Sentences with phrase «education journalists»

There's precious little time for education journalists to reflect on the work that they and their colleagues are doing, and not all that much public accountability.

And I hope she'll allow a veteran education journalist to interview her.

And she's been an inspiration and model for many education journalists who name her as their favorite.

The best education journalists talk to parents and students, they go beyond administrators and find teachers, they seek out sources through churches or community organizations.

And shouldn't we expect one of the nation's most visible and influential education journalists to get it right?

There are plenty of excellent education journalists out there who could offer readers less slash and burn and more nuance and context about a debate as important as this.

He also urged education journalists to report on segregation in charter schools, as well as education's influence on politics.

Parthenon began gathering data on every student who entered New York City's high schools in 1999, nearly a quarter million of them, and by 2005, as education journalist Sarah Garland reported in a 2010 Washington Monthly story, had accumulated data that were «shocking»: «Nearly 140,000 high - school - age youth in the city were at least two years behind where they needed to be to graduate on time.

Thomas Toch, a longtime education journalist now working as writer - in - residence at the National Center on Education and the Economy, goes further.

Five reports by education journalists candidly describe strategies tested by states and districts in The Wallace Foundation's education leadership initiative.

Veteran education journalist John Merrow will moderate the town hall that will also be broadcast live on ED's ustream channel.

By Alexander Russo On Friday, the national association of education journalists known as the Education Writers Association (EWA) released its list of finalists for 2017 awards.

What a big week for education journalist Sarah Carr and the other folks who make up The Teacher Project, with big projects out in Slate and The Atlantic (see above).

On Friday, the national association of education journalists known as the Education Writers Association (EWA) released its list of finalists for 2017 awards.

The vast majority of education journalists in the US are white women, according to a recent Education Writers Association survey.

State of the Education Beat 2016: A Field With a Future To learn more about education journalists and the work they do, the Education Writers Association (EWA) teamed up with the Education Week Research Center to conduct a first - of - its - kind online national survey and follow - up interviews.

The members of the education team at WBEZ are by and large enormously experienced education journalists.

As education journalist Valerie Strauss reported on her blog at the Washington Post, DeVos «made some controversial statements» about public schools, «calling the traditional public education system a «dead end.

It has also supported education journalists such as Nikole Hannah - Jones, Amanda Ripley, and Richard Whitmire.

I don't have proof, of course, but high - quality, specialized education journalists such as those at EdSource should have little trouble confirming this.

So far, at least, most of the attention paid to the disinformation issue among education journalists has been focused on coverage of students and teachers being trained to discriminate between fact - based stories and other kinds.

LOS ANGELES — Gathered for the 2018 Education Writers Association (EWA) National Seminar, hundreds of education journalists heard from education experts, thought leaders and other fellow journalists about ways to make their coverage of today's education issues nuanced, culturally relevant and enlightening.

(That list would be much more inclusive: it'd include nearly every working education journalist on the planet.)

Harper, Provost Professor in Education and Business at USC, listed 10 ideas during the first segment of the session «Big Ideas on Equity, Race and Inclusion in Education,» which focused on issues education journalists were urged to cover in more depth:

If I could make one change, I would fire most of the current crop of full - time education journalists based in DC, and the staffs of the Education Writers Assn, Education Week, and the Hechinger Report.

Education journalist Paul Tough explores this science and its application in the American classroom in «How Children Succeed.»

The Catholic - school story has been covered, as education journalist Samuel Freedman wrote in the New York Times, «as either a sob story or a sort of natural disaster, the inevitable outcome of demographics.»

Longtime education journalist Richard Lee Colvin is an independent writer, editor, and strategic communications consultant based in Washington, D.C..

In less than 24 hours — sleeping was off - campus — a small group of education journalists sat mostly well - behaved in room 177 of Grace Dodge Hall at Teachers College, Columbia University, and listened to a couple dozen experts — plus or minus, depending on plane and train schedules — challenge them to keep up with fast - paced rounds of panels (I counted eight, but who was counting) about «Digital Media, Children's Learning and Schools.»

The Obama administration had begun to espouse the national standards initiative, in long - time education journalist Robert Rothman's words, «soon after taking office.»

Russo, a veteran education journalist best known for his «This Week in Education» blog, details what happened when two major edu - foundations shelled out a combined $ 25 million (less than the projected $ 60 million, but still the largest ed - advocacy effort to that point) in a push to make education central to the 2008 elections.

Last week, I had the privilege to speak in front of a group of education journalists convened by the Poynter Institute and the Education Writers Association about identifying strengths and weaknesses in curriculum.

In an important and mostly depressing New Year's Day column in The Washington Post, veteran education journalist Jay Mathews describes the on - again, off - again «carnival ride» to «raise school standards» that he's observed over the past half century.

And what better population of student to study and nurture than, as education journalist Linda Perlstein puts it, youngsters whose «bodies and psyches morph through the most radical changes since infancy, leaving them torn between anxiety and ardor, dependence and autonomy, conformity and rebellion.»

Education Week's reporting and that of other education journalists has shown that the schools are rarely shut down.

I'm headed to Philadelphia later this week to hang out with some higher education journalists at an Education Writers Association conference.

This is a guest column by Keciah Bailey, a freelance education journalist.

This new version of the story was based mostly on a single speculative quote buried deep in the long Politico story: «In Washington education circles, the conversation is already about the post-DeVos landscape, because the assumption is she won't stay long,» said Tom Toch, a former education journalist who now runs an education think tank at Georgetown.

A recent re-read of «From Contracts to Classrooms: Covering Teachers Unions,» a primer for education journalists published by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, unearthed an eye - opening story.

Recently, a blog went viral sharing that the daughter of a well - respected Chicago education journalist chose a neighborhood IB high school over a popular selective enrollment one and thrived.

November 12 The Education Writers Association Invites Education Journalists to Participate in a Webinar on Covering Teachers» Contract Negotiations (PDF)

She isn't above teasing Serious Education Journalists (ahem).

In five articles, education journalists detail how states and districts from New Mexico to Michigan are using a range of strategies to improve school leadership.

He is, quite simply, the leading education journalist in America.»

That same year, the Christie - appointed chief of Newark's school system awarded $ 2.3 million worth of contracts to Amplify, according to longtime education journalist Bob Braun.

Learning mindsets are central to several of the stories education journalists predicted will dominate the headlines in the 2016 - 17 school year.

Written by veteran education journalist Michele Molnar, the blog focuses on how schools can work with their communities to reshape education policy.

This online portfolio complements a book by education journalist Thomas Toch called High Schools on a Human Scale: How Small Schools Can Transform American Education.

Several LA - area education journalists and academics presented and moderated at the 2013 Education Writers Association national conference held last week at Stanford University, where hot topics included early childhood, teacher evaluation, and school turnarounds.