Neal Morton
The Hechinger Report
Las Vegas, NV, United States
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A federal definition of ‘homeless’ leaves some kids out in the cold. One state is trying to help
Federal rules force families to sleep in cars, shelters and on the street before they can get assistance, but an unusual Washington State program takes a different approach. State legislation passed in 2016 to fight student homelessness provides money to help those who don’t have a home, regardless of whether they are couch surfing, doubling up with relatives or living on the street. → Read More
‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage
The United States faced a severe shortage of substitutes even before this current crisis. Now school districts are scrambling to find long-term solutions. → Read More
Who wants to lead America’s school districts? Anyone? Anyone?
Thousands of superintendents have chosen to step down due to frustration with local politics, pandemic exhaustion or simply retiring. → Read More
A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’
High school seniors faced a tumultuous final year of public schooling; their personal journeys were nearly as turbulent. → Read More
Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?
As PTA bake sales evolve into Tesla raffles, some wealthier parents would like to send some of their proceeds to high-poverty schools. → Read More
Bake Sales and Tesla Raffles: The Unequal World of PTA Wealth
Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids? → Read More
Bake Sales and Tesla Raffles: The Unequal World of PTA Wealth
Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids? → Read More
Rural schools have a teacher shortage. Why don't people who live there, teach there?
Finding enough qualified rural teachers is challenging: Out-of-towners don’t stay long, and it’s hard to convince locals to stick around. → Read More
If schools don’t overhaul discipline, ‘teachers will still be calling the police on our Black students’
Dozens of school boards have voted to formally sever ties with law enforcement or have eliminated or reduced school resource officers. → Read More
We let school buildings crumble for years
The coronavirus has exposed a crisis of crumbling and dilapidated school buildings brought on by decades of underfunding and neglect → Read More
When schools reopen, we may not have enough teachers
Experts say that as the economic crisis forces states to slash budgets, it’s more and more likely the nation may have teacher shortages. → Read More
Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher
How school counseling in Arizona, where counselors served the highest numbers of students in the nation, works during the Coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Washington’s new mandatory sex education could eventually force change in some holdout districts
A bill requiring all schools to provide sex education is headed to Gov. Jay Inslee's desk → Read More
Inslee to order all private, public K-12 schools in King, Pierce, Snohomish counties to close through April 24 due to coronavirus concerns
The directive comes just one day after the governor put all school districts in the state on notice to create plans in case they are ordered to close. He said he was planning to meet with superintendents in King, Snohomish... → Read More
Charter schools are new to Washington state. How strong is the law behind them?
A national review of charter school laws placed Washington's at third behind Indiana and Colorado. → Read More
Washington may mandate ‘comprehensive’ sex education for all public schools. What does that mean, and other FAQs.
Lawmakers failed last year to make sex education a mandate in school statewide. Now they're trying again. → Read More
Seattle Public Schools will be closed Wednesday due to snow, icy roads
Seattle notified parents of a two-hour delay for all schools and by 10 a.m. posted that nearly 40 bus routes to and from schools would not run at all in the morning or afternoon. → Read More
Washington students: We want pictures, videos and reviews of your school’s lunch
Education Lab and The Seattle Times wants to learn more about the quality, affordability and appeal of the food being served at schools in Washington state. That's why we're asking students to send in their photos, videos and reviews of... → Read More
Washington set a high bar for students to pass standardized exams by 2027. New results suggest there’s more work to do.
In English, for example, Asian students were just one percentage point away from hitting state goals. In science, Washington expected 52.4% of black students to pass the exam this year. Just under 25% did. → Read More
Teachers quit in protest over what they consider anti-gay policy at Christian school in Shoreline
"This may not be the place for everybody," said Jacinta Tegman, who leads the King's High School in Shoreline's parent organization. "So if it's not, we just want to make that clear so people can make a good decision whether... → Read More