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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A group of city teachers is launching a new campaign to get universal cash payments on the 2026 ballot. -
A new bill would require school district leaders to report on barriers to attendance and brainstorm solutions with local agencies. -
House lawmakers gave initial approval to a heavily-amended version of Governor Wes Moore’s proposed changes to the multi-billion-dollar education package Wednesday. -
CEO Sonja Santelises says an “outdated and archaic” digital system is to blame for most of the issues found in the recent report. -
Since 2010, the Baltimore HBCU has seen a 25% decline in male students. A new task force is looking for answers. -
Governor Moore calls for spending reduction on 988 suicide prevention hotline and in-school behavioral services as a youth mental health crisis increases. -
Dozens of superintendents, educators and students testified at a hearing Wednesday that cuts to the education reform package would harm most disadvantaged learners. -
Last week, district leaders announced an investigation into an Overlea High School teacher after posts surfaced on X threatening to identify undocumented students to immigration officials. -
Advocates say the Maryland Kids Code implements common sense protections for minors. It’s being challenged for infringing on First Amendment rights. -
A 2023 law made it easier for people without social security numbers to earn their child care licenses, many of them immigrants. Now they fear for their students — and their own safety.
