Mental health and trauma
COLUMN: When Mario Brothers became Minecraft, our children became vulnerable
Sexual predators lurk on online multiplayer video games, and parents don’t know enough to protect them
A school district wades through a deluge of social-emotional curricula to find one that works
Concern about the quality of social-emotional programs is rising — but one Virginia school sees academic success by focusing on students’ emotional wellbeing
COLUMN: Educating our way to love is a lesson we sorely need
A teacher shows us how to prevent tragedy
New routes to success in learning are popping up around the country
A sampling of Hechinger reporting for The New York Times’s Learning section
College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer’ counseling is helping keep them alive.
Eight years in, a program that helps low-income students stay on track to college is spreading — and showing results
Teaching global warming in a charged political climate
Their training doesn’t cover it, many textbooks don’t touch it, but teachers are taking on climate change anyway
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The silence of school leaders on climate change
Some educators say school boards and education groups have a responsibility to speak out on climate inaction, but those calls aren’t always being well-received
Rural students often go unnoticed by colleges. Can virtual counseling put them on the map?
In rural high schools, college guidance is often inadequate or non-existent. But new programs are popping up to help
Twice exceptional, doubly disadvantaged? How schools struggle to serve gifted students with disabilities
Parents say it’s often impossible to find schools to educate bright kids who have disabilities. Now some are fighting to change that