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Caroline Preston

Caroline Preston

Verified

Managing Editor, The Hechinger Report

New York

Biography

Freelance writer and editor in Brooklyn. Former features editor @ajam, senior reporter @philanthropy. Bylines @nytfixes @fusion @hechingerreport @newyorkeronline @jezebel @prospect.

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Total articles 375

  • How Trump is disrupting efforts by schools and colleges to combat climate change

    By Caroline Preston Verified| The Hechinger Report Verified This week I dug into how the Trump administration’s anti-climate blitz is hampering schools’ and colleges’ ability to green their operations, plus a new report on the California wildfires’ impact on students. Thank you for reading, and reply to this email to be in touch. — Caroline PrestonLeeAnn Kittle helps oversee the Denver public school district’s work to reduce carbon emissions by 90 percent by 2050. In January, her job got a lot tougher.

    By Caroline Preston Verified · The Hechinger Report

    Mar. 16, 2025

  • How the pandemic reshaped the lives of these parents, kids and educators

    By Meredith Kolodner Verified, Jackie Mader Verified, Neal Morton Verified, Caroline Preston Verified| The Hechinger Report Verified At first, it was supposed to last just a few weeks. Mayors and superintendents around the country announced schools would shut temporarily to halt the spread of a deadly virus that had officially been named “COVID-19” on Feb. 11, 2020. Many school districts hustled to get laptops and other devices to students and shifted learning online, even as educators warned that remote education would exacerbate inequalities.

    By Meredith Kolodner Verified, Jackie Mader Verified, Neal Morton Verified, Caroline Preston Verified · The Hechinger Report

    Mar. 10, 2025

  • How Trump is disrupting efforts by schools and colleges to combat climate change

    By Caroline Preston Verified| The Hechinger Report Verified This week I dug into how the Trump administration’s anti-climate blitz is hampering schools’ and colleges’ ability to green their operations, plus a new report on the California wildfires’ impact on students. Thank you for reading, and reply to this email to be in touch. — Caroline PrestonLeeAnn Kittle helps oversee the Denver public school district’s work to reduce carbon emissions by 90 percent by 2050. In January, her job got a lot tougher.

    By Caroline Preston Verified · The Hechinger Report

    Mar. 16, 2025

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The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report is an independent nonprofit newsroom that focuses on inequality and innovation in education. It uses investigative journalism and data-driven reporting to address systemic challenges in education from preschool through higher education. Founded by Fred M. Hechinger, a former *New York Times* education editor, the organization emphasizes solutions-oriented reporting to influence policy and public discourse. The Hechinger Report produces in-depth articles, documentaries, and interactive tools that explore various educational issues, including the impact of climate change on schools and achievement gaps. It collaborates with major news outlets like *The Washington Post* and *NPR* to ensure broad accessibility of its stories. Additionally, it offers Spanish-language reporting through *Hechinger en Español* to engage diverse audiences. The organization is funded by foundations and individual donors, which supports its editorial independence and commitment to highlighting both problems and solutions in education.

New York, New York, United States

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Founded: 1996