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Is Head Start in danger? - The Hechinger Report
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson launched “Project Head Start,” a summer program intended to help children from low-income families prepare for school. Sixty years later, Head Start has expanded into a multi-billion program operating in all 50 states, serving preschoolers as well as infants, toddlers and pregnant women. But the program is facing serious challenges, […]
OPINION: Stop labeling kids and start revealing their strengths - The Hechinger Report
In education post-pandemic, as students struggle to recover from learning loss and the mental health crisis, we have seen blame and negative labelling on a massive scale. It’s time to change the narrative and look instead for kids’ strengths.
Students who want to try AI in college admission essays should use it for brainstorming, not for writing the essay
As students increasingly use AI in their writing, experts warn that a college admissions essay or a scholarship application might not be the best place to use the technology. For best results, a student’s authentic voice needs to come through in those essays.
OPINION: Why Relational Intelligence is the key to thriving in the AI era
In an AI-driven future, the real measure of intelligence, and our greatest strength, will not be IQ or EQ but RQ — Relational Intelligence, our ability to build relationships, foster trust, collaborate and navigate an increasingly interconnected world.
OPINION: Here’s why we cannot permit America’s partnership with higher education to weaken or dissolve - The Hechinger Report
Abrupt cuts in federal funding for life saving medical research. Confusing and misleading new guidance about campus diversity programs. Cancellation, without due process, of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants and contracts held by a major university. Mass layoffs at the Education Department, undermining crucial programs such as federal student aid. All of […]
OPINION: The demographic cliff in higher education should be seen as an opportunity, not a crisis - The Hechinger Report
The looming “demographic cliff” in higher education has been on the minds of education leaders for nearly two decades. In the years to come, schools at all levels will begin feeling the squeeze. The question now is whether to treat the cliff as a crisis or an opportunity.
How Trump is disrupting efforts by schools and colleges to combat climate change - The Hechinger Report
This week I dug into how the Trump administration’s anti-climate blitz is hampering schools’ and colleges’ ability to green their operations, plus a new report on the California wildfires’ impact on students. Thank you for reading, and reply to this email to be in touch. — Caroline Preston LeeAnn Kittle helps oversee the Denver public […]
OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union
To ensure that the Spirit of 1776 forever endures, dedicated instructional time in civics should be the norm for every student throughout grades K-12. This week is National Civic Learning Week, when thousands of Americans will demonstrate just how we can do this.
STUDENT VOICE: What losing the Department of Education would mean for special education - The Hechinger Report
The Department of Education is responsible for ensuring that all public schools provide children with disabilities a free education tailored to their individual needs. What happens to special education if the Education Department is dismantled?
Five years later, lots of kids are still behind at school — and life. How about yours? - The Hechinger Report
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 have been academically. Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as NAEP, fell by 8 points between […]
How early ed is affected by federal cuts - The Hechinger Report
Last month, my colleague Jill Barshay detailed potentially devastating cuts made to education research when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) terminated 89 contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the Department of Education. Soon after, DOGE canceled an additional 10 contracts at regional education laboratories around the country. DOGE officials […]
TEACHER VOICE: Instead of assuming that kids won't read novels, give them skills to defend their analysis - The Hechinger Report
Reading novels puts students in community with complex ideas they can explore across weeks. Novels are powerful pedagogy because they are hard and time-consuming to teach. A good curriculum rises to the level of its book choices.
A new Utah law has caused the University of Utah to severely limit DEI initiatives on campus, in a case study of what might happen in other states
As President Trump seeks to quash DEI initiatives across the federal government and in schools, colleges and businesses everywhere, more states may decide to banish DEI, as Utah has done.
STUDENT VOICE: The path to health equity begins in K-12 classrooms - The Hechinger Report
Black, Hispanic and Indigenous populations disproportionately face higher rates of chronic illness and poorer health outcomes. Making our health care workforce more representative can improve health equity. It starts in K-12.
How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost - The Hechinger Report
A much-touted federal reform effort, and a tribal lawsuit, sought to improve outcomes for BIE students. Now the Trump administration’s efforts to slash government threaten what little progress the agency has made.