For decades, Americans have been treating college as a career plan, spurred by the “college for all” movement — a decades-long educational and political push that aimed to make a four-year college ...

In one of Denver’s wealthiest suburbs, where median family income tops $150,000 and nearly every kid is expected to go to college, students are now lining up for trade certifications. Their parents ...

Josie McClain fixes a swing at her home-based child care program. McClain says support from a local nonprofit has helped her expand and improve her facilities. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger ...

The University of Lynchburg has ended four of the last five fiscal years at a deficit. Credit: (Marina Villeneuve/The Hechinger Report) The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

Following a confusing rollout of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s loan changes, students are stuck with bills they can’t pay ...

Last year, a study of AI assistants used by teachers found them recommending harsher approaches for struggling students whose names read as Black. A separate study found that an AI grader gave essays ...

Teaching artists convert classrooms into studios, animate school hallways with art and bring families into schools to celebrate ...

Cori Space spent her freshman year of high school in Madison, Alabama, trying to keep up with her coursework while managing her celiac disease and other health problems that her school wouldn’t ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — One week after evacuating from the wildfires that devastated parts of this eastern Washington city, Mareesha Backman handed over her youngest son to a stranger and took her first deep ...

Over the past few years, Ginger Williams has watched the number of children learning English inch up at the six Head Start sites she runs across Snohomish County, Washington, just north of Seattle.

MEDFORD, Mass. — The Tufts University campus was a quiet place in the fall, where students were scolded to stay in their dorms, checked frequently for Covid-19 and — if they tested positive — ...

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