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Whether you're brand new to the education beat or just researching an unfamiliar topic, Story Starters connects you with the resources you need to make your coverage great.

EWA Wants to Hear From You About National Seminar
EWA's 66th National Seminar, "Creativity Counts: Innovation in Education and the Media," is over and we greatly appreciate the hospitality of our hosts at Stanford University, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), and the American Educational Research Association.

Catch Up On Recent EWA Webinars on IBR, Bullying and More
All of EWA's web-based training sessions are available on demand.

New Reporter Guide: Reading a District Budget
Every school budget tells a story--about a district's spending plan, its priorities, goals, and financial health. The challenge is to wade through the jargon and numbers to unlock that story.

The National Awards for Education Reporting: 2012 Winners Announced
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 National Awards for Education Reporting, recognizing dogged journalism, accomplished storytelling, and insightful analysis produced by print, radio and online media outlets across the country.

New Reporter Guide and Webinar: Visiting School Campuses
Spending time in schools and classrooms can be one of the best ways for novice reporters to dive into the education beat, and for veterans to find fresh inspiration.

Examining STEM Education: Resources Available
Politicians and CEOs alike deplore the lack of graduates with the skills to fill science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs. But what will it take to get students interested in STEM fields, and how do schools teach those subjects effectively? On Feb. 8, EWA offered an intensive one-day conference for journalists on how to cover those critical questions and more.

College Reality Check

College Reality Check is produced by The Chronicle of Higher Education with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the Web site is to share facts and figures that students, parents, and counselors should weigh in making decisions about college. These factors, often overlooked, include colleges’ graduation rates and net price, how much it will take each month to pay off student loans, and how much a graduate might potentially earn. 

The tool is designed in a visually stimulating way to make absorbing the numbers easy and allow for quick comparisons among colleges.  The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 23, 2013

How to Assess the Real Payoff of a College Degree

Tallying the costs of and returns on a college education in financial terms is surely slippery business: It depends on who you are, where you come from, where you think you're going, where you really are capable of going, and what might derail or propel you along the way. One's perspective is also skewed by political beliefs, race, and class. And for some, particularly among advocates of the liberal arts, framing the value of education in dollars and cents is a perilous trend that discounts other benefits, like college graduates' tendencies to be more involved in civic and intellectual life. Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 22, 2013 

With Police in Schools, More Children in Court

As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in schools, youth advocates and judges are raising alarm about what they have seen in the schools where officers are already stationed: a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better handled in the principal’s office. Erik Eckholm, The New York Times, April 12, 2013

Michelle Rhee's Reign of Error

Michelle A. Rhee, America’s most famous school reformer, was fully aware of the extent of the problem when she glossed over what appeared to be widespread cheating during her first year as Schools Chancellor in Washington, DC. John Merrow, Learning Matters, April 11, 2013