Meghan Gallagher

The haunting images show what’s left of Los Angeles schools and what’s lost forever

St. George Academy in Manhattan’s Little Ukraine sees its enrollment grow — along with lockers and textbooks

With classrooms shuttered, the district’s 420,000 students were spotted across the city as local institutions opened up their doors

How one leader facing unprecedented student depression is coping by adding more counselors, slowing down and staying hopeful

Veteran teachers mentor the profession’s newest educators with reminders, pointers — and which advice to ignore

War in their homeland and multiple pandemic school years affected the St. George Academy’s 13 grads, creeping into a day meant for celebration

They were co-teachers at Robb Elementary school for the last five years, overseeing a fourth grade classroom filled with “fun, growth, giggles.” Eva Mireles was remembered by a former student’s mother for going “above and beyond” for her daughter. Irma Garcia was the school’s teacher of the year ju…

The teens were told to quickly pack their bags for their escape to America, uprooted from everything they knew in their beloved homeland of Ukraine. Soon they were traveling alone, leaving behind family, friends, homes and schools, fleeing Russia’s deadly invasion of cities like Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv. One sat for hours at the border […]

Two years ago, teachers and millions of students across the country left their classrooms Friday afternoon unaware their schools would not reopen until the following school year. By the following Monday (March 16, 2020), the pandemic had turned education upside down. Garages became classrooms. The …

Every morning for the past few weeks, students and staff at St. George Academy in New York City start their day by checking to see if relatives and friends in Ukraine are still alive. “We’re shell shocked,” said Andrew Stasiw, principal of the tiny Ukrainian Catholic high school in the East Village. “We have students […]

When the social media accounts of school districts across the country went dark during the pandemic, the tiny district of Tupelo, Mississippi, doubled down on its commitment to share what was going on in their classrooms. Over the past 700 days, as the pandemic swept the globe disrupting education f…

For many parents across the country, back to school 2022 is looking and feeling a lot like spring 2020 all over again. From kitchen counters and living room couches, their kids are home signing onto laptops and other devices for virtual classes as Omicron disrupted plans to open many schools nationw…

Schools across the country have revived holiday traditions after a challenging year, but the pandemic has left its mark on the celebrations. Food drives were back in a big way, with schools reporting record donations. With the pandemic pushing up food prices, classes took up lessons in budget friend…

It’s an American tradition — but with a fresh approach to teenage royalty. For years, high school homecoming has been celebrated across the country as a welcome back to classes with a home football game and a dance where the king and queen are crowned. This year, instead of the popular cheerleader a…

After 18 months of shuttered schools, children across the country are back in class — but thousands of teachers and other critical school workers across the country are not. Faced with burnout, low wages and now COVID-19, scores of education workers — including not just teachers but also school bus drivers, special education paraprofessionals, cafeteria […]

With the new academic year already hindered by COVID infections and closures, a new hurdle has emerged. A month of extreme weather has disrupted back-to-school across the country, with closures affecting more than 1.1 million students. More than 45,000 students in Louisiana alone are expected to be …

Now 18 months into the pandemic, students are arriving to schools for yet another academic year like no other, with students under 12 remaining unvaccinated and the Delta variant driving up infection rates around the globe. At some campuses, it’s the end of a long silence, with students eager to so…

Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. At the one year anniversary of COVID-19, schools from 29 countries still sat shuttered. Across the world, millions of students stayed home — with millions of desks sitting empty. In a sobering reminder of how many […]

Apr 25, 2021 ... Biden sits with a student as she tours Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut, on March 3. Biden talks to students during a ...

Many parents are rethinking the value of a traditional four year college education, opting instead for hands-on experiences for their children such as vocational education programs, joining the military or starting their own business, a new poll has found. Even without obstacles such as finances, nearly half of parents want alternatives to four-year college for […]