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Caroline Preston

Caroline Preston is managing editor who helps oversee Hechinger's K-12 and higher ed coverage. She previously worked as a features editor with Al Jazeera America’s digital team and a senior reporter with The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Her writing has appeared in publications including NBC News, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Wired.com, while stories she has edited or written have been honored by the Data Journalism Awards, the Education Writers Association, the Online News Association and others. Preston holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Brown University and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

preston@hechingerreport.org
Posted inNews

Merger madness? When schools close — forever

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston June 11, 2018March 30, 2020
Automation will boost demand for science-and-tech skills as well as soft skills such as critical thinking, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Posted inNews

Study: The U.S. isn’t doing enough to prepare students for the automation age

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston April 25, 2018April 8, 2021
Sarat Atobajeun started as an apprentice with Zurich Insurance last August. She said she appreciates the stability of the job and the diversity of the tasks she’s learning.
Posted inNews

Are apprenticeships the new on-ramp to good jobs?

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston April 15, 2018April 8, 2021
Laquon Jackson receives help from his Introduction to the Health Care Professions instructor, Elizabeth Dalianis.
Posted inElementary to High School

An Rx for poverty? A career in nursing

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston April 15, 2018April 1, 2021
Jerry Hughes, a retired federal mediator, coaches Niles West students who’ve been cast as union representatives.
Posted inElementary to High School

Can educating kids about unions prepare them for the future of work?

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston March 8, 2018March 30, 2020
Students at STEM School Academy in Douglas County start the computer program to run their historical figure head with artificial intelligence.
Posted inElementary to High School

Teachers want to prepare students for the jobs of the future — but feel stymied

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston February 15, 2018March 30, 2020
In this file photo, a high school student at a Mississippi school works on a math assignment.
Posted inElementary to High School

Most Americans say U.S. STEM education is middling, new poll finds

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston January 9, 2018April 8, 2021
Client Paul Chirico of Los Angeles works with tax preparer Erika Arbulante to see how the Affordable Care Act, ACA, will impact his tax returns at H&R Block on January 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Posted inElementary to High School

Apprenticeships could provide a path to the middle class for millions of workers, new study says

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston November 29, 2017March 30, 2020
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Solutions

When foster kids are moved around, schooling becomes an afterthought

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston May 25, 2017April 8, 2021

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