The vast majority
of education journalists in the US are white women, according to a recent Education Writers Association survey.
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 educat...
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.
On Friday, the national association
of education journalists known as the Education Writers Association (EWA) released its list of finalists for 2017 awards.
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.
On Tuesday I presented the National Education Trust's annual lecture, held in memory
of the education journalist Mike Baker who died in 2012 from lung cancer.
Not exact matches
Then, Apple CEO Tim Cook is on a bit
of a national tour that includes visiting factories to promote manufacturing, schools to promote
education, and a
journalist or two to tell his story.
A
journalist by training, Chao got his
education both from Fudan University in Shanghai and from the University
of Oklahoma.
There may be no more highly - placed booster for the importance
of college
education than editor /
journalist David Leonhardt
of the NYT (disclosure: an editor
of my occasional pieces at Upshot and someone I've known and respected for many years).
But the impressive roster
of scholars,
journalists, and editors takes a broader survey
of the landscape than Bloom, who focused on higher
education.
The book has many other flaws: Proctor's magpie quotations (the hallmark
of the
journalist's insta -
education); her overuse (once is too much)
of the word «mantic»; her extended detour with a talkative environmentalist nun.
David received his Master
of Arts from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, after receiving a Lilly Grant for religious
education for
journalist.
Despite the withering contempt
of experts and allies alike — even the architectural critic Lewis Mumford, letting his unfortunate susceptibility to vanity get the better
of him, could not resist dismissing Death and Life as a «preposterous mass
of historic misinformation and contemporary misinterpretation» assembled by «a sloppy novice» — this unaccredited
journalist - mother, with no college
education, no training in planning, and no institutional support, wrote a book that would change the way the world thinks about cities.
In an eerie foreshadowing
of today's debates over character
education,
journalists warned that the family could not do it alone: the schools had to help.
There are certain key jobs that should be sought: teaching in schools
of education, serving as organizers in unions, as lawyers and doctors for the poor, as clergy in various kinds
of churches, as city planners, as
journalists.
Speakers at the event included the following: Deborah Parker Wong, wine industry
journalist and judge; Donna Hartman, attorney at OlenderFeldman LLP; Lewis Perdue
of Wine Industry Insight; wine expert Tim Hanni MW; Steve Fredericks, President
of Turrentine Brokerage; Nat DiBuduo, President
of Allied Grape Growers; Earl Hewlette, CEO
of Terressentia Corporation; Chris Mehringer, President
of Park Street; Bob Paulinski MW, Head
of Sourcing Wine at Coles Liquor Group; Damien Wilson, Chair
of Wine Business
Education; John Beaudette, President and CEO
of MHW, Ltd.; and Thomas Barfoed, Managing Director
of JF Hillebrand USA.
In addition, masterclasses led by Wine & Spirit
Education Trust (WSET) will be offered on topics such as «The language
of wine: a Systematic Approach to Tasting» by Jude Mullins, DipWSET — International Development Director, «A world
of Sherry» by Jon Chan, WSET Educator, Wine Language as well as an «Austrian Wine Seminar» by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate led by Stephan Reinhardt, a German
journalist specializing in wine (his book «The Finest Wines
of Germany» was selected as «Best international wine book
of the year 2013» by the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers» Award).
Neither is it a great sign
of education to gouge the eye
of an opposing team's coach, or take
journalists into a closed room and try to bully them into revealing their sources.
Journalist Paul Tough has achieved remarkable success writing thoughtful essays and bestselling books about the state
of American
education.
As a
journalist, I was usually there to write about some so - called «development» in
education — a new building, a revamped curriculum, or inventive method
of teaching — yet it increasingly seemed to me that the behaviour and attitudes
of pupils were too often sabotaging the very things designed to help them.
«I'm increasingly struck by the sense that lots
of parents, educators and administrators feel that there is something missing in
education — with low - income kids in particular — but really with kids from every background,» says the 45 - year - old author and
journalist, coddling his herbal tea in an East Village café on a wintry New York morning.
Connie Livingston was a birth researcher,
journalist, and childbirth educator, and founder
of Perinatal
Education Associates, Inc..
But the veteran
journalist maintained that — the expansion
of access to
education by building more schools is not transformation.
The Director
of Public Affairs and Civil
Education, Mrs. Menney - Amgbare Sarah Hope told
journalists that some sensitive documents meant for the conduct
of the election were burnt.
Clinical Psychologist (USA) Dr Brooke Magnanti Feona Attwood, Professor
of Media & Communication at Middlesex University Martin Barker, Emeritus Professor at University
of Aberystwyth Jessica Ringrose, Professor, Sociology
of Gender and
Education, UCL Institute
of Education Ronete Cohen MA, Psychologist Dr Meg John Barker, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University Kath Albury, Associate Professor, UNSW Australia Myles Jackman, specialist in obscenity law Dr Helen Hester, Middlesex University Justin Hancock, youth worker and sex educator Ian Dunt, Editor in Chief, Politics.co.uk Ally Fogg,
Journalist Dr Emily Cooper, Northumbria University Gareth May,
Journalist Dr Kate Egan, Lecturer in Film Studies, Aberystwyth University Dr Ann Luce, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Communication, Bournemouth University John Mercer, Reader in Gender and Sexuality, Birmingham City University Dr. William Proctor, Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication, Bournemouth University Dr Jude Roberts, Teaching Fellow, University
of Surrey Dr Debra Ferreday, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University Jane Fae, author
of «Taming the beast» a review
of law / regulation governing online pornography Michael Marshall, Vice President, Merseyside Skeptics Society Martin Robbins,
Journalist Assoc. Prof. Paul J. Maginn (University
of Western Australia) Dr Lucy Neville, Lecturer in Criminology, Middlesex University Alix Fox,
Journalist and Sex Educator Dr Mark McCormack, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Durham University Chris Ashford, Professor
of Law and Society, Northumbria University Diane Duke, CEO Free Speech Coalition (USA) Dr Steve Jones, Senior Lecturer in Media, Northumbria University Dr Johnny Walker, Lecturer in Media, Northumbria University
Other media outfits in the coalition are the Ghana
Journalists Association (GJA), the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), the Private Newspaper Publishers Association
of Ghana (PRINPAG) as well as the National Commission on Civic
Education (NCCE).
