Higher education is under siege, with many students and parents balking at high costs. In a series of op-eds, university leaders lay out their efforts to keep college…
Read more OPINION: America’s regional public universities can still be a bargain in a sea of high priced optionsConservatives have long argued that unwed motherhood and single parenting are major drivers of poor student achievement. They contend that traditional two-parent families — ideally with a married…
Read more Conservatives see married parents as a solution to low student achievement. It’s not that simpleStudents, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate…
Read more Talk nerdy to me: Teachers who use math vocabulary help students do better in mathIt started with Harvard University. Then Notre Dame, Cornell, Ohio State University and the University of Michigan. Colleges are racing to close or rename their diversity, equity and…
Read more OPINION: Beyond DEI offices, colleges are dismantling all kinds of programs related to equityEven with a conservative think tank’s blueprint detailing how the second Trump administration should reimagine the federal government’s role in education, few might have predicted what actually materialized…
Read more The Trump administration’s biggest impact on education in 2025Ohio resident Megan Cutright lost her hospitality job during the pandemic. At her daughter’s urging, she found her way to Lorain County Community College in Ohio and onto…
Read more OPINION: Workforce Pell can lead to good jobs for students if they get the support needed for long-term success – The Hechinger ReportThis year, a lot of my reporting focused on the dismantling of federally funded education research and statistics inside the Department of Education. (If you want the full…
Read more In a year that shook the foundations of education research, these 10 stories resonated in 2025By dismantling the Department of Education, the Trump administration claims to be returning control of education to the states. And while states and local school districts are doing…
Read more OPINION: Funding high-quality teacher preparation programs should be the highest priority for policymakersI was the only guy in my education classes at Missouri State University, and until this year I was the only male out of nearly 100 teachers in…
Read more TEACHER VOICE: I didn’t think I needed the help or advice, but a new literacy teaching coach from afar gave me the self-confidence I lackedThe Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education this week provides a rare opportunity to rethink our current top-down approach to school governance. We should jump…
Read more OPINION: It will take patience and courage to fix K-12 education without the Department of Educationby Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report November 10, 2025 Even with the government shut down, lots of people are thinking about how to reimagine federal education research. Public…
Read more Advocates warn of risks to higher ed data if Education Department is shutteredby Tanishia Lavette Williams, The Hechinger Report November 4, 2025 The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling…
Read more OPINION: The new AI tools are fast but can’t replace the judgment, care and cultural knowledge teachers bring to the tableby Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report November 3, 2025 New York City, where I live, will elect a new mayor Tuesday, Nov. 4. The two front runners —…
Read more What research says about Mamdani and Cuomo’s education proposalsTimothy Shanahan, a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has spent his career evaluating education research and helping teachers figure out what works best in…
Read more Why one reading expert says ‘just-right’ books are all wrongThis story first appeared in Hechinger’s climate and education newsletter. Sign up here. In Illinois, the Chicago Teachers Union won a contract with the city’s schools to add…
Read more Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate changeThirty states now limit or ban cellphone use in classrooms, and teachers are noticing children paying attention to their lessons again. But it’s not clear whether this policy…
Read more Cellphone bans can help kids learn — but Black students suspended at higher ratesWashington lawmakers and the Trump administration passed a major legislative package this summer that will cut funding for programs that help students from low-income backgrounds — making it…
Read more OPINION: New education budget cuts will mean millions of young people could lose the opportunity to earn a college degree and build a more financially secure futureThis story was produced by the Associated Press and reprinted with permission. WASHINGTON – For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or…
Read more As more question the value of a degree, colleges fight to prove their return on investmentSocial emotional learning — lessons in soft skills like listening to people you disagree with or calming yourself down before a test — has become a flashpoint in…
Read more Some social emotional lessons improve how kids do at school, Yale study findsFor the first time in more than a decade, confidence in the nation’s colleges and universities is rising. Forty-two percent of Americans now say they have “a great…
Read more OPINION: Higher Education must help shape how students learn, lead and build the skills employers want most