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A Different Kind of College Rankings
September 22, 2020 20:00 - 24 minutes - 33 MBWhen choosing a college, students and families often turn to popular rankings to help inform their decisions. Rather than focus on test scores and how difficult it is to gain entry, The Washington Monthly gives schools points for factors that benefit society as well as individual students, like upward mobility for low-income graduates and encouraging civic engagement on campus and after graduation. Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris discusses the new rankings, including how the formula might chan...
Who’s Watching the Kids?
September 15, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBThe coronavirus pandemic has forced most child care centers to close in an upstate New York community where affordable options for families were already in short supply. That’s having a ripple effect on the local workforce and economy. North Country Public Radio is covering the story from multiple perspectives, including child care centers and smaller home-based businesses struggling to stay afloat, and parents taking a “DIY” approach to finding solutions so that they can continue to work. E...
In This Baltimore Teacher of the Year’s Classroom, Race and Equity Matter.
September 08, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBIn her new book, education writer Melinda D. Anderson chronicles LaQuisha Hall’s 17-year journey from nervous rookie to "teacher of the year" in the Baltimore city school system. Along the way, readers witness the myriad challenges teachers are expected to conquer, often without adequate training or support. But Hall’s experiences also run counter to what Anderson describes as a stereotypical narrative -- the “problem-ridden Black inner city teen.” How does Hall challenge those stereotypes, ...
Can Schools Close ‘The Knowledge Gap?’
September 01, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBMuch attention is focused on how schools will deliver instruction this fall, whether remotely or in schools with COVID-19 health and safety precautions in place. But what students are taught -- the curriculum -- is also an important story. Natalie Wexler, author of “The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–and How to Fix It,” shares insights and ideas for education reporters looking for stories on how teachers are adapting lessons to make instruction more effe...
Back-to-School: The Coronavirus Edition
August 25, 2020 20:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBIt’s a new academic year like no other on the K-12 and higher education beats. A pair of veteran education journalists share tips and insights for what’s ahead this fall and beyond. Bianca Vasquez Toness, a reporter on The Boston Globe’s educational equity team, shares ideas for focusing on teacher workloads, remote learning curriculum, and what schools are doing to reach their most vulnerable students. Lindsay Ellis, a senior reporter with The Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses her to...
‘Too Young To Die’ in Montgomery, Alabama
August 18, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBIn Alabama's capital city, an epidemic of violence has shadowed the class of 2020 throughout their high school careers. Nearly a dozen of their classmates were killed before making it to graduation day. Reporter Krista Johnson of the Montgomery Advertiser set out to learn more about those who died, and to understand how trauma is shaping a generation of young people and their school communities. How did she build trust among the families and friends of victims to better tell their stories? W...
The Future of School Police
July 29, 2020 13:42 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBThe tension over having armed police on public schools campuses isn’t new, but it’s moved back into the spotlight in recent months. In early June, the school board in Minneapolis -- where George Floyd was killed during an arrest by the city’s police -- voted unanimously to sever its ties with the city’s police department. Several other districts, including Denver and Oakland, have followed suit, while places like Chicago and Los Angeles grapple with pressure to take similar action. Mark Keir...
At These Christian Schools Getting Public Dollars, LGBTQ Students Pushed Into Conversion Therapy
June 23, 2020 20:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBIn a new investigation, The Huffington Post’s Rebecca Klein found disturbing examples of Christian schools that receive taxpayer dollars -- through tax credit scholarship and voucher programs -- that were requiring LGBTQ students to undergo “conversion therapy” in an attempt to change their sexual orientation. The controversial practice -- which some experts say can harm young peoples’ mental health -- has been banned in 20 states and D.C. Klein shares how she built a paper trail to verify s...
