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We cover inequality and innovation in education with in-depth journalism that uses research, data and stories from classrooms and campuses to show the public how education can be improved and why it m... more
FAQs about Free College:How many episodes does Free College have?The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
December 16, 2019Musical Education For The Class Of 2025Low-income districts find ways to help students make music. Though wealth gaps remain, more American kids at all income levels get music in school now than 20 years ago.Produced by Oregon Public BroadcastingReporters: Elizabeth Miller - OPBLillian Mongeau - The Hechinger Report...more5minPlay
October 02, 2019The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class onesThe students who are disappearing from college campuses the fastest are those from the middle-class, not low-income, families. The share of those from the middle has fallen at four-year institutions, while the share of students from the lowest-income and wealthiest families has risen. Colleges are trying to stop the trend.In collaboration with VPM/NPR....more4minPlay
September 19, 2019Inside Maine’s disastrous rollout of proficiency-based learningHow well-intentioned education and business leaders, backed by wealthy foundations and a success story from faraway Alaska, sold state lawmakers on a largely untested theory of change. By Robbie Feinberg...more15minPlay
September 19, 2019Part-Time College StudentsColleges and states turn their attention to slow-moving part-time students.By Kirk Carapezza...more7minPlay
April 29, 2019Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school. Now it will become one.The first black high school in New Orleans, McDonogh 35, was a source of pride, until the chartering of the city’s schools after Hurricane Katrina contributed to its academic collapse. Now, the school board hopes turning it over to a charter organization can save it.By JESS CLARK...more10minPlay
December 07, 2018A high schooler meets with a home visitor in West VirginiaA high school student in West Virginia talks about his career goals....more1minPlay
December 07, 2018A high school home visit in West VirginiaA home visitor talks to a mother about her hopes and dreams for her high school son in West Virginia....more1minPlay
September 28, 2018Jill Barshay discusses increased bullying at schools on KPFK's Deadline L.A.Jill Barshay discusses increased bullying at schools on KPFK's Deadline L.A. by The Hechinger Report - Andre Perry...more31minPlay
August 30, 2018These Schools Are Opening Their Arms To Special Education Students. Can They Afford It?These Schools Are Opening Their Arms To Special Education Students. Can They Afford It? by The Hechinger Report - Andre Perry...more4minPlay
FAQs about Free College:How many episodes does Free College have?The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.