Rebecca Klein, Author at The Hechinger Report

A semester of trauma, sickness and death at a New York school

by Rebecca Klein June 27, 2020June 27, 2020

By April, Odalys Garate, 18, was supposed to have made it through the hard part. She, her mother and her two older sisters ― everyone she lives with ― had all recovered from Covid-19. She had made it through the fevers, coughing fits and the night she had so much trouble breathing that her mom, […]

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

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

How some Mississippi teens are saving their town from climate change

by Rebecca Klein May 23, 2020May 25, 2020

How the science of vaccination is taught (or not) in US schools

by Rebecca Klein and Caroline Preston May 23, 2020May 26, 2020

Are we ready? How we are teaching – and not teaching – kids about climate change

by Rebecca Klein and Caroline Preston May 23, 2020May 27, 2020

When schools use child protective services as a weapon against parents

by Rebecca Klein and Caroline Preston November 17, 2018March 30, 2020

Teachers are first responders to the opioid crisis

by Rebecca Klein November 3, 2018March 30, 2020

The opioid crisis took their parents, now foster kids left behind are being failed again

by Rebecca Klein October 27, 2018March 30, 2020

For students with disabilities, quality of education can depend on zip code

by Rebecca Klein December 9, 2017March 30, 2020

These students are finishing high school, but their degrees don’t help them go to college

by Rebecca Klein December 2, 2017March 30, 2020