Protest Stories Are Education Stories
June 09, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBFor education reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez of KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, life has been "an emotional roller coaster" since he was shot in the throat by police with a rubber bullet. The incident happened May 31 in Long Beach, where Guzman-Lopez was covering a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Guzman-Lopez shares insights on why protest stories are education stories, and why this is an opportunity for education journalists to tap their ...
What’s New With ‘Varsity Blues'
June 02, 2020 20:00 - 24 minutes - 33 MBWith more celebrity defendants pleading guilty to using a high-priced fixer to help their kids cheat their way into top colleges, what’s been the impact on college admissions? The Wall Street Journal’s Melissa Korn, whose book on of the “Varsity Blues” scandal for has been optioned for a television project, discusses the latest developments, as well as the fallout more broadly for higher education. Is the admissions process becoming more fair? How is the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing fis...
Budget Cuts Loom for Education. How Vulnerable Are Your Local Schools?
May 26, 2020 20:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBWith the nation facing a pandemic-driven recession unlike any in generations, public schools are bracing for a big financial hit. Reporter Daarel Burnette II of Education Week shares insights from his school finance coverage during the crisis and a new database that gauges the economic vulnerability of districts from coast to coast. What is the potential human toll of budget cuts, especially on programs and services for already vulnerable students? What is the likelihood of massive tea...
Do Students Have a Right to Literacy?
May 12, 2020 20:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBA federal appeals court recently ruled that the state of Michigan has failed to make sure children in Detroit are adequately educated. The April decision said the city’s schools have suffered from underfunding, poorly maintained and too few qualified teachers. While the state is contemplating an appeal, the decision is still considered a landmark for civil rights advocates mounting similar challenges in state courts across the country. Reporter Jennifer Chambers of The Detroit News has cov...
“There Are No Invisible Children:” Erica Green of The New York Times
April 28, 2020 17:30 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBFew, if any, education reporters are tackling tougher issues right now than Erica Green of The New York Times, whose stories often share a common theme of focusing on the unmet needs of marginalized students. She discusses recent coverage, including how school cafeteria workers in Baltimore are feeding an entire neighborhood, concerns about a potential federal waiver that would let districts pause services for students with disabilities, and a rare look inside a juvenile detention center whe...
Higher Ed Goes Remote
April 21, 2020 14:42 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBWith most colleges and universities forced to close campuses in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, postsecondary learning has moved online for millions of students. Doug Lederman, the co-founder and editor of Inside Higher Ed, discusses the fallout of the shift and its potential long-term implications, especially for postsecondary institutions that were already in precarious financial straits. Along with student mental health, what topped a list of concerns among college presidents in a rece...
Self-Care for Journalists 101
April 07, 2020 17:51 - 28 minutes - 38.4 MBEducation reporters, like everyone else, are struggling to cope with the stress and many day-to-day challenges of life during a pandemic. At the same time, they're working hard under difficult conditions to chronicle the impact on students, schools and families. and pitching in on broader coverage for their newsrooms. What do journalists need to know about protecting their mental health and physical well-being during this challenging time? Kimina Lyall, the deputy director of the Dart Center...
COVID-19 and New York City Schools
March 31, 2020 20:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBWith more than 1.1 million K-12 students, New York City’s public schools are dealing with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on a massive scale. While district officials scramble to close the technology gap and get computers to students who need them, teachers are getting a crash course in the “do's and don’ts” of remote instruction. Patricia Willens, the news editor for youth and family reporting at WNYC, the city’s flagship public radio station, discusses her team’s approach to coverin...
Two States, Two Takes on Teaching U.S. History
March 24, 2020 20:00 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBThey say history is a tale told by winners — so who’s writing the textbooks for the two most populous states? And how are the differing political climates in California and Texas reflected in those materials? what do the differences in those books reveal about the political climate do they tell Dana Goldstein, a national education correspondent for The New York Times, read over 4,800 pages of U.S. history textbooks to determine how the political leanings of policymakers and the appointed te...
