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OPINION: We cannot let higher education become a gated community for the wealthy, but that’s exactly where it is headed
Washington lawmakers and the Trump administration passed a major legislative package this summer that will cut funding for programs that help students from low-income backgrounds — making it far harder for these students to afford and complete college. The leaders behind these cuts claim that they’re necessary to curb wasteful spending and keep higher education […] The post OPINION: We cannot let higher education...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:
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Parents Think Their Kids Are Getting a Good Education. The Public Disagrees.
“When it comes down to their own children, parents do not have a sense of helplessness or learned helplessness” about education.
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Cellphone bans can help kids learn — but Black students are suspended more as schools make the shift
Thirty states now limit or ban cellphone use in classrooms, and teachers are noticing children paying attention to their lessons again. But it’s not clear whether this policy — unpopular with students and a headache for teachers to enforce — makes an academic difference. If student achievement goes up after a cellphone ban, it’s tough […] The post Cellphone bans can help kids learn — but Black students are suspended...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Big Oil should help foot the bill for lost school time, students say
This story originally appeared in Hechinger’s climate and education newsletter. Sign up for it here. Last January, Diego Sandoval’s high school in San Diego County closed abruptly one Friday because of wildfires menacing the Southern California area. Classmates evacuated their homes as the fire spread. Frida Vergara, whose school was among the few in the […] The post Big Oil should help foot the bill for lost school...
Published on: October 15, 2025 | Source:Getting preemies the help they need
Every year, tens of thousands of infants are born prematurely, at a low birthweight, or with other conditions that would make them automatically eligible for therapeutic services that could help them thrive. When everything goes smoothly, early intervention provides those services, required by federal law for children ages birth to 3. Funding sources for the […] The post Getting preemies the help they need appeared...
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Teachers Are on the Front Lines of Public Health. Let’s Pay Them Like They Matter.
With youth mental health in freefall, teachers are among the first line of defense against teen suicide. Paying teachers a wage that matches the ...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:How I Found Leadership Without Leaving the Classroom
Very few people want to be stuck doing the same thing for the rest of their lives. Even if educators view their career as a calling, the desire to grow ...
Published on: October 15, 2025 | Source:Parents, advocates alarmed as Trump leverages shutdown to gut special education office
Two months after Education Secretary Linda McMahon was confirmed, she and a small team from the department met with leadership from the National Center for Learning Disabilities, an advocacy group that works on behalf of millions of students with dyslexia and other disorders. Jacqueline Rodriguez, NCLD’s chief executive officer, recalled pressing McMahon on a question […] The post Parents, advocates alarmed as Trump...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:As more question the value of a degree, colleges fight to prove their return on investment
This story was produced by the Associated Press and reprinted with permission. WASHINGTON – For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its […] The post As more question the value of a degree, colleges fight to prove their return on investment...
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Pizza Days and Chicken Wings: A Kitchen Manager’s Recipe for Connecting with Kids
What’s it like to go from feeding four people at home to over 400 in an industrial kitchen? For our latest installment of Role Call, we find out from a ...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source: