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The first week of school in Aniak, Alaska. Alaska’s education department has transferred ownership of 54 buildings to rural public school districts since 2003, including Aniak’s…

by Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report November 7, 2025 HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. — When Ivy McFarland first traveled from her native Honduras to teach elementary Spanish…

I think there’s a particular lens worth using right now. As we watch the Trump administration deploying the National Guard from red states into blue cities,…

Well, we are divided by place in terms of which party people support. That’s not because there’s a difference in Americans’ actual views in those two…

I think there’s a particular lens worth using right now as we watch the Trump administration deploying the National Guard from red states into blue cities.…

Hello! This is Christina Samuels, the early education editor here at Hechinger.By now, I hope you’ve had a chance to read my colleague Jackie Mader’s story…

TROY, Ohio — For almost as long as she’s been a mother, Sara Laughlin has known where she could turn for help in this western Ohio…

When Starr Dixon heard the Trump administration was floating a proposal last spring to eliminate Head Start, the 27-year-old parent in rural Michigan cried for a…

Every person deserves a place close to home where they can learn, grow and build a better future. In rural areas, that place is often a…

Two Victorian police officers are dead and another wounded after a shooting at a rural property in Victoria.Police have confirmed they are attending an “active incident”…