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Author Archives: Neal Morton

Neal Morton is the Western education reporter for The Hechinger Report, covering 10 states in the West: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Neal most recently reported on persistent problems — and promising solutions — in Washington’s public schools as part of the Education Lab team at The Seattle Times. Before that he covered the nation’s fifth-largest school district — Clark County, in Nevada — after starting his love affair with the education beat along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas. He also spent three years in San Antonio reporting on the hospitality, manufacturing and retail industries. A child of the West, Neal has lived in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Washington. He graduated from a Las Vegas high school before heading to Reno for journalism school and calls Sin City home. He once prompted the evacuation of that high school after sneaking a fog machine into his world history class for a group project on folk stories. Neal currently lives in Seattle, exploring the PNW via its classrooms and hiking trails.

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Rundown schools forced more students to go remote

by Bracey Harris, Meredith Kolodner and Neal Morton November 25, 2020November 30, 2020

Yvette Alston-Johnson was seething when she got the news. Children in Paterson, New Jersey would not be allowed to go to school in person this fall, while many of their peers in predominantly white and affluent suburbs would return. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour Alston-Johnson attended Paterson public schools, as did her five […]

A padlocked drinking fountain, tree stump seats and a caution-taped library: See how the coronavirus has transformed schools

by Neal Morton October 6, 2020November 23, 2020

When schools reopen, we may not have enough teachers

by Bracey Harris and Neal Morton September 3, 2020November 20, 2020

Schools will look radically different during a pandemic. We want to see your photos and videos of what’s changed.

by Neal Morton August 12, 2020August 31, 2020

As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

by Rebecca Klein and Neal Morton June 27, 2020June 29, 2020

When kids go back to school, who’s going to drive the bus?

by Neal Morton June 24, 2020November 20, 2020

Homeless students set adrift by school closures face crisis after crisis

by Neal Morton May 24, 2020November 20, 2020

Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

by Neal Morton May 8, 2020November 23, 2020

Should schools teach anyone who can get online – or no one at all?

by Neal Morton April 12, 2020November 20, 2020
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