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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-...

As backlash to ‘college for all’ spreads, a new model blossoms. Louisville schools provide career classes ‘for all,’ even students heading to college. @javerias.bsky.social @hechingerreport.org kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/21/l...

As someone who knows her, Rumesya is an educator. A brilliant one, who only wants to improve children's lives. Her only "crime" seems to be that she co-authored an op-ed in her college newspaper.

Kudos to the student journalists at The Tufts Daily, who crashed a last-minute issue of the paper to cover the outrageous arrest and detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk: issuu.com/tuftsdaily/d...

My friend Rumesya Ozturk was detained by ICE yesterday evening on her way to iftaar. This footage is horrifying. Rumesya is one of the kindest, sweetest people you'll ever meet. She is an educator, one who has always been passionate about helping children.

JUST UPDATED: The Hechinger Report tried to answer some of the questions raised by the possible dismantling of the department, consulting experts and advocates on student loans, special education, financial aid, school lunch and beyond.

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Inside the Kentucky program that aims to teach college students how to hear differing opinions. Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/bridgi...

Lovely story about how schools and their staffs became the center of community recovery efforts in McDowell County after Hurricane Helene by @arielgilreath.bsky.social hechingerreport.org/school-buses...

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...

Earlier this fall, I spent the weekend in eastern Kentucky talking with students as they learned how to listen, communicate and tell stories in an effort to bridge political, racial and religious divides on college campuses. hechingerreport.org/i-can-tell-y...

@javerias.bsky.social takes us inside a program where college students try to work through disagreements and learn to listen to those from backgrounds different than their own hechingerreport.org/i-can-tell-y...

Parent involvement in schools ⬆️. 87% of K–12 students from English-speaking families had parents who reported attending a general school meeting in 2019, up from 79% in 1999. 75% Spanish-speaking families attended a school meeting in 2019, up from from 69% in 1999. nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...

Sen Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) recently filed a bill to abolish the Ed Department. In this story, we tried to show what impact that dissolution might have. We're looking for more thoughtful question on this topic. Please reach out to me or to [email protected] if you have one!

OK then! Not on my list, I must say

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