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Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report

Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report

Kelly Field is a freelance journalist who has been covering education for 20 years, including 13 at The Chronicle of Higher Education. She currently lives and works in Boston.

Some states are cutting higher ed in rural areas. What if Kentucky tried the opposite?
By: - April 10, 2024

HAZARD — Haley Autumn Dawn Ann Crank thinks she might like to become a teacher. There’s a shortage of teachers in this corner of Kentucky, and Crank, who has eight siblings, gets kids. “I just fit in with them,” Crank said during a shift one February day at the Big Blue Smokehouse, where she works […]