The Hechinger Report

06/12/2026

Policies to enroll more children in algebra may be less effective than giving all children a strong start

https://hechingerreport.org/strong-early-math-skills-equal-later-algebra-success/

Policies to enroll more children in algebra may be less effective than giving all children a strong start

06/11/2026

Hundreds of millions are available, but states are scrambling to put the policy in place and half of consumers don’t know about non-degree options.

Hundreds of millions are available, but states are scrambling to put the policy in place and half of consumers don’t know about non-degree options

06/10/2026

https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-americas-public-regional-universities-paint-a-very-different-picture-of-higher-education-and-should-not-be-overlooked/

These affordable options enroll 70 percent of the nation’s undergrads and are too often left out in the debate over college affordability

06/10/2026

https://hechingerreport.org/lessons-from-nations-first-universal-child-care-program/

In New Mexico, the economic barriers to child care may be gone for families, but focus now shifts to supporting the workforce

06/09/2026

Last fall, the unemployment rate for recent college graduates reached its highest rate in five years, and recent labor market data shows a dip in employment for 22- to 25-year-olds in jobs “most exposed” to AI. Handshake, a recruiting and early-career platform, reported that the number of full-time jobs posted to its site fell 2 percent from last year and 12 percent below pre-pandemic levels.

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https://hechingerreport.org/what-its-like-to-enter-the-job-market-in-the-middle-of-an-ai-revolution/

06/09/2026

Grade inflation has been rising for decades at colleges across the country.

06/09/2026

‘It’s not looking good’: The unemployment rate for recent grads is the highest in five years, but AI is not primarily to blame — at least not yet.

https://hechingerreport.org/what-its-like-to-enter-the-job-market-in-the-middle-of-an-ai-revolution/

‘It’s not looking good’: The unemployment rate for recent grads is the highest in five years, but AI is not primarily to blame — at least not yet

06/08/2026

The University of Chicago researchers behind the survey suspect that college students aren’t being truthful about their actual use of AI because they’re ashamed.

“Students don’t want to be perceived by their peers as not able to do the work,” said Alex Kale, a computer scientist at the University of Chicago and a co-author of the study, which was presented at a conference in Barcelona, Spain, in April. “They don’t want to be perceived by their peers as dishonest … And it feels deeply personal.”

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https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-ai-use-college-campuses/

06/08/2026

Researchers say a lack of reliable information on artificial intelligence use on campus could lead to misguided policies

06/08/2026

At too many institutions, professional learning for faculty is fragmented, limited and chronically underfunded