The Hechinger Report

Reporting on innovation & inequality in education.
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Going to college? We’ve created a whole suite of tools with brand new data that can answer your questions and help you research what life might be like at thousands of colleges and universities across the country.

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Since late 2022, employment for workers ages 22 to 25 in the most AI exposed jobs fell 19% relative to peers in the least exposed jobs, Stanford found. Some are switching to hands on careers.
My latest for @hechingerreport: https://t.co/Hq5s8QASSj

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Some people are abandoning office jobs for teaching, health care and the trades. But the new paths can come with trade-offs

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[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

The debate over homework has swung back and forth for more than a century, and the tide of public opinion has shifted every few years. But the research on homework is complicated. @jillbarshay @hechingerreport

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@nealtmorton, 2025 Feature (Education-Only Outlets) Winner

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Our reporters earned three Education Writers Association awards this year. Congratulations to @ReporterMarina, @merkolodner, @jillbarshay and @jackiemader and all the other award winners!

Links to the stories in the 🧵

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@merkolodner, @ReporterMarina & @jackiemader , 2025 Investigative Reporting (Education-Only Outlets) Winners

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🎓 'If you were a private business and you ran the way a US university is run, you'd be out of business.' @jonmarcusboston of the @hechingerreport on this week's Econ World podcast explaining why so many US universities are struggling to stay open https://t.co/aJl0CsJDSB

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A look back at how the 1918 Spanish flu disrupted universities and why higher education’s response then offers perspective on today’s challenges. @hechingerreport @jillbarshay

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How do we make the young happy again? https://t.co/GbSoFPmq2i

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Faculty say this long-held academic practice is a safeguard of their right to free expression
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what does it mean to pay it forward? https://t.co/pD8Nqf9UXv

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School may be ending, but the time for education reporters to dig in to the Department of Education changes is *now.* Recap of our expert panel w/ @jillbarshay @hechingerreport @Noellerson @aasahq @radiokeri @nationalparents & Stephen Provasnik ex @EdNCES https://t.co/ZWdecGL9Ws

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Trump has already transformed university life. Four reporters report from campuses in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas about how higher education has changed in just the last few months. In partnership with @hechingerreport.
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[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

Tech glitches at ED. Both NCES and IES websites went down for > 9 hours from midnight last night to 9am today. Researchers unable to make tables using datalab and powerstats yesterday. But all is back and running now. IT employees at ED were part of mass firings in March.

[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

Noontime ET webinar today on changes at the Education Department. Grab a sandwich and join us.

[Liz Willen @L_willen]

This pay-it-forward approach to covering the cost of college multiplies the number of students who can benefit from a fixed supply of financial aid and can help fill shortages of workers in critical industries :https://t.co/pD8Nqf9UXv

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FINAL COUNTDOWN ⏳⏳⌛NPF's free webinar on covering the Education Department starts at 12 p.m. ET today, but even if you can't tune in live, register to get the video and transcript sent right to your inbox: https://t.co/MfiNZzX7hV