EWA News and Events
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How Do Unions Spend Teachers' Money? Join us July 11 to Find Out
Teachers unions are still a political powerhouse in many states, and even in right-to-work states where they have less influence unions still collect dues money from teachers and spend it on a variety of activities. In a joint project, Hechinger Report and Gotham Schools reporters examined how the local unions spend their money. Reporters from each of these outlets will discuss their findings at our free webinar July 11 at 1 p.m. EDT.
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Summer Learning Loss & STEM Stepping-Stones: Catch Recent EWA Webinars On Demand
Missed any of our recent webinar? Need fresh story ideas for the summer? Catch up with recordings and background materials today.
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Three Organizations Launch The Glossary of Education Reform for Journalists
The Great Schools Partnership, Education Writers Association, and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation unveil new online resource for media professionals.
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Standards & Ethics: The EWA Guide for Education Reporters
A reporter's day can start in a classroom with 4-year-olds struggling to learn to read, and end at a school board meeting with politicians struggling to get a $1 billion budget passed. EWA's new guide lays out the basic standards education journalists should strive to follow regardless of their particular specialties or areas of expertise.
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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.
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Truancy Series Wins EWA Grand Prize
Chicago Tribune earns the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting.
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Recent Articles and Reports
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Lumina Reloads with 10 New Short-Term Attainment Goals
The percentage of adults who will hold a college degree in 2025 is projected to hit 48 percent, far short of what is needed to reach the Lumina Foundation's 60 percent goal for degree- and certificate-holders. So to stay on track to achieve that “big goal,” the foundation today announced a set of 10 incremental targets to hit by 2016. Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed, June 13, 2013
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Data Reveal a Rise in College Degrees Among Americans
The number of Americans graduating from college has surged in recent years, sending the share with a college degree to a new high, federal data shows. Catherine Rampell, June 12, 2013
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What We Mean When We Talk About Florida’s Digital Divide
By one estimate from a survey of school administrators and technology specialists, a third of Florida students don’t have a computer at home. And even if they did, it wouldn’t guarantee they would land on the right side of the digital divide. Sammy Mack, StateImpact, June 10, 2013
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New Era of Labor: Hawaii’s Powerful Teachers Union’s Multi-Front War
Hawaii has traditionally been one of the most labor-friendly states in the nation. But by last November, Hawaii’s 13,000 teachers had reached a breaking point. Sarah Butrymowicz,The Hechinger Report, June 8, 2013
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