"Your articles keep me abreast of the latest news, policy developments, and best practices in education. You are an invaluable tool for deepening my teaching practice!" —  teacher and recurring donor

Donate TODAY and double your gift.

  • Topics
  • About
  • Donate
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
Skip to content
The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report

Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

  • Topics
  • About
  • Donate

Scalawag

Posted inCoronavirus and Education

A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl August 24, 2021August 26, 2021

NEW ORLEANS — As the clock ticked past 8 a.m., the last car pulled up to the school’s gate where principal David LaViscount stood, digital thermometer in hand. When he opened the car’s back door, two little girls smiled, waved, then hiked up their face masks and climbed out. This story also appeared in Scalawag […]

Latino students
Posted inRural Education

Out of the fields: In a North Carolina county where few Latino parents have diplomas, their kids are aiming for college

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 18, 2022
high school diploma
Posted inNews

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019April 2, 2020
Avoyelles Parish
Posted inElementary to High School

Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019April 2, 2020
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Use Our Stories
  • Our Mission
  • Contact Us
  • Corrections
  • Newsletters
  • Sponsorship
© 2023 The Hechinger Report. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed