EWA follows Fellows for 2010 Research and Statistics Boot Camp
EWA follows Fellows for 2010 Research and Statistics Boot Camp
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2010
-- The National Education Writers Association (EWA) held its seventh
research and statistics training program for 20 journalists from newsrooms
around the country.
EWA’s program, held in
conjunction with Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism and funded
by the Spencer
Foundation, helped education
reporters learn how to analyze data and question research. Respected news
veterans and college professors guided fellows on the strengths and
weaknesses of data-based reporting and how to gauge good research
from bad. Fellows left the boot camp with the beginnings of a story. The
fellows will publish stories over the next few months.
The 2010 Northwestern Fellows were:
Denise Smith Amos
– Cincinnati Enquirer
Test Scores Too Good to Be True?
Local Teacher’s Cheating Uncovered
How Teachers Cheat: Other Local Cases, Allegations
Comparing Teachers’ Pay
Melissa Bailey—New
Haven Independent
At Wilbur Cross, Transition Slows Changes
Online Experiment Aims for That Last Credit
Leslie Brody
– The Bergen County Record
Charter Schools Falling Short
Giving Immigrant Kids the Tools to Excel
Bergen, Passaic School Districts Holding On to Stimulus
Dollars
Marquita Brown
– The Clarion Ledger
Students Failing to Meet Graduation Requirements
Elisa Crouch
– St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Colleges Find Area Freshmen Unready
Jeanette Der Bedrosian
– The Gazette
Yoav Gonen
– New York Post
Theresa Harrington
– Contra Costa Times
Do
California Schools Spend Funds Efficiently?
Rena Havner
– Mobile Press Register
Prisons the Biggest Recipients of Education Stimulus Money
Mobile County Got $1,233 Per Student in Stimulus Spending
David Jesse
– Ann Arbor.com
Mila Koumpilova
– St. Paul Pioneer Press
Parents footing bill for teachers
Diving into the mainstream
Gifted.
Talented. And invisible.
When school leaders leave, schools may pay big:
Districts take new look at superintendent severance deals
Diana Lambert
– Sacramento Bee
Fermin Leal
– Orange County Register
O.C.
Educators Earn $705 Million in Pensions in 2010
Julie Mack
– Kalamazoo Gazette
Tara Malone
– Chicago Tribune
New School Data Show Worrisome Trends
Corey Mitchell
– Minneapolis Star-Tribune
State Ignores Teacher Licensing Problems
Minnesota Will Crack Down on Teacher-Licensing Violations
Nisa Muhammad
– The Final Call
Kristina Tabor
– Aspen Public Radio
Enrollment Drops at Roaring Fork High School
Jason Wermers
– Augusta Chronicle
More absences can mean fewer high school graduates
Crystal Yednak
– Chicago News Cooperative
A Federal Lifeline for Hard-Pressed School Districts
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