The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. This spring, at ...

As someone who chats with startup founders for a living, I've always admired the "builders." I have a lot of respect for their technical ability to dream up an idea and code it into existence, but ...

For two weeks, eight teens participated in Layton Boulevard West's Code Academy, a pilot computer programming class that is teaching them skills they can parlay into careers in an increasingly ...

Build first, understand later.

For 48 hours on one recent weekend, 27 teenagers from Long Island high schools sequestered themselves at offices in Westbury. They stayed overnight in sleeping bags and immersed themselves in learning ...