 Dear reader,
One of the best parts about being an education journalist, along with visiting classrooms and meeting students, is having a front row seat to discussions about what’s wrong in education, what’s working and what those in the field believe needs to change. Our work at The Hechinger Report reflects this, and this week the topics we’re exploring through a solutions lens include climate change, keeping single moms in college and ways high school vocational studies are changing and finding success.
I always like to share what I’m learning too – which, most recently, has included much hand-wringing about the state of U.S. education post-pandemic.
Last week, I heard another host of concerns during a panel I moderated at the Carnegie Corporation in New York City, with Timothy Knowles, who has spent years working on policies that help underserved children, and Dan Weisberg, first deputy of New York City schools, who is increasingly concerned about declining enrollment in the nation’s largest school system. Next week, I’ll be moderating a session hosted by Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and the Yidan Prize Foundation.
All of these are great opportunities to listen and learn, as are other events I’ve attended this year: the Higher Education Forum in Aspen, SXSW EDU in Austin and the ASU+GSV summit in San Diego. They supplement our reporting, but none of these events are a substitute for hearing from those on the ground – including parents and teachers who help us by sending in story ideas and opinion pieces and signing up and responding to our newsletters.
We also love to hear from students, like these Asian American New Yorkers who have strong views about history instruction in their classrooms. Please spend time with these stories, get in touch and consider becoming a Hechinger Report member.
Liz Willen, Editor
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