Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

Too often, Black children are labeled as needing “skills development” after they receive low test scores. But such labels ...

Rural school closures are a growing trend, and Vermont, like many states, has recently proposed merging school districts to cope with falling enrollment.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the Nation’s Report Card, as it is known, revealed that students are underperforming in reading, with the most recent scores being the lowest ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

It’s been five years since California and other states started blocking colleges from withholding students’ transcripts for unpaid bills, with the federal government adding restrictions. But some ...

Amid a year of upheaval, were some promising steps taken to elevate children’s issues and pay for programs that support the earliest years of life.

In the nearly 13 years since I wrote my first early childhood story for The Hechinger Report, I have never experienced a year quite like 2025. From the gutting of federal early childhood offices to ...

Students and teachers at the Oceti Sakowin Community Academy during the school’s opening day. Credit: Courtesy of Mary Bowman The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

First grade teacher Emily VanDerhoff, who is also a member of the Fairfax County NAACP’s education committee, was incorporating phonics into her lessons before Fairfax County renewed its focus on how ...

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