The Impact of the Coronavirus on Education
March 17, 2020 19:45 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBAs the coronavirus pandemic expands in the U.S., education reporters are on the front lines of the news coverage, with nearly three-quarters of public schools either closed or planning to close in coming days, and many colleges and universities moving to online learning or ending the semester outright. Lesli Maxwell of Education Week and Karin Fischer of The Chronicle of Higher Education, are helping to steer coverage of the crisis for their news outlets. They offer insights on the short-te...
When College Students Aren’t College-Ready
March 11, 2020 12:11 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBIn Chicago, thousands of students are earning high school diplomas but showing up at the city’s two-year colleges unprepared for the next step in their academic journeys. In a new project, Kate McGee of WBEZ looked at efforts to buck that trend, including an innovative program developed not by outside experts but the system’s own faculty. Along the way, she explored a number of questions: Do students benefit more from remedial classes that re-teach them material they were supposed to master...
Are Schools Adequately Preparing Students to Vote?
March 03, 2020 21:04 - 21 minutes - 40.2 MBWith the youth vote expected to be an important factor in the 2020 election cycle, civics teachers are increasingly using current events to help students understand the democratic system -- and to be engaged and informed citizens. Reporter Stephen Sawchuk of Education Week shares insights from his news organization’s “Citizen Z” project, focused on the state of civics education in the U.S., including how it shapes individuals’ perspectives and community engagement beyond voting. From the in...
How Schools Handle Hate
February 26, 2020 05:01 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBEducation reporters are increasingly covering incidents of racism, antisemitism and other forms of hate committed by K-12 students. But what happens after the media spotlight shifts to the next story? Dahlia Bazzaz of The Seattle Times interviewed dozens of students, teachers, parents and civil rights advocates to find out what they see as effective tools for school communities to combat racial bias and ignorance. Which corrective measures are really improving campus climate? What does the r...
When Public Dollars Pay For Private School
February 18, 2020 21:00 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBIn New York City, separated by just 15 blocks, two boys with similar learning disabilities struggled in public school classrooms. Under the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), both were eligible to enroll in private school on the taxpayers’ dime as a remedy. But as a new investigation by The Teacher Project at Columbia University School of Journalism revealed, the financial status of the boys' families played a big role in whether the district picked up the tab. Mike...
Paradise Lost? Hawaii’s Teacher Shortage
February 11, 2020 21:00 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBIn the mainland United States, typical conversations about Hawaii are more likely to center on dream vacations than teacher shortages. But there’s plenty to be learned from the state’s educational challenges, and how Hawaii is approaching teacher training, recruitment, and retention. Suevon Lee -- who covers Hawaii’s public schools for Honolulu Civil Beat, an investigative news outlet -- examined these issues with support from an EWA Reporting Fellowship. Her coverage went deep into the unde...
How Partisan Politics Shape States’ History Textbooks
February 04, 2020 20:15 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBThey say history is a tale told by winners -- so who’s writing the textbooks and deciding what students are taught in two of the nation’s biggest states? Dana Goldstein, a national education correspondent for The New York Times, read over 4,800 pages of textbooks to determine how the political leanings of policymakers and the appointed textbook review committees influence what students -- and future voters -- are being taught about the nation’s history. Among the key findings for California ...
Higher Education in 2020
January 28, 2020 21:00 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBWhile it’s a new calendar year, plenty of familiar issues are carrying over from 2019 on the higher education beat, says reporter Collin Binkley of The Associated Press. Many of the biggest headline-grabbers this year are likely to center on admissions - the process of deciding who gets into what college. To settle a federal anti-trust case, colleges recently scrapped old rules that limited what they could do to compete for applicants. Now, a potential admissions marketing free-for-all will ...
A New Year on the K-12 Beat
January 21, 2020 21:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBMoriah Balingit, who covers education for The Washington Post, discusses what she sees as key story lines for the K-12 beat in 2020, from educational equity to civics and campus safety. Are public schools adequately preparing young people to become engaged and informed citizens? What' the potential impact on students and families of the Trump administration’s plans to cut access to food stamps? How are school safety measures affecting the climate on campus? Are they making schools safer? Ba...
