By Olivia Cohen >> Before joining the Hechinger Report, Meredith Kolodner worked at different New York daily newspapers on both business and education beats. But since arriving at the Report about ten years ago, she’s been immersed in in-depth education reporting. When Kolodner first arrived at the Report she covered kindergarten through 12th grade; she
By Allie Miller >> The end of this month will mark President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, and in that time his administration has moved to eliminate the Department of Education, ended federal support for Tribal colleges, removed protections for transgender students, launched investigations into 85 schools and is reviewing billions in funding
By Ted Gest >> Before former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Nick Pistor died of a sudden illness on April 8 at the age of 43, he was in a battle with St. Louis officials about temporarily regaining his old office space. Pistor, a book author who covered city hall for the newspaper between 2011 and
By Elizabeth Tharakan >> Iowa is one of the leading states for book bans in America, second only to Florida, according to PEN America. Earlier this year, Iowa’s state Board of Education adopted the rules for a sweeping 2023 education law. The law — and the rules that enforce it — ban “sexual content” in
Publisher’s note: GJR is sharing an open letter from law school faculty members at Washington University Law School stating that “rule of law is facing grave peril” from the government of President Donald J. Trump A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY TO THE LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY — APRIL 7, 2025 We are faculty
