Civil rights

STUDENT VOICE: ‘Sometimes my voice alone wasn’t enough’

Civics education empowers a California high school student and her peers

K-12

by  A’Niya Bankston  – December 10, 2018

In San Antonio, school integration may not lift all boats

One of the most economically segregated cities in the countries is trying integration to compete with charters and other school districts, but some schools in the poorest areas aren’t benefitting

Race and Equity

by  Aliyya Swaby  and  Alexa Ura  – December 6, 2018

Desegregation is unraveling in this Texas town

As the federal government releases districts from desegregation orders, will their commitment to equity continue?

Race and Equity

by  Aliyya Swaby  and  Alexa Ura  – December 5, 2018

Future of Learning

The factory model of education is out. Now more schools are personalizing learning and trying to motivate students by empowering them in the classroom. Will this improve academic outcomes? Will it close achievement gaps? The Hechinger Report explores the innovations at the core of today's cutting-edge schools.

Participants celebrate “Selena Day” as part of the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference.

COLUMN: Why does pride in blackness provoke such defensiveness?

The resistance to the idea of a woke academy at a higher ed conference shows how far we still have to go

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – November 20, 2018

Clarissa Santana is a mother of three who is frustrated when she returns to college at the University of Akron and learns her credits from a for-profit school don’t transfer. She tells her story in the new documentary “Unlikely.”

COLUMN: Two new documentaries showcase a long and winding road to college

‘Personal Statement,’ and ‘Unlikely’ hit the film festival circuits with stories of real-life obstacles and struggles

Divided We Learn

by  Liz Willen  – November 12, 2018

Girls Coach Katie Lucky-Heard (left, white shirt) delivered a half-time pep talk to her team. “Tú puedes,” she said. You can do it.

Immigrant students find hope in soccer, but some states won’t let them play

A charter school’s teachers discover sports help them reach struggling students, but the state athletic association won’t let them play without social security numbers

Immigration

by Casey Parks  – November 7, 2018

Young voters

COLUMN: Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms

That’s why Republicans are trying to stop them

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – October 30, 2018

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Ebony McGee, a Vanderbilt University associate professor who studies diversity in education, in her office at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. McGee says black faculty at predominantly white institutions are either ignored or closely scrutinized. “They don’t want to stay in that toxic environment, so they leave.”

After colleges promised to increase it, hiring of black faculty declined

Data show the proportion of nonwhite faculty is far smaller than of nonwhite students

Divided We Learn

by  Matt Krupnick  – October 2, 2018

OPINION: Educators must prepare for the dismantling of affirmative action

Five things to think about while helping all students move forward, not backward

Higher Education

by  Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy  – September 25, 2018

Damian Lopez, 4, gives Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boabserg a high-five as he arrives for the first day of school at Escalante-Biggs Academy on August 20, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.

COLUMN: Take a closer look at those back-to-school photos: Is something missing?

School photos provide a snapshot of segregated schools from across the country

Divided We Learn

by  Liz Willen  – September 7, 2018

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