Bri Hatch
Report for America Corps Member, reporting on educationBri Hatch (they/them) is a Report for America Corps Member joining the WYPR team to cover education.
Hatch reported on college diversity and student well-being for The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2022, earning a Hearst feature award for their piece about a misplaced Wizard of Oz dress. They served as the editor-in-chief for their college newspaper, breaking news about hazing and sexual assault cases.
Hatch also reported on local education tensions in rural Virginia for The Rockbridge Report, tackling critical race theory, book-banning and more.
Outside of the newsroom, they are obsessed with alt-indie music (notable exception: Taylor Swift), cozy coffee shops and autobiographies.
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Just over 70% of city high schoolers graduated last spring, marking a 2-percentage-point increase from 2022. But the district still has the lowest rate statewide.
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Students at Medfield Heights Elementary school spent the week learning about the eclipse. They saw their first — and only — total eclipse in action for at least 20 years.
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District leaders said in a town hall that their system surpasses the Blueprint For Maryland’s Future in terms of community schools and pre-K access, but lacks funding for some changes.
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The Freedom to Read Act, which passed both chambers of the state legislature this month, will go into effect as an emergency measure to protect librarians and the books they put on their shelves.
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Delegate Sheila Ruth is sponsoring a bill to nix the disruption charge, which targets Black and disabled students, from state law. Opponents say it exists for teacher safety.
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Watershed Public Charter School is one of 90 recipients nationwide for the first round of the Renew America’s Schools grants, which fund clean energy projects in public schools.
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The vote ends the district’s largest boundary study to date with a map recommended from the redistricting committee – and a last-minute amendment
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The local organizations were chosen out of over six thousand applicants to Scott’s “Yield Giving” project nationwide.
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These results counter a report from the state’s inspector general of education in 2022, which found over 12,000 incidents of final grades being changed from failing to passing over a four-year period.
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State leaders want to codify guidelines from 2021 to stop Carroll County from deleting gender identity and sexuality topics. But an opt-out option still exists.