SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — As Pete Hall kicked off a four-day unit on gambling prevention in April, he asked his high school health class what comes to mind when…
Read more Schools doubling down on education to protect boys from gambling problemsBOSTON, Mass. — For months, Karian had tried to make it on her own in New York. After the birth of her second daughter, she was diagnosed with…
Read more Infants and toddlers are a growing group among homeless childrenThis story was produced by the Associated Press and reprinted with permission. ATLANTA — It was the worst summer in years. Sechita McNair’s family took no vacations. Her…
Read more Eviction sets single mom on a quest to keep her kids in their schoolsMEAD, Wash. — A few weeks after President Donald Trump took office, the conservative school board leaders in this town near the Idaho border made a bet. They…
Read more Red school boards in a blue state asked for Trump’s help — and got itWhen pediatricians diagnose preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, there are clear steps they are supposed to take. Families should first be referred to behavior therapy, which teaches…
Read more Many children with ADHD miss a crucial step in treatmentAlmost every day at the public elementary school she attended in Montgomery County, Maryland, Stephanie heard comments about her weight. Kids in her fifth grade class called her…
Read more Kids with obesity do worse in school. One reason may be teacher bias – The Hechinger ReportYoung people experiencing family instability and trauma are at increased risk for precarious living situations and interrupted educational experiences. And students who leave school before graduation are considerably…
Read more OPINION: If we don’t do more to help homeless students, we will perpetuate an ongoing crisisEducation vaulted to the forefront of conversations about the presidential race when Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, the governor of Minnesota,…
Read more What to know about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on educationSPOKANE, Wash. — Before giving birth to her daughter, Kaleeya Baldwin, 19, had given up on education. She’d dropped out of school as a seventh grader, after behavior…
Read more Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teensThe April 18 protests at Columbia University over the war in Gaza and Columbia’s investment in weapons manufacturers and companies doing business in Israel led to more than…
Read more Q&A: Barnard students share experiences of suspension and eviction during Columbia protests – The Hechinger ReportEvery night before going to bed, Antonio would tuck in his three younger siblings. After school, he’d tinker with toy cars, or help his dad, a mechanic, fix…
Read more As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help – The Hechinger ReportAURORA, Colo. — Until early this year, Alberto, 11, had never stepped into a classroom. The closest school was many miles from his village in Venezuela, and Alberto’s…
Read more After enrollment slump, Denver-area schools struggle to absorb a surge of migrant and refugee children – The Hechinger ReportYancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. He is unequivocal…
Read more COLUMN: Should schools teach climate activism? – The Hechinger ReportEditor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about…
Read more An unexpected way to fight chronic absenteeism – The Hechinger Report“Mom, are there any more Earths?” Angelique Hammack, a teacher in California, creates lesson plans about climate change for the website SubjectToClimate. She often starts from a question…
Read more The climate change lessons teachers are missingEditor’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 The worst of the pandemic is behind us. College students’ mental health needs are not – The Hechinger ReportPsychologists have long warned that children’s lives are overscheduled, which undermines their ability to develop non-academic skills that they’ll need in adulthood, from coping with setbacks to building…
Read more PROOF POINTS: Overscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study findsTRANSLATED BY CESAR SERGOVIA WAUKEGAN, Illinois — En una soleada pero animada tarde de noviembre dentro de la escuela secundaria Robert Abbott, seis niñas de octavo grado rápidamente…
Read more Las necesidades de salud mental de las niñas afroamericanas e hispanas a menudo no se satisfacen. Este grupo busca brindar apoyo. – The Hechinger ReportOur students are struggling. As a college president and a clinical psychologist, I know this well. Recent headlines tell a distressing story about the mental health of college…
Read more OPINION: Our college students are struggling emotionally. We need to understand how to help them – The Hechinger ReportWAUKEGAN, Ill. — On a sunny but brisk November afternoon inside Robert Abbott Middle School, six eighth grade girls quickly filed into a small but colorful classroom and…
Read more The mental health needs of Black and Hispanic girls often go unmet. This group wraps them in support – The Hechinger Report