Will Betsy DeVos Outlast All of Trump's Cabinet Members?
January 14, 2020 21:00 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBFebruary 7 will mark the three-year anniversary of Betsy DeVos’ confirmation as the U.S. secretary of education. Few observers had bet she would stick around this long. But today, DeVos is one of the longest-serving members of President Trump’s cabinet. Rebecca Klein of The Huffington Post recently talked with dozens of people about the education secretary’s tenure, crafting an in-depth analysis of what motivates her decisions and keeps her on the job. How does DeVos’ belief in the free-mark...
Teachers Fight for Student Loan Debt Relief
January 07, 2020 21:00 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBTwo federal programs intended to steer college students toward public service jobs like teaching in high-poverty schools instead became mired in missteps, as recipients found their grants wrongly converted into high-interest loans. Cory Turner of NPR’s education team spent 18 months looking at problems with the TEACH Grant program. His findings helped spur the U.S. Department of Education to reverse course. He’s also been digging into Congress’ attempts to address problems with private serv...
The Hidden Costs of ‘Free’ College
December 17, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 38.9 MBIn an in-depth investigation of Tennessee's program offering free community college to new high school graduates, The Tennessean's Jason Gonzales and Adam Tamburin found that many students pursuing degrees and career certifications need more support and resources far beyond tuition assistance. Gonzales and Tamburin, EWA Reporting Fellows, discuss their series in this 2018 interview with EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond. Among the takeaways: while there was a statistically significant incre...
‘Terrified’: Illinois Education Reporters Find Massive Misuse of Student Seclusion
December 10, 2019 21:00 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBIn a joint investigation, ProPublica Illinois’ Jodi Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards of The Chicago Tribune teamed up to investigate the use of seclusion rooms in Illinois’ public schools. In the process, they discovered that seclusion -- billed as a humane way to control misbehaving students -- was misused, overused and ended up being disproportionately inflicted on students with disabilities. Their reporting prompted not just outrage but swift action by the state’s lawmakers. How...
A Thousand Days of Betsy DeVos
December 03, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBWhen Betsy DeVos was confirmed as the U.S. secretary of education in early 2017, few observers would have bet she would stick around for long. Today, DeVos is one of the longest-serving members of President Trump’s cabinet. Rebecca Klein of The Huffington Post talked with dozens of people about the controversial education secretary’s tenure so far, crafting an in-depth analysis of what motivates her decisions and keeps her on the job. How does DeVos’ belief in the free market system influenc...
Don’t Mess With Texas: Covering the Lone Star State's Schools
November 19, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBPrior to joining The Texas Tribune in 2016 as its statewide public schools reporter, Aliyya Swaby covered education for the hyperlocal New Haven Independent in Connecticut. Now she’s responsible for a beat that stretches more than a quarter-million square miles. What has she learned from her in-depth project on school segregation? How is “white flight” impacting districts seeking to raise money for improvements through capital bond measures? Where has she found useful data to inform her repo...
If DACA Ends, What Happens to Students and Schools?
November 12, 2019 21:00 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a consolidation of cases challenging President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which has temporarily protected some 800,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children from being deported. While a key focus is college-age students who fear deportation, ending DACA has significant repercussions for the K-12 school community as well. In this 2017 episode of EWA Radio, soon after Tru...
Why Impeachment Is a Teachable Moment
November 05, 2019 21:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBUnlike other classroom controversies like gun control or immigration policy, the process by which Congress considers presidential impeachment is spelled out in the Constitution. It’s also a rare occurrence, which means today’s civics teachers have a unique opportunity to help students connect historical and current events, explains Stephen Sawchuk of Education Week. Where can reporters find teachers willing to speak about their classroom experiences? What resources are they turning to for cu...
