Less than seven percent of public school teachers across the United States are Black, notably less than the 15 percent of Black students who attend public schools, Devna Bose reported for the Hechinger Report in November 2022. The dearth of Black teachers is “deeply felt,” Bose wrote, “especially in states…
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An October 2022 article by Javeria Salman for the Hechinger Report examined how the metaverse—a developing online world that promises immersive experiences—will shape the future of education. “While the term has become the latest buzzword in education circles,” Salman reported, “what it means for teaching and learning largely remains to…
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In Southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, families of Latinx students and Latinx organizations have taken action to advocate for their children and secure academic support and resources, as the Berkshire Eagle reported in November 2022. Southern Berkshire County has seen a large increase in Latinx-speaking families, with ten percent of its…
In September 2022, a school district in Medford, Oregon, began to field complaints from concerned parents and community members due to the district’s decision to hire a nonbinary elementary school teacher, the Advocate reported. The unnamed first-grade teacher is at the center of a debate, amplified by conservatives, over whether…
Across the United States, students with disabilities are being sent home from school because of behavioral issues in the classroom. In an October 2022 article for the Hechinger Report, Meredith Kolodner and Annie Ma reported that, under a policy of “informal removal,” students across the country are being sent home…
Earning a college degree creates opportunities for higher income and upward economic mobility. However, an August 2022 report, produced by Georgetown University’s Center on Poverty and Inequality, shows how “field of study” segregation by race and gender limits many students’ access to higher-paying occupations. As the Hechinger Report explained in…
In November 2022, faculty and students at Stanford University denounced a campus conference on academic freedom for its conservative bias and closed format, John K. Wilson reported for Academe Blog. In a statement denouncing the conference for its closed format, a group of more than fifty Stanford academics wrote, “If…
According to a 2018 study conducted by Human Rights Campaign and the University of Connecticut, only 27 percent of LGBTQ youth report that they can “definitely” be themselves in school, and just 13 percent reported hearing positive messages about being LGBTQ in school (p. 8). In an article for Rethinking…
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In October 2022, the Hechinger Report highlighted “a growing movement to stop assigning conventional A through F letter grades to first-year college students.” A small but increasing number of educators at universities and colleges across the country are experimenting with alternative styles of assessment. The practice, known as “un-grading,” is…
College students across the United States, Canada, and the UK rely on Rate My Professors to decide what courses to take. The website allows students to search for professors by name or school, read reviews of their teaching written by other students, and write reviews of their own, rating how…
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