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

The Hechinger Report

Tutors danced. The class of 2029 — currently in kindergarten — read touching letters of encouragement and advice for the largely low-income, minority upperclassmen, most of them the first in their families to attend college. Since 2004, the school says, almost 90 percent of its graduates have gone on to a four-year college.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

School choice Harris, who was endorsed by the nation’s largest public school teachers unions, has voiced support for public schools, but has said little about school vouchers or school choice. They say doubling the Pell grant would make it easier for low-income students to earn a degree.

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