Back to Team

Marianna McMurdock

Staff Reporter

Marianna is a Staff Reporter with The 74. She studied English and education history/policy at Brown University, where she co-led the Writing Fellow cohort, a network of undergraduates committed to anti-racist writing practices and feedback. Marianna wrote and edited articles on Rhode Island industry and education with the Indy Magazine, and led the Brown Daily Herald's photo team as editor for three years. At the youth development nonprofit Youth in Action, she mentored high school leaders in Providence who facilitated education and food justice workshops throughout the state.

Marianna previously worked with the Education Trust-West as a Russlyn Ali Digital Storytelling fellow. During her fellowship, she curated brief audio stories and designed a narrative website to amplify the experiences of parenting and/or unhoused women of color attending California State Universities.

Get in touch:

Articles by Marianna McMurdock

Marianna McMurdock

Staff Reporter

Articles by Marianna McMurdock

How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for Low-Income Kids

How A Student Paper Visualized Gun Violence and Captivated the Nation

Why One NYC High School Created ‘13th Grade’ to Help Alumni After Graduation

Q&A: Lessons from a Decade of Battling Racial Inequity in the K-12 Workforce

New ‘Anxious Nation’ Documentary Offers Intimate Portrait of Teen Anxiety

Crisis in Teaching Quality May Explain Stagnant Learning Recovery, Report Finds

How One NYC School Rebounded From the Pandemic By Re-engaging Students & Staff

Surgeon General Wants Warning Label on Social Media for Youth Mental Health

For Chicago Girls Confronting Violence, A School Solution for Reducing PTSD

Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning May Impact School District Legal Surge

NYC Charter School Raises Teacher Starting Salary to $140,000

In Oklahoma, Squad of College Students Lead Math Recovery

74 Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

Student Spotlight: How An Arizona Teen Animated Social Media Addiction

Teen Mental Health Crisis Pushes More School Districts to Sue Social Media Giants

1.3 Million Los Angeles Students Could Soon Access Free Teletherapy

Nearly 1 in 5 Teen Girls ‘Engulfed’ In Wave of Sexual Violence; Many Suicidal

Why Nearly Half of Black Students Have Considered Stopping College

What One NYC Educator’s Grief Reveals About Teachers’ Mental Health Struggles

How Educators Can Help Kids Make Sense of Tyre Nichols’s Death

Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes

District-University Partnership Shakes Up St. Louis School Leadership

Audience Survey: What’s Your School’s New Normal?

A ‘New Normal’—National Student Survey Finds Mental Health Top Learning Obstacle

Missing an Opportunity: Ed Dept. Criticized by GAO for Teacher Shortage Strategy

Incumbent California Schools Chief Wins Overwhelming Support for Second Term

Breaking Down the Walls to Teaching: Alternative Pipelines Boom

The $1.1B Math Solution? Gates Foundation Makes Math Its Top K-12 Priority

Amid Regional Shortages, US Schools Employing 160,000 ‘Underqualified’ Teachers

Surviving Genocide: Native Boarding School Archives Reveal Defiance, Loss & Love

Traditional University Teacher Ed Programs Face Enrollment Declines, Staff Cuts

Fearing ‘Fiscal Cliff,’ District Leaders Reluctant to Hire Full-Time Teachers

‘Focused, Angry, Concerned About Creating Justice’—5 Generation Z Myths Debunked

New Teacher Shortage Research Shows Very Different Situations Across States

122 Teachers Speak: Surviving Student Learning Loss, Behavior Challenges

To Prevent Principal Exodus, New Partnerships Offer $20K Stipends, Therapy

A Former Journalist Reignites an Intergenerational Haven For Portland’s Youth

8 Ways Colleges Are Stepping Up After Roe Reversal

‘I’ve Been Having Nightmares…About Getting Shot’: Inside NYC March for Our Lives

Federal Probe into Native Boarding School Deaths Likely a Severe Undercount

Looming School Superintendent Exodus? Survey Shows 1 in 4 Expect to ‘Leave Soon’

3 COVID Learning Success Case Studies

Bringing 1619 Project, Black History to Life for Young Readers

Growing Fears in Schools About Looming 'Mass Exodus' of Principals This Summer

Black Mothers Launch Microschools to End School-Prison Pipeline

Black, Latino Students Disproportionately Taught by Inexperienced Teachers

Majority of Americans Back Remote Learning to Prevent COVID Spread

NYC Public School Students Walk Out of 29+ Schools Protesting In-Person Learning

5 Things to Remember as 10-Week Columbia Student Workers’ Strike Ends

To Fill Special Ed Vacancies, CA Charter Network Sponsors Credentials

4 Things to Know About Los Angeles Unified’s New Schools Chief

Four States Increase Access to Youth Mental Health Care

‘Jim Crow Debt’: Most Black Borrowers Regret Student Loans

$9M of Chan Zuckerberg Grants to Bring in More Teachers, School Leaders of Color

Photo Story: Inside a Local Pharmacy Offering Vaccines to Kids

New School Data: 2021 Math & Reading Scores Reveal Widening Academic Divide

Education Solutions Gain Steam on Eve of UN Climate Conference

5 Alarming New Undergraduate Enrollment Numbers

Sit-in for Better Housing Enters Second Week at Howard University

Puerto Rico Boasts Highest Youth, School Staff Vaccination Rates

TX Valedictorian on Viral Speech, New Book on Ignored Abortion Stories

All Rhode Island High Schools Now Required to Offer Personal Finance

Bipartisan Coalition Pushes for Climate Resilient, Sustainable Schools

Districts Across the U.S. Offering Big Incentives to Subs, Special Ed Teachers

Few California High Schoolers Applied for Pass/No Pass Grading

NYC Schools Reopen In Person — What the First Hour Looked Like in the Bronx

MIT Students Make STEM Come Alive for Boston Middle Schoolers

58% of NYC Youth Needing Mental Health Help Amid COVID Say They Didn’t Get It

This State Is Paying for College Success Coaches to Aid Student Loan Borrowers

Education is a Top Priority for Black Women — as High as Fighting Racism

D.C. Charter School Makes Mindfulness Part of School Day

Mental Health Leading Barrier to Learning, Fewer Students College-Bound

How Urgent Push for Climate Education Can Help Mental Health, Engagement

DonorsChoose Crowdfunding Students’ Basic Needs During COVID

Rocket Science Made Accessible to Boston Girls in Summer Hybrid Program

Boston Expands Pre-K for 3-Year-Olds After Pandemic’s Disruption

Juneteenth Gains Legal Popularity, but Misses Classroom Recognition