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Lillian Mongeau Hughes

Lillian Mongeau is a former senior editor with The Hechinger Report, where she helped oversee the newsroom's Western coverage of K-12 and early education topics. She began developing a speciality in early childhood in 2012 and has written and spoken extensively about child care, early math and public preschool, among other topics. Mongeau was a finalist for a 2017 Livingston Award for her six-part series on the comparative lack of public preschool options in the United States. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, USA TODAY and The Idaho Statesman, among other publications. Mongeau is a graduate of Barnard College and of the journalism school at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Posted inSolutions

A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth

Avatar photo by Lillian Mongeau Hughes April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — Rosanna Jackson, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs here, counts herself as one of the resilient ones. Her childhood in the 1970s and 80s was tough. Home didn’t always feel like a safe place to be. This story also appeared in Oregon Public Broadcasting and Teen Vogue […]

Posted inElementary to High School

‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoNeal MortonAvatar photoAvatar photo by Tara García Mathewson, Ariel Gilreath, Lillian Mongeau Hughes, Neal Morton, Caroline Preston and Christina A. Samuels June 15, 2022July 20, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

Putting compassion on the teacher prep syllabus

Avatar photo by Lillian Mongeau Hughes March 2, 2022March 1, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

‘We’re really underwater here’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoNeal MortonAvatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Garland, Ariel Gilreath, Lillian Mongeau Hughes, Neal Morton, Caroline Preston and Christina A. Samuels March 1, 2022June 23, 2022
Posted inFuture of Learning

The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

Avatar photoAvatar photoNeal MortonJaveria Salman by Rebecca Klein, Lillian Mongeau Hughes, Neal Morton and Javeria Salman February 3, 2022February 9, 2022
Posted inNews

How fifth graders see the world in 20 years

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lillian Mongeau Hughes, Christina A. Samuels, Kathryn Palmer and Chelsea Sheasley January 3, 2022January 3, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

‘It’s so hard and so challenging’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

Avatar photoAvatar photoNeal MortonAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Garland, Ariel Gilreath, Neal Morton, Lillian Mongeau Hughes, Caroline Preston and Christina A. Samuels November 29, 2021June 23, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

Why 2021 could be the start of a radical change in how Washington influences local schools

Avatar photo by Lillian Mongeau Hughes October 24, 2021October 25, 2021
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Posted inEarly Education

Vaccine mandates could make it harder to find child care workers

Avatar photo by Lillian Mongeau Hughes October 14, 2021October 14, 2021
Posted inSolutions

Summer school programs race to help students most in danger of falling behind

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Juliana Giacone, Ariel Gilreath, Bracey Harris, Barbara Kantrowitz, Jackie Mader, Lillian Mongeau Hughes and Caroline Preston July 31, 2021February 10, 2022

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