The start of school is always stressful, but even more so for neurodivergent students — and their parents hechingerreport.org/the-start-of-s…

Hopefully, more colleges will be transparent and release their numbers -- we are all waiting! nytimes.com/2024/08/21/us/…

What young Democrats have to say about higher education hechingerreport.org/what-young-dem…

Shouldn’t we teach students about the works of the Shakespeares and the Chaucers that English literature is based on? hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-… via Liza Libes

Impressive learning results for ChatGPT prompted the study authors to boldly predict that “completely autonomous generation” of an effective computerized tutoring system is “around the corner." hechingerreport.org/proof-points-c… via Jill Barshay

“In a peak #HigherEd environment, you want the free exchange of ideas; that’s what college is supposed to be about." — Blake Robinson, GeorgiaSouthern 📰 What else have students reported as their biggest concerns on campus? Read the latest from The Hechinger Report's Joanna Hou.

This math teacher is tired of being the math guy and wants more company: hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-… via Lance

Many colleges cut scholarships after the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, putting college access and lower debt burdens at risk for underrepresented students hechingerreport.org/cutting-race-b… via Meredith Kolodner & Joanna Hou for The Hechinger Report

All of us The Hechinger Report are thrilled for our former colleague, leader and friend, Sarah Garland: The The New York Times made a very smart promotion that is great news for education: nytco.com/press/staff-up…

sad to see another legacy news organization disappear: WCBS 880 radio in NYC. Thanks to Tom Jones Poynter for sharing anchor Wayne Cabot's final words: "With each closing newspaper, radio newsroom, TV newsroom, magazine, now even digital news operations, the country we love is

Last fall, just 4 percent of incoming freshmen at the University of Missouri were Black, down from 8 percent five years earlier. This year, they got rid of all of their race-conscious scholarships. Students tell their stories, w/ Joanna Hou hechingerreport.org/cutting-race-b…

Where are Biden’s Title IX discrimination rules on hold? - The Hechinger Report hechingerreport.org/where-are-bide…

This is just one experiment in another country, and more studies will be needed to confirm its findings. But this experiment was a large one: hechingerreport.org/kids-chatgpt-w… via Jill Barshay

Reading classic texts and learning to write the five-paragraph essay are both important, but students need much more: hechingerreport.org/opinion-englis… via Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)

Proof that motivated and supported student parents can beat the odds and earn a college degree: hechingerreport.org/student-voice-… Howard Community College

The day after Labor Day is the most bittersweet day of the year for me. Even though many students and teachers are back to school, all my memories mark it the official end to summer. 😢 Follow The Hechinger Report for what comes next.

At the Moms for Liberty national summit, former President Donald Trump said without evidence regarding transgender students: “Your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation.” via Laura Pappano & me for The Hechinger Report #education #k12 #LGBTQ

Our wonderful The Hechinger Report colleague @merefazildos did not have to die in an-bike fire. More safety rules are needed, and yet: thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/e-b… THE CITY Ted Cruz

Some groups throw parties to encourage families to fill out FAFSA forms hechingerreport.org/can-the-fafsa-…

Sen. JD Vance says part of the problem with the child care industry is states requiring child care staff to have "some ridiculous certification that has nothing to do..with taking care of kids." He cites a "6-year college degree" as part of the problem, which no state requires