The rest are Mrs Rebecca Efiba Dadzie, a former Regional Director
of Education, DSP Stella Sedame, the Ellembelle District Police Commander, Mr. Jonathan Ofori Kanrah, a broadcast
journalist with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and the Ghana National Gas Company.
Speaking with
journalists on Wednesday after the 89th State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, the Commissioner for
Education, Jonathan Obuebite, said with the assent
of the bill, every child
of school age must be enrolled into the various model schools
of the government.
According INEC's Director
of Voter
Education and Publicity, Mr. Oluwole Osaze - Uzzi, while relating with
journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, he stated that the commission had not been briefed on the report by anybody on it.
Journalists were, like all other professions, encouraged to see their occupation as one
of many forms
of service to the nation, to participate actively in the
education and inculcation
of the Italian people.
The letter is signed by world - renowned scholar Noam Chomsky, along with
journalist Naomi Klein, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and a host
of other prominent scholars and activists, including some
of the most established pro-public
education voices.
He suggested that the BBC's coverage
of education could not be «objective and impartial» because many
of its managers and
journalists were privately - educated.
The state Commissioner for
Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Femi Agagu, stated this while speaking with
journalists on Thursday on the outcome
of the State Executive Council meeting in Akure, the state capital.
Speaking to
journalists on the modalities put in place to prevent further abduction
of students from schools, the Borno State Commissioner
of Education, Inuwa Kubo, said all female boarding schools except those in Maiduguri and Biu, had been closed.
LaFollette explores how scientists,
journalists, and the conflicting goals
of education and entertainment interacted to shape the content and format
of science broadcasts from the rise
of radio to the early days
of television.
In the event that a Council member (s) are contacted by a member (s)
of the media external to the University (
journalists, bloggers, etc...) to solicit opinions, it is highly recommended that the member consult with the Office
of Postdoctoral Affairs and / or the Office
of the Vice Provost for Graduate
Education about how to respond.
But I think that's also part
of the
education of a
journalist.
Based on the
journalist Lynn Barber's memoir
of her sentimental
education at the hand
of an older charmer and scripted by Nick Hornby, this soft - edged exercise in nostalgia is worth seeing for its rich array
of sharply drawn characters led by Carey Mulligan, who received a deserved Oscar nomination for her sweet, smart, sexy central performance.
Film criticism, not without its own scandals last year, is now dominated not so much by erudite
journalists but white, male geeks who, somewhere between their love
of comic book movies and web design, decided they had the chops to write about cinema without relevant
education or experience.
And shouldn't we expect one
of the nation's most visible and influential
education journalists to get it right?
A panel
of NBC News
journalists and
education experts will judge the essays, and will be looking for honest, personal accounts that show a unique side
of teaching that isn't read about in the daily headlines.
Journalist Talks of Time at «Straight Camp» Harvard Crimson, April 29, 2011 «Ted Cox, a journalist and activist, described what he views as the absurdity of religious camps aimed at turning gay people straight to a full room at the Graduate School of Education yesterd
Journalist Talks
of Time at «Straight Camp» Harvard Crimson, April 29, 2011 «Ted Cox, a
journalist and activist, described what he views as the absurdity of religious camps aimed at turning gay people straight to a full room at the Graduate School of Education yesterd
journalist and activist, described what he views as the absurdity
of religious camps aimed at turning gay people straight to a full room at the Graduate School
of Education yesterday.»
The
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Education Policy Studies Laboratory (EPSL) at ASU offers high quality analyses
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education policy issues and provides an analytical resource for educators, journalists, and
education policy issues and provides an analytical resource for educators,
journalists, and citizens.
Caroline Wright, director
of BESA, comments: «Each year we refresh our panel
of judges who consist
of experienced
education stakeholders, sector
journalists and teachers to ensure we continue to identify the latest and very best products, suppliers, teachers and schools.
It is awarded annually to an enterprising
journalist in support
of a reporting project that illuminates a significant issue in pre-K-12
education.
«The rhetoric we hear from the Trump people, «Choice is good, and school districts are bad,» sets us back a decade,» Robin Lake, director
of the Center on Reinventing Public
Education, told
journalist Richard Whitmire.
Distinguished scholars and
journalists attended the conference, co-hosted by the Nieman Foundation, HGSE, and the Ross Institute, to discuss the findings
of a forthcoming collection
of essays, Globalization: Culture and
Education in the New Millennium (University
of California Press in association with the Ross Institute, April 2004).
Lesley University Announces Graduation Speakers Boston Herald, 4/29/13 «Graduates at Lesley's two grad schools will be addressed by honorary degree recipients Paul Reville, former Secretary
of Education for the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and a member
of the senior faculty at the Harvard University Graduate School
of Education, and television
journalist and humanitarian Rev. Liz Walker.»
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.
In this week's episode, Marty West talks with Wayne D'Orio, a veteran
education journalist and the author
of the article «Hamilton Goes to High School,» which will appear in the Summer 2017 issue
of EdNext.