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Alan Richard

A national education writer who contributes occasionally to the Hechinger Report, Alan Richard serves on the board of the nonprofit Rural School and Community Trust. He lives in Atlanta.

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Posted inNews

OPINION: Many rural schools have been ‘minimally adequate’ for too long

Avatar photo by Alan Richard February 21, 2019February 9, 2022

I remember as a young reporter for The State newspaper in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia, driving with a colleague in 1999 to the old Bishopville High School in rural Lee County. The school was still in operation, despite having been condemned. (Its main lobby ceiling had collapsed in an incident that could have killed someone.) […]

Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: Can we trace the roots of Charlottesville to school segregation?

Avatar photo by Alan Richard August 24, 2017March 30, 2020
Posted inNews

Can a pre-K boom in D.C. help to end school segregation?

Avatar photo by Alan Richard June 2, 2017March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Race and Equity, Rural Education

The rural school district Obama fought to save

Avatar photo by Alan Richard August 11, 2016February 9, 2022
A poster in a classroom at The Soulsville Charter School in Memphis from a Grizzlies professional basketball game shows the grit students and faculty strive for.
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News

What happens when the Stax Records-connected charter school has to adopt Common Core?

Avatar photo by Alan Richard May 25, 2015March 30, 2020
Members of the parents group work on materials.
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, Opinion, The South

Parents in poor communities do care about their children’s schooling. Here’s how to get them involved

Avatar photo by Alan Richard March 13, 2015October 21, 2020
Students at Barnard Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one of the first schools to desegregate after Brown. (Library of Congress)
Posted inElementary to High School, Opinion

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, how segregated are we?

Avatar photo by Alan Richard May 19, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, Opinion, The South

Racial segregation continues to impact quality of education in Mississippi—and nationwide

Avatar photo by Alan Richard April 25, 2013October 21, 2020
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