Schools are surveilling kids to prevent gun violence or suicide. The lack of privacy comes at a cost

Posted 2025-03-12 11:00:00 by: Melinda King

The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com, The Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report, Idaho Education News, The Post and Courier in South Carolina, and The Seattle Times. One student […] The post Schools are surveilling kids to prevent gun violence or suicide. The lack of privacy comes at a cost appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union

Posted 2025-03-12 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

Two hundred and forty-nine years ago, the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, fortunes and honor to what has become the world’s longest-standing experiment in constitutional democracy. Yet as we prepare to celebrate America at 250, warning signs abound that we may be failing their charge. National pride in America is […] The post OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Coal plants are closing. For some schools, that means lost revenue and fewer jobs for graduates

Posted 2025-03-11 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

CRAIG, Colo. — Noah Pike nearly had the money in hand. Growing up in Colorado’s coal belt, Pike constantly heard his father, uncles and both grandfathers talk about how much they earned in the mines. Most bought starter homes in their early 20s and never borrowed a penny. After graduating from high school last spring, […] The post Coal plants are closing. For some schools, that means lost revenue and fewer jobs for graduates appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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STUDENT VOICE: What losing the Department of Education would mean for special education

Posted 2025-03-11 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

My family’s first and only move was for the sake of special education. My twin brother, Rohan, had just been diagnosed with profound nonverbal autism. We were 2 years old, and my parents realized the urgency of getting us both into preschool. They were confident I could make the most of any school, but Rohan […] The post STUDENT VOICE: What losing the Department of Education would mean for special education appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Reading comprehension loses out in the classroom

Posted 2025-03-10 10:00:00 by: Melinda King

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the sentences and paragraphs. Some kids naturally got it. Some didn’t. Since then, reading researchers have come up with many ideas to foster comprehension. […] The post Reading comprehension loses out in the classroom appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Five years later, lots of kids are still behind at school — and life. How about yours?

Posted 2025-03-10 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

Roughly five years have passed since schools shut down and turned to remote learning in the United States — but the pandemic’s toll on education lingers. Students are still behind where they would have been academically. Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as NAEP, fell by 8 points between […] The post Five years later, lots of kids are still behind at school — and life. How about yours? appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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10 lives, 5 years later: How the pandemic altered the futures of these parents, kids and educators

Posted 2025-03-10 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

At first, it was supposed to last just a few weeks. Mayors and superintendents around the country announced schools would shut temporarily to halt the spread of a deadly virus that had officially been named “COVID-19” on Feb. 11, 2020. Many school districts hustled to get laptops and other devices to students and shifted learning […] The post 10 lives, 5 years later: How the pandemic altered the futures of these parents, kids and educators appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Math can be a path to success after prison

Posted 2025-03-07 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Hancy Maxis spent 17 years incarcerated in New York prisons. He knew that he needed to have a plan for when he got out. “Once I am back in New York City, once I am back in the economy, how will I be marketable?” he said. “For me, math was that pathway.” In 2015, Maxis […] The post Math can be a path to success after prison appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Una de cada cinco personas que proveen cuidado infantil es inmigrante. Muchos están aterrorizados por las deportaciones y redadas de Trump

Posted 2025-03-07 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Nueve días después de que el presidente Donald Trump firmara órdenes ejecutivas con medidas enérgicas contra la inmigración ilegal, Damaris Alvarado-Rodríguez decidió cerrar un aula en una de sus guarderías en Filadelfia. A pesar de tener tarjetas de residencia, las maestras de ese salón de clases, en donde atienden a niños y niñas que tienen […] The post Una de cada cinco personas que proveen cuidado infantil es inmigrante. Muchos están aterrorizados por las deportaciones y redadas de Trump appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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How early ed is affected by federal cuts

Posted 2025-03-06 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Last month, my colleague Jill Barshay detailed potentially devastating cuts made to education research when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) terminated 89 contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the Department of Education. Soon after, DOGE canceled an additional 10 contracts at regional education laboratories around the country.  DOGE officials […] The post How early ed is affected by federal cuts appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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