The D.C. region could be doing more to attract and retain special education and English language learner teachers, according to a new analysis from the National Council on…
Read more DC region could be doing more to attract, retain teachers for most vulnerable students, report finds – WTOP NewsASHE COUNTY, N.C. — In the time it took to read an email, the federal money vanished before Superintendent Eisa Cox’s eyes: dollars that supported the Ashe County…
Read more Schools confront a new reality: They can’t count on federal moneyRead in English. SAN ANTONIO — Ximena tenía un plan. La joven de 18 años de Houston iba a comenzar clases este otoño en la Universidad de Texas…
Read more ¿Qué ha pasado desde que Texas eliminó las matrículas estatales para los estudiantes indocumentados?SAN ANTONIO — Ximena had a plan. The 18-year-old from Houston was going to start college in the fall at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she had…
Read more What’s happened since Texas killed in-state tuition for undocumented studentsLOCKHART, Texas — Sometime last year, Alfonso Sifuentes was on a bus tour as part of a chamber of commerce’s efforts to map out the future of the…
Read more A community college could transform a region — and help itself grow. Will voters buy it? – The Hechinger ReportA quarter of the children in the U.S. are Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census, yet 60 percent of Hispanic families live in child care deserts, areas with…
Read more These federal policies support daycare in Spanish – The Hechinger ReportThis is an edition of our Future of Learning newsletter. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox. This week, I’m turning the newsletter over…
Read more Investigating why a high-performing superintendent quietly left his jobSince the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, educators have pondered its implications for education. Some have leaned toward apocalyptic projections about the end of learning, while others…
Read more TEACHER VOICE: My students are bombarded with negative ideas about AI, and now they are afraid – The Hechinger ReportLEXINGTON, Neb. — Naidid Aguilera was feeling stuck. Stuck at her job at a Tyson meatpacking plant. Stuck in a central Nebraska town after emigrating from Mexico roughly…
Read more A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took.Attending school in America has been a “positive culture shock” to Marzia Mohammadi, a 17-year-old senior at Mt. Lebanon High School. This story was produced by Public Source…
Read more ‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students – The Hechinger ReportThis story was produced by The 19th and is reprinted with permission. PASADENA, Calif. — After starting elementary school in the late 1960s, Naomi Hirahara and three other…
Read more 70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation – The Hechinger ReportEditor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher…
Read more Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degreesMireya Barrera no quería pelear. Durante años, se sentó en las reuniones con los docentes de educación especial de su hijo, luchando por mantener una sonrisa mientras entendía…
Read more Los padres de estudiantes de educación especial que no hablan inglés se enfrentan a otro obstáculo – The Hechinger ReportFor parents applying to the dual-language program at Rochester, New York’s public school No. 12, where students learn in both English and Spanish, the process can be both…
Read more How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking familiesAs our country continues to struggle with historic teacher shortages, we ought to consider an untapped pool of aspiring teachers: Young immigrants who want to become educators. They…
Read more OPINION: To solve teacher shortages, let’s open pathways for immigrants so they can become educators and role models – The Hechinger ReportSEATTLE — Mireya Barrera didn’t want a fight. For years, she sat through meetings with her son’s special education teachers, struggling to maintain a smile as she understood…
Read more Lost in translation: Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English often left in the darkHouse Republicans recently returned to one of their favorite targets for spending cuts: the country’s most vulnerable youth and the schools that serve them. Their plan would represent…
Read more OPINION: We need targeted funding for racial equity in our public schools. California may have some lessons for all of us
