Rebecca Hartman

Her story

Rebecca grew up in Dayton, the daughter of a machinist at the Air Force base and a Sunday school teacher. She knew she wanted to teach by third grade.

She taught eighth-grade civics in public schools for eighteen years and later homeschooled her own four kids for a few years. When parents in her town started packing school board meetings, she began reporting on what she heard.

She covers schools, colleges and parents’ rights.