Education Policy High School Sociology 
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 30, 2017
This story is the third in an occasional series looking at six members of the senior class at Match High School, a college preparatory charter school in Boston. BOSTON — Every April, Match High School principal Hannah Larkin and the staff celebrate a few major college admission victories in the senior class.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 12, 2023
Across the country, schools have shifted toward career-focused education in recent years, reviving a long-running debate on whether the purpose of education is to prepare students for jobs or to be well-rounded citizens. The Education Department did not respond to a request for comment about Cardona’s tweet.).
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Gates Professor of Sociology and Education and chair of the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University. This story about school ratings was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
The desperate search for substitute teachers has led some states and school districts to lower qualifications for the people entrusted to educate and supervise America’s schoolchildren at a moment when learning losses are already stacking up. This sends the message that it’s OK to stop at high school, and I’m troubled by that.”.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 29, 2017
Each year, when they get to campus, more than half a million American college students have to take so-called remedial or developmental education classes to teach them basic math and English skills they should have learned in high school. The problem affects high school reform as well.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
Seeing that “things could literally end in a split moment” pushed her to revisit an old goal: going to college, maybe to become a high school English teacher. Free college” or “promise” programs have long focused on recent high school grads. Yet, higher education has been a tough sell in Kentucky.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 27, 2019
Reardon, a sociologist, says the growing achievement gaps he has found stem from increasing income inequality in our society and the decisions of many rich parents to invest more in their kids, from private tutors to after-school programs. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.
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