OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back

Posted 2025-04-23 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

Here’s a true story from North Carolina. Two elementary school children under the age of 10 waited for their parents to come home. We know they cleaned the dishes; the house was immaculate when someone finally came. The children did not attend school for a number of days. After three days, someone from their school […] The post OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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COLUMN: Teachers, states stepping up to keep climate change education alive as federal government defunds it

Posted 2025-04-22 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

This past fall, at an event in New York City’s National Museum of the American Indian, a packed room of educators and federal employees applauded the release of a document titled “Climate Literacy: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change.” The 52-page document, released at Climate Week NYC, laid out principles for improving young […] The post COLUMN: Teachers, states stepping up to keep climate change education alive as federal government defunds it appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: America’s promise of free education should include all children, regardless of immigration status

Posted 2025-04-22 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded key protections limiting immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive locations, a move that overturned long-held policy and created widespread fear among immigrant families. This reversal now threatens a fundamental American promise: that every child has the right to an education. The impact is already […] The post OPINION: America’s promise of free education should include all children, regardless of immigration status appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Whole, skim or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches

Posted 2025-04-21 19:00:00 by: Melinda King

This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission. In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by making school meals more nutritious. Two years later, the Department of Agriculture updated its guidance for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, […] The post Whole, skim or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat

Posted 2025-04-21 10:00:00 by: Melinda King

When you’re looking for research on four-day school weeks or how to teach fractions, or trying to locate an historical document, such as the landmark Coleman Report of 1966, you might begin with Google. But the reason that high-quality research results pop up from your Google search is because something called ERIC exists behind the […] The post A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Schools push career ed classes ‘for all,’ even kids heading to college

Posted 2025-04-21 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

This story is part of Hechinger’s ongoing coverage about rethinking high school. See our article about a new diploma in Alabama that trades chemistry for carpentry. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It had been a slow morning at the Class Act Federal Credit Union. But a little after 11 a.m., a client walked through the door. “Who’s […] The post Schools push career ed classes ‘for all,’ even kids heading to college appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools

Posted 2025-04-19 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

The Supreme Court over the next two weeks will hear two cases that have the potential to erode the separation of church and state and create a seismic shift in public education. Mahmoud v. Taylor, which goes before the court on April 22, pits Muslim, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox families, as well as those […] The post Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening colleges, and they are just beginning to fight back

Posted 2025-04-17 14:00:00 by: Melinda King

Patricia McGuire has always been an outspoken advocate for her students at Trinity Washington University, a small, Catholic institution that serves largely Black and Hispanic women, just a few miles from the White House. She’s also criticized what she calls “the Trump administration’s wholesale assault on freedom of speech and human rights.” In her 36 […] The post COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening colleges, and they are just beginning to fight back appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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College Uncovered: Tag, You’re In!

Posted 2025-04-17 05:01:00 by: Melinda King

What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, higher education is facing an enrollment cliff, set to hit hard in 2026. That’s 18 years after the Great Recession, when many […] The post College Uncovered: Tag, You’re In! appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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States try to tackle child care shortages — by lowering standards

Posted 2025-04-17 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

When this year’s legislative session launched in Idaho, early childhood experts and advocates were hopeful that the state, which has a shortage of child care, would invest more in early learning programs. Instead, lawmakers proposed what may be the most extreme effort yet to deregulate child care in America: The bill called for eliminating state […] The post States try to tackle child care shortages — by lowering standards appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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