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High school seniors reveal choices in joyous ‘signing day’ ceremony

The Hechinger Report

Match High School senior Aneudy Polanco celebrates his choice of UMass Amherst with his mother and girlfriend on college ‘signing day.’ This is the final story in an occasional series looking at six members of the senior class at Match High School, a college preparatory charter school in Boston. Photo: Liz Willen.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

Walz does not support private-school vouchers, opposing statewide private-school voucher legislation introduced in 2021 by Republicans in Minnesota. — Walz, who signed the law in 2023, made Minnesota one of only eight states to have a universal school meal policy.

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