High School Reform
Experts often urge educators to catch struggling students “before it’s too late,” but high schools are charged with educating all students, regardless of their past. The Hechinger Report is spending two years exploring high schools successful with diverse groups or trying innovative approaches. See all our Special Reports
Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools
San Antonio is hoping career-themed schools can alleviate a worker shortage and lift graduates into well-paying jobs
Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?
Personalized learning has broad appeal, but may be more revolutionary than we think
Inside New York City’s segregated high school system
How policies and procedures prevent integration in one of the nation’s most diverse cities
School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?
How Colorado is betting on counseling to vault low-income kids into good jobs and post-secondary education
OPINION: Technology, stupor and the future of liberal arts colleges
What would Tolstoy say?
Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix
Can the long-struggling Philadelphia school system change how we measure success by focusing on meaningful work instead of test scores?
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Can a school save a neighborhood?
Philadelphia’s housing authority bought a high school. It hopes the institution can help reverse the fortunes of one of the city’s poorest areas.
A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature
In New England, a high school finds success combining college-ready classes with career training
Using vocational education to teach academic courses
Debating whether kids need hands-on training or academic rigor misses the point; two schools embrace the idea that to thrive, students need both