Last year, Project 2025 was a conservative wish list: a grab bag of proposals large and small that would transform the federal government, including in education. Months later,…
Read more Trump administration checks off many Project 2025 education goalsInside a small, mural-covered building just outside Indianola, Mississippi, 14-year-old Tamorris Carter made the rounds, bouncing lightly on his heels. He stopped frequently to explain objects of interest;…
Read more At this summer school, students learn about liberation and leadership – The Hechinger ReportLinda Brown was a third grader in Topeka, Kansas, when her father, Oliver Brown, tried to enroll her in the white public school four blocks from her home.…
Read more 7 realities for Black students in America, 70 years after Brown – The Hechinger ReportIt was one of the most significant days in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the nine justices unanimously ruled in Brown v.…
Read more PROOF POINTS: 5 takeaways about segregation 70 years after the Brown decisionLast April, an email went out to families in the Troy School District outside Detroit. Signed by unnamed “concerned Troy parents,” it said that a district proposal to…
Read more Eliminating advanced math ‘tracks’ often prompts outrage. Some districts buck the trendSAN FRANCISCO — It was two days before the start of the school year, and Lauren Koehler shrugged off her backpack and slid out of a maroon hoodie…
Read more Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?Pleasantville is a mostly Black and Hispanic community located between two major freeways, the I-10 and the 610, in Houston, Texas. This placement is no accident, said Bridgette…
Read more COLUMN: Colleges must give communities a seat at the table alongside scientists if we want real environmental justice – The Hechinger ReportNext year will mark seven decades since the U.S. Supreme Court declared racially segregated public schools to be unconstitutional. Even the current Supreme Court’s conservatives have embraced that…
Read more OPINION: Why segregation and racial gaps in education persist 70 years after the end of legal segregationEditor’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 Boosting computer science access for Native studentsEste artículo fue traducido por Anabelle Garay. JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — El año escolar de la escuela primaria Washington concluyó a las 2:35 pm de un caluroso martes…
Read more Se acerca un precipicio de cierres de escuelas. Los estudiantes hispanos y afroamericanos son los más propensos a sufrir las consecuencias.In the heart of the Deep South, Mississippi has wrestled with enduring educational disparities, a profoundly rooted challenge passed down through generations. The pandemic exacerbated preexisting funding inequities…
Read more OPINION: Historically underserved school districts in Mississippi were hit hard in the pandemic and need immediate help – The Hechinger Report
