Sentences with phrase «education writer»

Of what possible value is a list of education writers of color?

One thing that has emerged from thoughtful education writers in recent months has been a concern that we need more «capacity building».

But I'll tell you what I keep telling education writers — it's damn hard to know.

When it became time to earn a living, I turned to writing as a public relations specialist and health education writer.

A Spring 2018 celebration of education writers, teams, and outlets.

Opening day panel discussion at Education Writers Association National Seminar in Los Angeles.

(Dave Murray, veteran education writer for the Grand Rapids Press, kept his cool and had three stories about the conference posted before he even left it.

He previously worked as a program manager at Education Writers Association, helping to lead data and news - gathering trainings for reporters.

To find out, I interviewed some of the smartest minds in education journalism, including Richard Lee Colvin of the Hechinger Institute; Richard Whitmire, president of the National Education Writers Association (EWA); Jim Bencivenga, formerly the education editor of the Christian Science Monitor; Virginia Edwards, the publisher of Education Week; and Elizabeth Green, an editor of the online upstart GothamSchools.

Alexander Russo is a freelance education writer based in Chicago.

It was reported here last week by education writer Maureen Magee of the daily U-T San Diego that Superintendent Cindy Marten of San Diego Unified recently sent out a letter to families outlining how to «opt - out» of having kids participate in the pilot Common Core test.

Alexander Russo is a freelance education writer who edits two blogs («This Week In Education» and «District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS») and tweets from @alexanderrusso.

Awesome piece from education writer and activist Citizen Stewart: You graduated from a private school.

Washington Post education writer Jay Mathews.

Though this is a complicated issue, it is a classic example of the trade - offs that federal policymakers routinely face and one that a thoughtful education writer with a national platform seemingly could explore for readers.

In a webinar last month for the Washington - based Education Writers Association, Andreas Schleicher, the OECD's deputy director for education and skills, said that the new PISA results contradicted the widely held belief, based in part on a 2010 McKinsey & Co. report on teacher recruitment, that high - performing countries draw their teachers from the top third of the nation's academic pool.

«The Silicon Valley assault must be turned away, not because they're bad people but because they are peddling snake oil,» says veteran education writer, John Merrow.

Education writer Alexander Russo, Ed.M.»

«On the plus side, this effort targets news outlets in communities where you can hear the death rattle for local news,» notes longtime education writer Beth Hawkins, currently writing at The 74.

That's a shame, because common sense tells you that taking a genuine AP course is good for students, even if they flunk the test, contends Washington Post education writer Jay Mathews.

John Hildebrand is Newsday's senior education writer and has covered school news and policy issues affecting Long Island for more than 40 years.

The EWA has a new «public editor,» former Washington Post reporter Linda Perlstein, who helps cub education writers around the country hone their craft and offers high - level feedback to more - seasoned pros.

Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein, however, actually wanted to «embed» herself in a middle school to get to know the kids, their families, and their issues.

According to longtime education writer Maureen Kelleher, now at the Education Post, the ProPublica story is misleading and ahistorical in focusing on charter schools and claiming that No Child Left Behind is the culprit behind the growth in low - quality alternative school programs.

In his terrific book The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter, USA Today Education Writer Greg Toppo explores the success stories — and the future success stories — when it comes to gaming - based instruction.

Most recently, USA Today education writer Greg Toppo penned «Teacher unions smarting after many members vote for Trump.»

«Grit as a goal seems to be multiply flawed and very disturbing,» says education writer Alfie Kohn.

But here's the lede for many education writers like Philissa Cramer at Chalkbeat: «The only significant change since 2013, the year de Blasio was elected, was a 7 - point decrease in the proportion of fourth graders considered proficient in math.»

ASCD invites education writers, bloggers, broadcast reporters, and other members of the media to attend its 2010 Annual Conference March 6 — 8 in San Antonio, Tex..

Education writer Beth Hawkins recognizes the contributions of Minnesota education leaders including E4E members Tom Rademacher, Holly Kragthorpe, Lee - Ann...

Occasional education writer Amanda Ripley's big new piece on women in politics came out in Politico, focusing in part on school board elections.

Children should not use devices one - on - one in lessons but instead work in groups of two or more, according to one leading education writer speaking at the World Innovation...

At the Los Angeles Education Writers Association panel, opt - out advocate Bob Schaeffer waved a stack of papers and exclaimed the average student had to take...

Those were some of the questions debated during a panel discussion at the April Education Writers Association conference.

Noted education writer and speaker Carl Glickman recounts how, as a high school student with a stutter, he dreaded teachers calling on him in class.

As former Los Angeles Times education writer Richard Colvin, who now heads the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, says, Winerip's «On Education» is «agenda setting» because of its influence on policymakers: «Editors across the country read what's in that column and it informs their decisions.»

Teacher and education writer Natalie Regier has put together a comprehensive list of 60 assessment strategies, with brief descriptions of how to carry them out and the theory behind formative assessments.

While many descriptions of failing and struggling schools include lists of reasons why they cant be successful, education writer Karin Chenoweth set out to find schools that were doing well despite the challenges of educating poor and bilingual students with limited resources.

Ms. Caldwell, formerly education writer for the Louisville Times, won in the features category for newspapers with circulations of under 75,000 for her account of a changing situation for schools in Cleveland, «Troubled Cleveland Schools Near Turning Point.»

Those provisos aside, the top vote getter was The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty - First Century, by Thomas L. Friedman, followed by venerable education writer Jonathan Kozol's The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America.

Kohn and other education writers demonstrated how incentives can backfire, and they bolstered their cases with memorable anecdotes of daffy incentive initiatives, such as a Denver Planned Parenthood program's offer to pay teenage girls a dollar a day not to get pregnant.

«Many teens say they appreciate» these chances, says education writer Anya Kamenetz, whose upcoming book The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life explores these issues in - depth.

Organizers estimated that about 500 researchers, parent and teacher activists, district officials, union leaders and education writers attended the conference.

Wouldn't it serve scholastic administrators better to compile a list of competent education writers or those who are passionate about their work?

As Huffington Post education writer Joy Resmovits explains,

AP Education Writer Justin Pope contributed to this report from Charlotte, N.C.