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August 14, 2020

Black at Mizzou: Confronting race on campus

An audio documentary from APM Reports, available Aug. 14.

August 6, 2020

What the Words Say: Why so many kids don't understand what they read

An audio documentary from APM Reports, available Aug. 6.

July 29, 2020

Covid on Campus

The coronavirus pandemic represents the greatest challenge to American higher education in decades. Some small regional colleges that were already struggling won’t survive. Other schools, large and small, are rethinking how to offer an education while keeping people safe.

May 29, 2020

Same Pandemic, Unequal Education (from Us & Them podcast)

The coronavirus pandemic has left West Virginia schools particularly hard hit. The Us & Them podcast from West Virginia Public Radio brings us stories of teachers grappling with virtual classes for students who don't have access to the internet and how schools are trying, still, to keep kids fed.

May 14, 2020

Facing uncertain futures, high school seniors weigh tough college options and alternate paths

Editor-in-chief of The Hechinger Report, Liz Willen, shares what she's heard from high school seniors who are feeling anxious and overwhelmed as they face pandemic-fueled challenges.

May 7, 2020

Listeners tell us how they're adapting to at-home education

Teachers, students and families talk about how they've adapted while schools and campuses stay closed.

April 30, 2020

Is learning to read a constitutional right?

A federal court recently ruled that underfunded schools in Detroit violated students' right to a basic education. Advocates hope the case is the beginning of a trend.

April 23, 2020

A few silver linings emerge in a dark time of closed schools

Delece Smith-Barrow of The Hechinger Report shares some hopeful stories about education during the pandemic.

April 16, 2020

'Everything has changed': A look at K-12 education under coronavirus

Sarah Garland of The Hechinger Report on how (and whether) education carries on while schools are closed.

April 9, 2020

College in the time of coronavirus

A conversation with Hechinger Report higher education editor Jon Marcus on how learning and the college experience are changing, and what's yet to come.

April 2, 2020

What good is a history major?

As fewer college students opt to major in history, there's an effort by history departments to prove the practical value of their discipline.

March 26, 2020

Graduation rate for Native students surges at the University of Minnesota

The percentage of Native students graduating from the U of M has doubled in the past decade.

March 19, 2020

Black girl, white college

When it was time for me to enroll in a four-year college, I chose North Dakota State, a school that's mostly white, conservative and insular -- everything I wasn't. It was the hardest year of my life.

March 14, 2020

College administrators struggle with whether to close their classrooms in response to COVID-19

Some students say they want campuses to remain open.

March 12, 2020

A conundrum for student advocates: change their school or change society?

Unlike protesters at many universities, activists at Harvard seek social justice reforms beyond campus.

March 5, 2020

At some HBCUs, enrollment rises from surprising applicants

After decades of declining enrollment, HBCUs are seeing an uptick in new applicants, especially among Latino and international students.

February 27, 2020

With more students demanding action on climate change, teachers try to keep up

Most states and districts have adopted science standards that require teaching climate change. Teachers are left to get up to speed and help students understand the impacts.

January 27, 2020

Experts say widely used reading curriculum is failing kids

A first of its kind review finds Lucy Calkins' materials don't align with the science of reading.

December 20, 2019

New salvos in the battles over reading instruction

Several powerful people and organizations have weighed in on the national conversation prompted by APM Reports' podcast episodes.

November 1, 2019

National assessment shows more K-12 students struggling to read

Correspondent Emily Hanford talks about the latest NAEP results and what they say about the state of reading instruction in the U.S.

October 24, 2019

A conversation with Emily Hanford on reading instruction in the U.S.

Hanford talks about her reporting on what's wrong with how schools teach reading.

September 19, 2019

Ditching the lecture for active learning

There's a growing movement at colleges and universities to create classrooms where students take the lead.

September 12, 2019

How colleges are mishandling racial tensions on campus

As administrators navigate issues of inclusion and free speech, students of color have been left to find their own way.

September 12, 2019

As colleges navigate inclusion and free speech, students of color work to find their own way

Do administrators have to choose between protecting free speech and creating a civil climate on campus?

September 5, 2019

Flagship universities don't reflect their state's diversity

Across the country, a gap persists between the number of black and Latino students graduating from state high schools and the number enrolling in state flagship schools.

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