How To Cover a Teachers' Strike
October 29, 2019 20:00 - 14 minutes - 32.1 MBWith Chicago teachers on the picket lines this fall -- and labor actions in recent months in smaller school districts in California, Colorado, and Washington -- hear how Ben Felder of The Oklahoman reported on a statewide walkout by educators in 2018. Like their counterparts in West Virginia and Kentucky, teachers in the Sooner State were seeking more than bigger paychecks; they also aimed to draw attention to funding shortfalls for public schools statewide. Felder shares his experiences as...
What School Choice Means in Rural Mississippi
October 22, 2019 20:30 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBIn rural Clarksdale, Mississippi, the phrase “school choice” has a different meaning, as it brings to mind the segregation academies set up by white families opposed to federally mandated school integration. Writing for The Hechinger Report, Danielle Dreilinger spent time in Clarksdale -- known as the birthplace of the Blues -- which recently got its first charter school, serving an almost all-black student population. She looks at the pushback from local educators and policymakers, who say ...
The Fight to Fix Reading Instruction
October 15, 2019 20:00 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBIn a new documentary for APM Reports, Emily Hanford digs into the disconnect between the cognitive science on learning to read and the instructional methods being used to teach millions of U.S. students. Among her findings: a popular technique is based on a flawed idea that researchers say may actually be holding back kids from becoming skilled readers. As with her past reporting on this topic, the story is sparking pushback, debate, and a lot of hard questions for parents and educators. Wh...
A Reality Check for Boston's Valedictorians
October 08, 2019 20:00 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBEver wonder what happened to your high school’s valedictorian after graduation? So did The Boston Globe, which set off to track down the city’s top students from the classes of 2005-07. Globe reporters Malcolm Gay and Meghan Irons learned that a quarter of the nearly 100 valedictorians they located failed to complete college within six years. Some had experienced homelessness. Many have struggled in lower-skilled jobs than they had aspired to. What went wrong? To what extent did their high s...
Paul Tough on why College Years ‘Matter Most’
October 01, 2019 20:00 - 26 minutes - 35.7 MBIn his new book, “The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes Us or Breaks Us,” author Paul Tough looks at inequities in access to high-quality higher education, specifically, the opportunity to earn degrees that research says lead to high-paying jobs, social mobility, and according to some research, better health and a longer life. Tough spent six years analyzing extensive research and data, and interviewing the people whose lives are affected by these challenges. He brings the wonky ed...
No Forgiveness: Teachers Struggle With Unfair Student Loan Debt
September 24, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBTwo federal programs that were supposed to steer college students to public service jobs like teaching in high-poverty schools instead became mired in missteps, as the recipients unexpectedly found their grants wrongly converted into high-interest loans. Cory Turner of NPR’s education team spent 18 months looking at problems with the TEACH Grant program, and his findings helped spur the U.S. Department of Education to reverse course. He’s also been digging into Congress’ attempts to address...
The Missing Data on Student Restraint and Seclusion
September 17, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes - 45.2 MBSchool districts have been vastly underreporting instances when some of their most vulnerable students are physically restrained or sent to seclusion rooms by campus staff — that’s the conclusion of a new report from the Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog agency. Two reporters on opposite sides of the country were already deep into the reporting on this issue: Jenny Abamu of WAMU in Washington, D.C., and Rob Manning of Oregon Public Broadcasting. They discuss how they teame...
Can Puerto Rico’s Schools Be Saved?
September 10, 2019 20:00 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBIn Puerto Rico, the public education system is still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Maria two years ago. Now, another storm has hit, but this time it’s political. Education Secretary Julia Keleher, who pledged to reinvigorate the U.S. territory’s crumbling and low-performing schools, resigned in April. She was subsequently indicted on corruption charges and has pleaded not guilty. Reporter Mark Keierleber. of The 74 Million has covered the island’s education system for several years, ...
