Caroline Preston
The Hechinger Report
New York, NY, United States
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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning
In recent weeks, schools in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland have closed for “heat days,” and students have suffered through sweltering temperatures in classrooms that lack air conditioning. Without significant building improvements, more disruptions are expected, especially as climate change continues to drive up temperatures. → Read More
How the pandemic has altered school discipline — perhaps forever
For teachers, school discipline during the pandemic has been confounding. Few have received much guidance. → Read More
To those who lost jobs in the pandemic, workforce retraining can be baffling
They have no central place to turn for help with workforce retraining for new jobs. That could have lasting effects. → Read More
Apprenticeships have been hotbeds of harassment and discrimination
Apprenticeships are growing in popularity, but in the construction industry, many of these training programs are hostile places for women. → Read More
How four middle school students are making it though pandemic
The Hechinger Report followed four middle schoole students in Philadelphia to see how they're doing in remote school during the pandemic. → Read More
School reopenings: Some remote learners feel shortchanged
Political pressure for in-person school reopenings has been intense for districts in Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and elsewhere. → Read More
Police training is broken. Can it be fixed?
A patchwork system for police training focuses too much on military-style tactics and not enough on de-escalation and anti-bias. The culture of police academies is often toxic. While George Floyd’s death has intensified calls for reform, past efforts to improve police training haven’t led to wholesale change. → Read More
‘A drastic experiment in progress’: How will coronavirus change our kids?
What are the effects of social isolation on kids? There are myriad ways in which our national quarantine could affect kids but little research on it. → Read More
Canceled research, sports, recitals — college students are coping with more than closed campuses
Colleges and universities universities closed due to coronavirus has disrupted the educations of millions of students across the country. → Read More
Income share agreements: College students promise investors a piece of their paycheck
Income share agreements, in which students receive tuition money in exchange for promising a percentage of future earnings to investors, are spreading. → Read More
How one Minnesota university is helping its Native American students
At University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the six-year graduation rate for Native American students has risen from 27 percent in 2007 to 69 percent in 2018. → Read More
A district wades through a deluge of social-emotional learning curricula
The popularity of social-emotional learning has given rise to concerns about low-quality social-emotional learning curricula entering schools. → Read More
Can artificial intelligence help transform education?
Artificial intelligence is already being experimented with to help automate grading, tailor lessons to students’ needs and assist English language learners. → Read More
When a college degree is no longer a ticket to middle class mobility
Will we reach a tipping point when a four-year degree is no longer worth it, when it stops serving as a ticket to middle class mobility? → Read More
How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?
Schools need to focus on developing students’ soft skills and building ties with employers in order to prepare young people for future jobs. → Read More
New report underscores problems with institutions educating foster youth
Residential facilities in Pennsylvania are doing an inadequate job of educating foster children in their care, according to a new report. → Read More
Rural principals have complex jobs — and high turnover
Rural principals have some of the most multifaceted jobs in education — and some of the highest attrition. → Read More
Small-Town Principals Have Some of the Most Complex Jobs, and Highest Turnover Rates, in Education
Rural school leaders have some of the most complex roles in education—and some of the highest levels of attrition. → Read More
Institutions for foster kids aren’t doing enough to educate them
In a Hechinger/HuffPost survey, only about 15 state education departments said they conduct site visits of residential schools for foster kids. → Read More
Where are all the women apprentices?
Women make up just 7.3 percent of apprentices nationwide, according to a new study. That’s only a 1.1 percent increase since 2008. → Read More