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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Category: The South

The coronavirus pandemic hit communities hard in the rural Deep South, where schools are already among the most ill-resourced in the nation, well-paying jobs are few and necessities like Wi-Fi, public transportation and medical insurance are often out of reach. The Hechinger Report is investigating these problems and covering resiliency and innovation in communities fighting back against an education system that has yet to eradicate systemic racism and white supremacy.

Posted inThe South

To improve student wellbeing, Alabama invests in mental health coordinators

by Trisha Powell Crain June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

Alabama schools were just starting a new venture to help students find mental health resources when COVID hit. This story also appeared in AL.com Mental health service coordinators are now in place in nearly all of Alabama’s 138 school districts; they help smooth the path so more students can find resources. The new role came […]

Posted inOpinion

STUDENT VOICE: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills will make it harder for teachers to support students like me

by Amaris Ramey June 27, 2022June 23, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Why Florida’s ban on textbooks is just another scare tactic

by Matthew Kincaid June 21, 2022June 16, 2022
Posted inRace and Equity

Reporter’s notebook: Taking a deeper look at corporal punishment data

by Tara García Mathewson June 14, 2022June 13, 2022
Posted inStudent Voices

In the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ LGBTQ students won’t be silenced

by Ariel Gilreath June 13, 2022June 23, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddle students

by Tara García Mathewson June 6, 2022June 25, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

by Kelly Field May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

COLUMN: Weary but energized, students in conservative states mobilize around Roe v. Wade leak

by Liz Willen May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Too many Black and Latino students are ‘academically alone’ in advanced classes

by Howard Bell May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: There’s a hidden, but important lesson from the findings in the Tennessee pre-K study

by Meghan McCormick and JoAnn Hsueh April 12, 2022April 11, 2022

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