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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — At 16, Khloe Watson-Barrett already knows she wants to be a lawyer. She also knows she’ll soon…

by Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report January 27, 2026 A narrator speaks over images of busy cityscapes, children playing in…

by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report January 19, 2026 Lynette Duncan didn’t expect to spend 20 hours over the past…

by Nirvi Shah, The Hechinger Report January 7, 2026 About six years ago, an apprentice training to be a machinist…

SALEM, Va. — On a hot and humid August morning in this southwestern Virginia town, football training camp is in…

Ryan Arnoldy started community college with the goal of eventually transferring to a four-year university and getting a degree in…

MOREHEAD, Ky. — The summer after ninth grade, Zoey Griffith found herself in an unfamiliar setting: a dorm on the…

As the spring semester got under way in January at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a dozen military…

This story is part of a collaboration between the Institute for Nonprofit News’ Rural News Network and Canary Media, South…

Here’s a milestone you might not have heard about: It’s projected that this year, for the first time, more college…