The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Traditional bilingual education essentially lets students use their first language while they learn English. Student work hung up in a classroom at Washington Elementary School celebrates Mexican food and traditions. By 2030, it wants half of California students on a path to becoming bilingual. And Madera Unified gives her hope.

Elementary School 105

Elementary School Education K-12 History 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Fueling the reforms and the funding behind them are a projected shortage of workers with the necessary degrees to fill the jobs of the future, a public backlash in response to budget cuts made during the recession and a concern that the state had been abandoning its long tradition of high-quality, low-cost education.

Education 105

Education Tutoring Advocacy Sociology 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

That’s partly because the number of 18- to 24-year-olds who comprise traditional college students is declining, even as an improving economy has drawn more people straight into the job market, without stopping to get degrees. Higher education institutions of all kinds have two million fewer students now than they did in 2009.

Economics 111

Economics Education Policy Advocacy Humanities 111