As students in New Haven, Connecticut, are detained and fears of deportation intensify, local schools are fighting back.

New Hampshire — where most voucher money has gone to Christian schools — may be a harbinger for ‘universal school choice.’ ...

Between 2021 and 2023, the number of homeless infants and toddlers increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Experts worry that official statistics have not captured the true number.

After the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, the Trump administration suspected that colleges might covertly continue to give racial preferences. To police ...

A preschool child paints in a classroom at Horizons, a program specially designed to meet the needs of young children facing housing insecurity. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

If schools want to prepare young people for a future shaped by technology, they must act now to ensure that computer science is not a privilege for a few but a foundation for all. The time to begin is ...

Members of the all-female medical staff at the Heal Veterinary Clinic in Watertown, Massachusetts. Women now outnumber men in veterinary school by four to one. Credit: Lucy Lu for The Hechinger Report ...

Aiming for greater gender balance, some colleges and universities have made efforts to admit and matriculate more men. Trump administration policies banning schools from considering gender and other ...

Conservatives have long argued that unwed motherhood and single parenting are major drivers of poor student achievement. They contend that traditional two-parent families — ideally with a married ...

While attending a gathering of Ivy League women years ago, I upset the audience by commenting that a real challenge for U.S. higher education was the declining participation of men in higher education ...