy in which they will live their lives.
A window into America’s high schools slams shut - The Hechinger Report
This story was reported by and originally published by APM Reports in connection with its podcast Sold a Story: How Teach Kids to Read Went So Wrong. The choices you make as a teenager can shape the rest of your life. If you take high school classes for college credit, you’re more likely to enroll at a university. […]
Lawsuit saves massive reading experiment
The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.
OPINION: If we are going to build AI literacy into every level of learning, we must be able to measure it
Students and workers are being told to “learn AI.” But while definitions of AI literacy are starting to emerge, we still lack a consistent, measurable framework to know whether someone is truly ready to use AI effectively and responsibly.
OPINION: As they face conflicting messages about AI, some advice for educators on how to use it responsibly
Even as educators are optimistic about AI’s potential, they are cautious and sometimes resistant to it. What should responsible educators do? As a learning scientist who has been involved in research about AI and about learning for decades, I have some ideas.
OPINION: AI can be a great equalizer, but it remains out of reach for millions of Americans; the Universal Service Fund can expand access
The digital divide is a persistent crisis — exacerbated by AI — that deepens societal inequities, and we must rally around one of the most effective tools we have to combat it: the Universal Service Fund.
Being shut out of required courses is delaying college students’ graduation
Fifty-seven percent of college students have to spend more time and money on college because their campuses don’t offer required courses when they need them. Mounting layoffs and budget problems now threaten to make this problem worse.
OPINION: College president fears that federal education cuts will derail the promise of student parents, student military veterans and first-gen students
We do not yet know the education cuts Congress will consider once funding from a continuing resolution expires in September. But the president’s proposed cuts to education, health and housing could reverse a decade of progress in college accessibility.
New Jersey’s ‘Abbott districts’ are 25 years into offering free, high quality pre-K, but at least 10,000 eligible kids haven’t enrolled
Twenty-five years ago, New Jersey was ordered to open preschools for children in low-income urban districts to help make up for funding disparities. Now, supporters fear the preschool program is not getting the attention they need from the state.
TRIO helps low-income students get to and through college. Trump wants to end it
Over 60 years,TRIO programs have helped millions of people with little college exposure earn degrees. Now the administration says it wants to cut federal spending on TRIO to zero, saying the programs are no longer needed.
OPINION: The resumption of student loan payments means students will need new policies — and our help
The resumption of student loan payments comes at a time when the fundamental inequities of our higher education system have never been more apparent. The resumption of loan payments, while painful, must serve as a rallying cry rather than a surrender.
After Hechinger story, Illinois passes law requiring hospitals to connect parents of premature infants with life-changing therapies
Illinois hospital staff must soon refer parents of premature infants to services that can prevent years of intensive and expensive therapy. The new law follows a Hechinger Report story about the issue.
What Trump's education cuts mean for literacy - The Hechinger Report
This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation – even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn […]
OPINION: Tutoring provides a much-needed on-ramp into the teaching profession. School districts should pay attention.
Tutoring can be a powerful training ground for future educators, providing hands-on experience, confidence and a bridge into the classroom. And what might begin as a temporary opportunity can become a career path at a time when teachers are needed more than ever.
This school built high-end career and technical education training sites on campus to prepare students for local skilled jobs
Across the country, the average age of manufacturing workers is increasing. In many other jobs the workforce is aging, too. Staffing their companies into the future is a major concern. More states are seeing expanded high school CTE as a solution.
Adding bus stops, serving biscuits and gravy, and catching butterflies: How schools are tackling absenteeism
Chronic absenteeism, when students miss 10 percent or more of the school year, is 50 percent higher across the nation than before the pandemic. Story shares absenteeism solutions from a wide range of city schools.
Child care centers often reject kids with disabilities. Ohio and other states are trying to change that
State funded initiatives in Ohio and other parts of the country are working to strengthen child care teachers’ knowledge and confidence in working with young children with disabilities and developmental delays.
STUDENT VOICE: Limited resources at underserved schools can keep students from getting the support they need
As a first-generation college student, I struggled to find guidance navigating California’s complex higher education system. Accessing the reliable data I needed was more difficult than it should have been. Today, a new California initiative is changing this for students like me.
The new anti-abortion strategy: fetal development videos in schools
Anti-abortion lawmakers in at least 22 states have proposed fetal development-education bills, and seven have passed them. Many anti-abortion advocates hope that getting their message in front of students can help them win the hearts and minds of young people.