Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York
Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book.
I write this as a former DC resident whose three children attended Washington public schools (Oyster, Alice Deal, and Woodrow Wilson) and as a long -
time Education Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour; in the latter capacity, I chronicled Michelle Rhee's time as Chancellor (12 reports over 3 years) and later produced «The Education of Michelle Rhee» for the PBS series, «Frontline.»
Not exact matches
Two days ago, New York
Times national
education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.
From 1991 to 1996, he was an
education and industry
correspondent at the Financial
Times, eventually becoming their public policy editor.
Formerly Managing Director, Communications and Public Reporting at the Audit Commission and founding editor of Guardian Public, he was also a leader writer and specialist
correspondent for The
Times and the Independent, and began his career in journalism on The
Times Higher
Education Supplement.
Stories in the New York
Times, Los Angeles
Times, Washington Post, and many other newspapers, most written not by
education reporters but by Washington - based political and legislative
correspondents, reported Gates's assertions in an unquestioning, almost awestruck tone that made one thing clear: if high schools are bad enough for Bill Gates to declare them a disaster, then it must be so.
Author Bio: Jon Marcus is higher -
education editor at the Hechinger Report, a foundation - supported nonprofit based at Columbia University, and North America correspondent for the (London) Times Higher Education
education editor at the Hechinger Report, a foundation - supported nonprofit based at Columbia University, and North America
correspondent for the (London)
Times Higher
Education Education magazine.
Chris Cook,
education correspondent for the Financial
Times, recently covered the issue, reporting that while conventional schools can call on their local authorities for help, academies do not have access to council funds and, in some cases, maybe denied access to advice and guidance.
They told BBC Wales
education correspondent Colette Hume it would mean more quality
time to spend with pupils.
In this exclusive
Times Insider conversation, Nikole Hannah - Jones, an award - winning domestic
correspondent and the author of the National Magazine Award — winning story «Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,» is joined by Ritchie Torres, a Bronx City Council member, and two parents whose children attend New York City segregated schools to discuss the crisis in the classroom — and how to make
education equitable for all.
Thomas Cahill has taught at Queens College, Fordham University, and Seton Hall University, served as the North American
education correspondent for The
Times of London, and was for many years a regular contributor to the Los Angeles
Times Book Review.