In many rural schools, hiring teachers is harder than ever. Certain positions sometimes lay vacant for years. Often, districts turn to international teachers to fill the growing voids. In Halifax County, NC, two-thirds of teachers are international. hechingerreport.org/federal-poli...

Teen Vogue and @hechingerreport.org, where I'm an editor, worked together on several stories over the years. @leximcmenamin.com and @allegrak.bsky.social and many others were wonderful partners and this is gutting news. A list of just a few of the stories where Teen Vogue was a valued partner:

In Ashe County, NC, those federal dollars pay for the community's only afterschool program, training for teachers, salaries for some positions. There's no way they could make it up locally if it's gone next year. Across the US, schools are preparing to lose more: hechingerreport.org/schools-conf...

The power of local journalism: For two years, the solicitor’s office sat on evidence that Michael Pearson was likely innocent of a crime they imprisoned him for 15 years ago. After the Post and Courier wrote about it, he left the courthouse a free man today. www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-mich...

Funding cuts to AmeriCorps come at a time when entry level jobs are increasingly harder to find. One college grad impacted by the budget slash told me he joined AmeriCorps because every "entry level" job he tried to apply to required some experience in the field. hechingerreport.org/federal-cuts...

At a time of extreme political polarization, high school speech and debate clubs do something risky: encourage students to talk politics and intentionally disagree. Speech and debate enthusiasts see this activity as a solution for our fractured society. hechingerreport.org/high-school-...

Last week, instead of sending school districts the $6+ billion which they are owed by law, USED told states it would hold back the money pending a review. This is hugely harmful to schools getting ready for the school year--but not everyone is hit equally. 1/ www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Women were landing skilled trade jobs in recent years: industries with high pay and no college degree. But after decades of progress, women are still just 5% of the workforce. Part of the problem: women often don't realize these opportunities are available. (1/2)

Students in Alabama will be able to trade upper level math/science classes for career tech courses like architecture or cosmetology. The goal is to help them attain skills for jobs, but there's a catch: it could hurt their chances of going to a four-year college. hechingerreport.org/a-new-kind-o...

At least 55 child care centers were closed when Hurricane Helene flooded Western North Carolina and caused more than $59 billion in damages. Now, communities in the region are battling wildfires that have burned more than 6,000 acres in the past week. hechingerreport.org/when-a-hurri...

Thank you @vermontpublic.org for inviting me to talk about *waves hands* everything happening from the Trump administration related to education. We've been keeping a "Trump Tracker" going since inauguration day, can you believe we're just starting week 9? 👵🏾 hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...

For a week-by-week breakdown of everything Trump's done on education while in office, including latest news on Department of Education staff getting cut in half (we are, somehow, only on week 8): hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...

Coal plants are closing. For some schools, that means lost revenue and fewer jobs for graduates

Alabama is leading the country in gains on fourth grade math and reading. As the state prepares to review another record education budget, here’s how leaders aim to keep up progress — and some pitfalls that experts warn to avoid. www.al.com/educationlab...

So the new PIACC data shows that older adults—who of course weren't in school during the pandemic—have also experienced steep "learning loss." Not quite sure what to make of that! nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...

I've been tracking a quiet wave of child care deregulation efforts for over a year. My new story looks at the consequences of these efforts for underpaid, overworked early educators and America's youngest children at their most pivotal time of brain development: hechingerreport.org/the-dark-fut...

McDowell County schools helped Baxter International at the same time it worked through its own recovery from Hurricane Helene hechingerreport.org/school-buses...

Child care centers are struggling to find affordable liability insurance as companies are increasingly leaving the child care market. One center's policy was dropped over minor dings like a missing pair of tweezers in the first aid kit: hechingerreport.org/surging-insu...

Important new #earlyed story by @arielgilreath.bsky.social Surging insurance costs are threatening the future of child care hechingerreport.org/surging-insu...

The Hechinger Report tried to answer some of the questions raised by the possible dismantling of the department: hechingerreport.org/what-might-h... via @hechingerreport.org

Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department 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,…

👀 A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in.

New NC Hurricane Helene disaster relief bill also includes $33,750,000 in one-time childcare stabilization grants for this fiscal year. This comes as childcare groups warned centers would close without continuation of COVID era stabilization funding. #nced #ncpol #ncga

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Hi! I made this account the first time I thought the other place was going down. I guess now I should actually use it. (Some cat photos to cleanse the timeline)