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Parents on the hunt for quality child care say it feels like ‘The Hunger Games’
Yearslong wait lists, anxiety and a lack of choice: Finding quality child care is especially difficult when families have financial and accessibility constraints around their care options, and when the government provides little to no support for the programs or for the teachers educating and caring for our youngest children.
Politicians love apprenticeships. Employers have been slow to offer them.
There’s a big hitch in the movement for apprenticeships, even as they’re being pushed by policymakers and politicians and expanded beyond the trades to jobs in tech and other industries: Demand for apprenticeships is outpacing their availability.
OPINION: As book bans reach historic levels, more educators should get involved in school governance - The Hechinger Report
The number of book bans in schools and libraries nearly tripled during the 2023-24 school year. President-elect Trump promises to try to further restrict curriculum content. More teachers should engage in uncomfortable discussions and seek to join their local school boards in order to address censorship.
6 observations from a devastating international math test 6 observations from the 2023 TIMSS
The 2023 results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), released earlier this month, show that the severe declines in student achievement are stubbornly enduring and possibly becoming more severe.
OPINION: Mental health screening tools, surveys and immediate referrals can help struggling college students recover and return to class
One-third of college students report being overwhelmed with mental health issues and conclude that they cannot navigate college life. It is vital that colleges find ways to help them.
Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care assistance
Due to a lack of adequate federal funding, only a fraction — about 10 percent — of families who are eligible actually get child care assistance. This leads parents to make desperate choices, like quitting jobs or putting off finding a permanent home, just to get or keep child care assistance.
California prohibió la educación bilingüe durante casi 20 años y aún no se ha recuperado del daño - The Hechinger Report
Esta historia fue publicada originalmente en inglés por CalMatters. Suscríbete a los boletines de noticias This story also appeared in CalMatters This story was translated by CalMatters. Read in English. En 1953, Bárbara Flores entró al kínder en la Escuela Primaria Washington en Madera, California, una pequeña ciudad en el Valle Central rodeada de campos […]
California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes - The Hechinger Report
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by farm fields. Her mother and grandmother had talked it up: You’re going to learn a lot. You’re going to like it. […]
OPINION: Schools can and should do more to help students prepare for career paths that don’t require a college degree - The Hechinger Report
Educators do a disservice to students by implying that college bestows the only path toward financial independence and employment. An improved system would better balance college preparation with career and technical education.
‘Why is the sky fuzzy?’: Climate change lessons need to start as early as preschool - The Hechinger Report
Hello! I’m traveling back from the Bright Start International Conference where I spent the last few days learning about early childhood policies, systems and best practices worldwide. This week’s newsletter comes to you from Caroline Preston, Hechinger’s managing editor, who writes our climate and education newsletter. You can sign up for the newsletter here. I’ll […]
School buses provided McDowell County Schools helped a hurricane-battered medical plant come back to service - The Hechinger Report
McDowell County schools, in western North Carolina, helped to blunt the community impact from Hurricane Helene in late September. Following the storm, medical company Baxter International and officials at the 5,500-student district came up with a plan to transport Baxter employees to work before and after school hours, even as the school district recovered from damage to its own facilities.
STUDENT VOICE: My generation knows less about civics than my parents’ generation did, yet we need it more than ever - The Hechinger Report
Many adults, as well as the vast majority of my high school-age peers, don’t seem to understand how government works and as a result don’t trust it. We as a nation have to prioritize civics education in schools to encourage civic engagement, empathy and critical thinking.
‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors - The Hechinger Report
Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and majors.
College Uncovered: What Comes Next on Campus? - The Hechinger Report
Throughout the election campaign, Donald Trump railed against colleges and universities for being too expensive, too partisan and too woke. “Colleges have gotten hundreds of billions of dollars from hardworking taxpayers, and now we are going to get this anti-American insanity out of our institutions once and for all,” Trump said. With Trump returning to […]
Getting child care insurance is a new challenge for care providers - The Hechinger Report
Child care centers are struggling to maintain liability insurance amid rising costs and dropped policies. The insurance, which protects centers from lawsuits related to accidents or injuries, is required in most states.
OPINION: Some advice for the political left: Let’s redefine ‘public education’ to improve all schools - The Hechinger Report
The political left defines “public education” in only one way: district schools governed by local school boards. To improve education for all, this view must expand to include fully or partially government funded charter and private schools.
Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department - The Hechinger Report
This story was produced by Chalkbeat and reprinted with permission. Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, an agency Trump has pledged to dismantle. This story also appeared in Chalkbeat McMahon would come to the post with sparse education experience. She led […]
OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school - The Hechinger Report
By 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Now is the time to change the way we think about meeting both immediate labor shortages and future work demands by expanding postsecondary pathways.
OPINION: Why I view the ban on legacy admissions at California’s private universities with skepticism - The Hechinger Report
Banning legacy admission is unlikely to be the solution to racial inequality that some are casting it as. There is much we can do to address racial inequality, but it won’t be through banning legacy status in the most selective institutions.