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EWA 2006 Annual Meeting Followup
June 1-3, 2006
The Education Writers Association's June 2006 annual meeting was held in New Orleans at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel. The theme of the meeting was Competition and Complacency - Is America Losing its Edge? View the brochure. You can also browse photos from the meeting.
EWA explored current math and science education and looked at how the U.S. compares to our international neighbors. The meeting included a full track of sessions for higher education reporters and for K-12 reporters, as well as plenaries and workshops on pre-K issues. View a list of the speakers and the full agenda here.
Because of the interest in the storm-tossed region, the meeting began on Thursday with visits to schools and colleges, as well as a survey of the hardest hit areas. One group toured K-12 schools devestated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while another group visited colleges and universitites hit hard by the storm.
Several seminar participants wrote about the educational dilemmas facing New Orleans.
- Read Mary Beth Marklein's story in USA Today here.
- Read Greg Toppo's story in USA Today here.
The tours were followed by an emotional discussion led by two key contributors to 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning staffs. Melissa Scallan of The Sun Herald of southern Mississippi and Chris Rose of the New Orleans Times Picayune talked about how they kept writing in the face of disaster.
On Friday, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett led the seminar's opening plenary session Storm clouds over U.S. - How different is the U.S. from its international competitors? Is the U.S. falling behind?
The quality of U.S. higher education was on the table in If U.S. higher education is best in the world - Why don't more students want to study science and math in the U.S.?
Assessment has become a hot topic on the pre-K beat. Key experts discussed the issue in Pre-K Assessment: Does testing little kids make sense?
- Read an article about the session.
- Read EWA's reform brief on the topic here.
In Covering Intelligent Design, freelance writer Gordy Slack talked about how he covers the controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution versus intelligent design.
Reporters new to the education beat learned how to find important data and sources in the New Reporters Seminar.
There are numerous schools of thought about how to reform the American high school. Will change ever happen? Panelists discussed this issue in the Hobbled by Capacity session.
Debate over No Child Left Behind rages on. In the Are we ignoring failure? Should states intervene in more schools? session, panelists discussed the pros and cons of intervention now mandated by the federal law.
- Read Researcher Lauren Morando Rhim's presentation here.
At Saturday's lunch presentation, EWA Board Member John Merrow, of The Merrow Report, asked Tom Luce of the U.S. Department of Education some tough questions.
Political correctness is a hot-button issue on college campuses. Panelists talked about how to cover this issue in the Political Bias on Campus session.
An alarming number of school districts are finding themselves saddled with astronomical costs for retiree health benefits. This problem was discussed in the How to cover the benefits bulge session.
How do you get at stories of corruption in school systems? Three leading education reporters shared their tactics in How I Did the Story - Covering Corruption.
- Read stories by the Dallas Morning News education team here.
As interest in pre-k education grows, so does the media coverage. EWA released its new pre-k survey in the Covering Preschool session.
- Check out the survey here.
- Download a copy of St. Petersburg Times reporter Jeff Solochek's tip sheet on covering preschool.
Middle school reform continues to be an important issue in education. Key officials discussed the issue in Making the transition to high school - how should middle schools be reformed?
Two leading higher education reporters discussed how they cover finance on their beat in a How I did the story session.
As the number of high school dropouts increase, so does the controversy surrounding the issue. Two reporters discussed how they have covered the issue in another How I did the story session.
Blogs are everywhere and the education world is no exception. Three education bloggers discussed the Role of Blogs in Education Reporting.
- Visit Dayton Daily News reporter Scott Elliott's blog.
- Visit Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Patti Ghezzi's blog.
- Visit freelance writer Alexander Russo's blog.
Education reporters' inboxes are notoriously clogged with studies and reports. Which ones are worth covering? Former education reporter Holly Yettick, who wrote for the Rocky Mountain News, dissected this issue in Evaluating Research on Deadline.
- Read an article about the session.
- Read Yettick's presentation here.
Looking for background or contact information for a seminar speaker? Download that information here.
Did you attend the 2006 National Seminar? We need your feedback. Please download a seminar evaluation, fill it out and fax it back to us at 202-452-9837.
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