PEACHAM, Vt. — Early on a chilly fall morning in this small Vermont town, Principal Lydia Cochrane watched a gaggle of kids chase one another and a soccer ball…
Read more School closures are accelerating in rural America. But research on whether they help students is mixedI 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 lackedby Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report November 7, 2025 HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. — When Ivy McFarland first traveled from her native Honduras to teach elementary Spanish in North…
Read more Rural teacher shortages could get worse thanks to Trump’s visa feeFor families in more than a hundred Head Start programs across the country, November could mark the beginning of some hard decisions. On Saturday, 134 Head Start centers…
Read more ‘The clock is ticking’: Shutdown imperils food, child care for many – The Hechinger ReportMEAD, 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 itBy SARAH RAZA, Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in…
Read more Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals reliant on immigrant workersHello! This is Christina Samuels, the early education editor here at Hechinger. By now, I hope you’ve had a chance to read my colleague Jackie Mader’s story about…
Read more Rural Americans support more government spending on child careWhen Starr Dixon heard the Trump administration was floating a proposal last spring to eliminate Head Start, the 27-year-old parent in rural Michigan cried for a week. The…
Read more What I learned about Head Start in rural AmericaASHE 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 moneyMOREHEAD, Ky. — The summer after ninth grade, Zoey Griffith found herself in an unfamiliar setting: a dorm on the Morehead State University campus. There, she’d spend the…
Read more TRIO helps low-income students get to and through college. Trump wants to end itSchool districts that help students receive mental health and healthcare treatment create safer, more inclusive learning environments. By making care accessible, reducing stigma, and fostering early intervention, students…
Read more From Struggles to Solutions: How Kennett Schools Transformed Student Health Coordination With CrossTxUntil she was 9 years old, Aisha O’Neil grew up in Zion National Park, where her father was a ranger. “That place raised me just as much as…
Read more Education that convinces kids the world isn’t doomed – The Hechinger ReportThis story is a collaboration between Grist and High Country News and is reprinted with permission. On a wet spring day in June, fog shrouded the Mission Mountains on the Flathead…
Read more Trust issues: How schools profit from land and resources on tribal nations – The Hechinger ReportMISSOULA, Mont. — From the outside, the building that was once Cold Springs Elementary School in Missoula, Montana, looks abandoned. Beige paint peels from its cinder-block facade. A…
Read more Communities in need of child care find new life in old school buildingsEditor’s note: This article was produced with support from the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship program. In a state full of rural, tucked away corners, Lincoln County is one…
Read more A community college promises a rural county it ‘hasn’t been left to die’ – The Hechinger ReportAt the end of July, McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, North Carolina, hosted a party for something people don’t typically throw parties for: Applying for financial aid.…
Read more Some groups throw parties to encourage families to fill out FAFSA formsThis is an edition of our Future of Learning newsletter. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox. I’ve heard often in my reporting on…
Read more Inside a partnership of 9 rural school districtsDURANGO, Colo. — For three dozen high schoolers, summer break in this southwest Colorado city kicked off with some rock climbing, mountain biking and fly-fishing. Then, the work…
Read more ‘Not waiting for people to save us’: 9 school districts combine forces to help students – The Hechinger ReportNota de la editora: Este reportaje sobre las escuelas de Russellville fue producido por palabra, una iniciativa de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos, The Hechinger Report, una…
Read more ¿Un trabajo demasiado bien hecho?LEXINGTON, Ky. — Why do rural students have to “beat the odds” in order to get to college? That’s the question Jim Shelton asked his fellow panelists during…
Read more Is the secret to getting rural kids to college leveraging the entire community? – The Hechinger Report
