The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. I taught basic ...

In grade school, we were required to try our hand at playing an instrument. I, along with about 30 of my fellow 4 th graders, wanted the drums. I ended up with the clarinet. I did not want to play the ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

February 16, 2024 • Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House visits with bestselling writer David Arnold to talk about creating vivid characterizations in the premiere episode of “Writing Lessons”, a ...