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The West

Much of education coverage focuses on the crowded coasts and biggest cities, but millions of Americans educate their children on the vast rolling plains or in among the towering mountain ranges of the West. These schools, replete with their own problems and full of their own unique solutions, deserve focused, thoughtful reporting as well.

Posted inCoronavirus and Education

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

Neal Morton by Neal Morton June 24, 2020November 20, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Valley and Lillian Mongeau Hughes June 21, 2020November 20, 2020
Posted inNews

Homeless students set adrift by school closures face crisis after crisis

Neal Morton by Neal Morton May 24, 2020November 20, 2020
Posted inClimate change: Are we ready?

How will flooding affect your school?

Pete D'AmatoAvatar photo by Pete D'Amato and Caroline Preston May 23, 2020May 25, 2022
Posted inNews

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

Neal Morton by Neal Morton May 8, 2020November 23, 2020
Posted inNews

How to reach students without internet access at home? Schools get creative

Amadou Diallo is a journalist, playwright and photographer whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wirecutter, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera America and The Christian Science Monitor. He has been a regular contributor to The Hechinger Report since 2017. A former musician and composer, he is a graduate of New York University and is always happy to weigh in on just which of Miles Davis’ classic quintets was the best. by Amadou Diallo April 19, 2020November 20, 2020
Posted inNews

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

Neal Morton by Neal Morton April 12, 2020November 20, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus and Education, Elementary to High School, Guidance Gap, Higher Education, News, The West

How the coronavirus has upended college admissions

Avatar photo by Charlotte West March 24, 2020November 23, 2020
music in schools
Posted inNews

Low-income districts find ways to help students make music

Avatar photo by Lillian Mongeau Hughes December 16, 2019December 4, 2024
“Canyon Dreams”
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Divided We Learn, From The Editors Desk, High School Reform, Higher Education, Race and Equity, Solutions, The West

How one Navajo Nation high school is trying to help students see a future that includes college

Avatar photo by Liz Willen November 6, 2019April 8, 2021

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