Hello! This is Christina Samuels, the early education editor here at Hechinger. By now, I hope you’ve had a chance to read my colleague Jackie Mader’s story about the important role that Head Start plays in rural communities. While Jackie set her story in western Ohio, she also interviewed Head Start parents and leaders in […] The post Spend more federal money on child care, rural parents say appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
Ever since I first stepped onto the debate stage, I have been passionate about speech and debate. For the last three of my high school years, I have competed and placed nationally at major tournaments in Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Las Vegas, among many others. Debate demands an incredible amount of research, preparation […] The post STUDENT VOICE: Learning to debate is an important facet of education, but too often public school students are left out appeared first on The H...| The Hechinger Report
In his first two months in office, President Donald Trump ordered the closing of the Education Department and fired half of its staff. The department’s research and statistics division, called the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), was particularly hard hit. About 90 percent of its staff lost their jobs and more than 100 federal contracts […] The post Education Department takes a preliminary step toward revamping its research and statistics arm appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
As a teacher, I heard it all the time: “I’m not a math person.” I would be in line at the grocery store, wearing a math T-shirt one of my students got for me, and I’d hear it: “Algebra? Who needs it?” I would ask the person if they’d shopped with a coupon, bought a […] The post OPINION: We need more ‘math people’ in our country. Let’s boost learning beyond the traditional school day appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Gavin Abundis watched as firefighter Adrian Chairez demonstrated how he uses pulleys and harnesses to rappel down buildings. “You’ve probably seen it in the movies where they’re going down ‘Mission: Impossible’ style,” Chairez said with a laugh one day this past winter as he prepared to step off a tower. “We get to […] The post Fires, floods and other disasters are multiplying. Schools are adding training for workers to combat them appeared f...| The Hechinger Report
Schools that train hairstylists, dental assistants and health aides will be able to keep getting federal student loan dollars even if the professionals they turn out don’t end up earning any more than a high school graduate. That’s because programs like those, which don’t end in a college degree, were granted an exemption from new […] The post So you went to trade school. Do you out-earn high school grads in your state? appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
Remiah Ward’s shift at the SmartStyle salon inside Walmart was almost over, and she’d barely made $30 in tips from the haircuts she’d done that day. It wasn’t unusual — a year after her graduation from beauty school, tips plus minimum wage weren’t enough to cover her rent. She scarcely had time to eat […] The post Congress exempted beauty schools from rules about how much graduates should earn appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
When Starr Dixon heard the Trump administration was floating a proposal last spring to eliminate Head Start, the 27-year-old parent in rural Michigan cried for a week. The free, federally funded early learning program has been life-changing for her and her young daughter, she said. It provided stability after Dixon, who lives about 100 miles […] The post What I learned about Head Start in rural America appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
TROY, Ohio — For almost as long as she’s been a mother, Sara Laughlin has known where she could turn for help in this western Ohio town 20 miles north of Dayton. For years, the local Head Start program provided stability and care for her oldest son, and it now does the same for her […] The post Rural Americans rely on Head Start. Federal turmoil has them worried appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
Every person deserves a place close to home where they can learn, grow and build a better future. In rural areas, that place is often a community college. But in today’s environment, community colleges are under threat. Enrollment has been declining for most of the past 15 years as increasing numbers of Americans question the […] The post OPINION: Rural community colleges are uniquely positioned to tackle complex regional challenges and drive community transformation. Here’s how app...| The Hechinger Report
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.| The Hechinger Report
Students graduating from college today face an uncertain job market, mass firings in the federal government, a wild stock market and fears of recession. They also expect mental health support and work-life balance in the careers they pursue, and to help them find that, many colleges are adjusting their career-counseling efforts.| The Hechinger Report
Rigorous research rarely shows that any teaching approach produces large and consistent benefits for students. But tutoring seemed to be a rare exception. Before the pandemic, almost 100 studies pointed to impressive math or reading gains for students who were paired with a tutor at least three times a week and used a proven curriculum […] The post Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic. The results? ‘Sobering’ appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
Researchers say more resources, teacher awareness needed to combat racial bias in math lessons.| The Hechinger Report
A recap of how the great recession affected higher education in 2008 to help us think through what might and might not repeat this time around.| The Hechinger Report
Growth mindset for kids: Carol Dweck argues that adults can help foster the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work.| The Hechinger Report
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.| The Hechinger Report
A cash transfer program for high schoolers resulted in better attendance and more financial literacy, but no improvement in grades.| The Hechinger Report
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one preschooler started calling Maggi “mama” and Maggi’s husband “papa.” Children who have graduated from Maggi’s program still beg their parents to […]| The Hechinger Report
As the Trump administration announces sweeping steps to make it more difficult for colleges and universities to welcome international students, some schools are more vulnerable than others to potential drops in enrollment.| The Hechinger Report
The blows keeping coming, from the end of affirmative action to outright interference in who leads college campuses.| The Hechinger Report
Community colleges should be an avenue into high-value STEM degrees for students from low-income backgrounds, but just 2 percent of students who begin at a community college earn a STEM bachelor’s degree within six years. Here are ways to improve the process.| The Hechinger Report
Nory Sontay Ramos was deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers.| The Hechinger Report
Black youth are frequently among the most civically engaged young people in the country, yet they are too often absent from conversations about civic excellence and receive too little civic education.| The Hechinger Report
As the Trump administration issues executive orders related to DEI, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is considering dropping references to DEI in favor of “person-centered care.| The Hechinger Report
There’s new momentum behind letting students cash in their life skills toward degrees, saving them time and money and helping colleges recruit new customers by giving what’s called credit for prior learning.| The Hechinger Report
But administration relents on yanking data from researchers| The Hechinger Report
For years, much like in the United States, New Zealand has worried about sliding student proficiency in mathematics, as captured by both national and international test scores. Later this month — the beginning of the New Zealand school year — the country is launching an overhaul of mathematics instruction that education leaders hope will reverse the trend. […] The post One country wants to close math achievement gaps by ending academic tracking first appeared on Micro Schools Network.| Micro Schools Network
Some high schools and states are experimenting with ways to integrate literacy instruction across all classes.| The Hechinger Report