The Higher Ed Stories You Need to Know About
September 03, 2019 20:00 - 25 minutes - 46.1 MBWhere can you find reliable data on how your colleges and universities are handling sexual-assault allegations on campus? How do you develop better sources among the faculty senate leadership? And why is now the time to focus on Greek life on campus -- and a growing number of students’ opposition to it? Sarah Brown, who covers the daily beat for the Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses the trend of “underground” fraternities operating beyond the reach of campus administrators, and effor...
Back to School: Story Ideas, Tips and Trends to Watch
August 27, 2019 20:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBWith a new school year getting underway, how can education reporters find fresh angles on familiar ground? Kate Grossman, the education editor for WBEZ public media in Chicago, offers story ideas, big trends to watch for, and suggestions for networking with parents, teachers, and administrators. Plus, Grossman offers some smart dos and don’ts for the first day school. How “culturally competent” are your local teachers as student populations in many communities are becoming more diverse? Wha...
The Ugly Side of Beauty Schools
August 20, 2019 20:00 - 18 minutes - 43.2 MBIn this replay of a recent episode of EWA Radio, Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz of The Hechinger Report discuss their investigation into private cosmetology schools in Iowa that are reaping big profits at the expense of their students. Students are spending upward of $20,000 to earn a cosmetology certificate—comparable to the cost of two associates’ degrees at a community college. Additionally, Iowa’s requirement for 2,100 hours of training, significantly higher than many other sta...
Lessons from Parkland: Covering the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting
August 13, 2019 20:00 - 21 minutes - 39.4 MBHeartbreaking. Frightening. Infuriating. All those words apply to the remarkable coverage by the South Florida Sun Sentinel of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The newspaper’s reporting since the February 2018 killings earned journalism’s top award this year, the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The newspaper pushed back on stonewalling by district leadership and public safety officials to uncover missed opportunities that might have mitigated — or even prevented ...
Why Is Reading Instruction So Controversial?
August 06, 2019 20:00 - 21 minutes - 49.2 MBAcross the country, the way most students are being taught to read is out of step with more than 40 years of scientific research on how children learn this essential skill. That’s the case being made in a radio documentary from APM Reports’ Emily Hanford, winner of the Public Service category in this year’s EWA Awards. Hanford describes the devastating domino effect of inadequate literacy instruction on students’ academic progress and opportunities. She also seeks to dispel popular myths abo...
Can a state help more residents finish college?
July 30, 2019 20:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBLike many states, Colorado has set an ambitious goal for boosting the number of citizens with advanced degrees and credentials, all with an eye toward filling high-need jobs in areas like health care and manufacturing. In a five-part series, EWA Reporting Fellow Stephanie Daniel of KUNC (Northern Colorado Community Radio) looks at how the Rocky Mountain state is trying to do that: including encouraging Hispanic and low-income high school students to take advanced courses, adding mentoring ...
Want to Know What Students Think of Your Reporting? Ask Them.
July 23, 2019 20:00 - 22 minutes - 41.7 MBFor many Los Angeles students, getting to and from class can be a risky proposition, as they navigate neighborhoods with high rates of homicides. In her report “Navigating a safe path to schools surrounded by homicide,” education reporter Sonali Kohli crunched the data and found surprising examples where the reality contradicted public perceptions of the “most dangerous” schools. To help identify and acknowledge perceptions of bias, The Los Angeles Times reporter asked students to line-edit ...
When Schools Spy on Students
July 17, 2019 14:16 - 19 minutes - 36.2 MBEver feel like somebody’s watching you? If you’re in a in a K-12 school these days, you’re probably right. Education Week’s Benjamin Herold took a close look at the surge in digital surveillance of students by districts -- sometimes using tools like facial recognition software, and scanning social media posts for worrisome language -- intended to identify students at risk of harming themselves or others. What does this mean for privacy rights, campus safety, and district budgets? How is inf...