The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Reagan Rock, 14, grew up celebrating her Italian heritage. But the high school freshman at the Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, near Cape Cod, has recently leaned in to her little-explored Irish heritage. She didn’t know her family had mixed-race heritage.

History 137

History Ancestry Heritage Project-Based Learning 137

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In upstate New York, a high school English teacher said, “I remember driving into school not wanting to go in, being really sad and just crying. I thought to myself, ‘I don't have anyone that I could talk to in my entire school that has any idea about what's going on right now.’” on March 21, 2021.

K-12 144

K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 144

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry. I sheepishly expressed gratitude while struggling with such praise.

Ancestry 136

Ancestry Heritage Cultures History 136

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

CASABLANCA, Morocco — I grew up with a Black father of Puerto Rican and Caribbean ancestry and a white mother, in an overwhelmingly white area of Western New York. One of the most dramatic came in high school after the administration told me I couldn’t wear an Afro because it was a “fad.” I am used to standing out.

K-12 104

K-12 Charter School Ancestry Education 104

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

In this 2017 photo, students present their history projects at a New York City high school for recent immigrants and refugees. years of education, on average, which is the equivalent of a high school diploma plus nearly two and a half years of college. Trejo’s own mixed ancestry inspired him to pursue this topic.

Education 95

Education Ancestry Heritage Economics 95