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Recap: 2009 Reality Check - Where is Education Heading?
Friday, June 4, 2010
See what happened at EWA's 2009 national seminar in Washington, DC.
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EWA follows Fellows for 2010 Research and Statistics Boot Camp
Monday, January 11, 2010
The National Education Writers Association (EWA) selected 20 journalists from newsrooms around the country to attend its sixth annual research and statistics training program.
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Miles to Go: College Completion under the Obama Plan
Monday, January 4, 2010
EWA held its annual higher education meeting for reporters and editors Feb.19-20 in Washington, D.C.
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Small Schools and High School Reform: Shrinking Size, Diminishing Returns?
Thursday, November 19, 2009
School districts frequently look to the small schools model-- splitting up large high schools or creating with only a few hundred students-- when searching for ways to bolster student achievement and enhance the relationship between students and teachers.
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Higher Ed: Tightening the Belt, Expanding the Reach
Friday, February 27, 2009
Colleges and universities are having to do more with less at a time when they are facing tuition hikes, dwindling endowments and state appropriations, rising enrollment and calls for greater accountability.
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Education Research and Statistics Bootcamp, Cambridge, MA
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Education Writers Association will hold its annual education and statistics bootcamp at Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism Jan. 8-11. Most expenses are paid for the 20 journalists chosen for the program. The bootcamp covers education research and statistics and provides education reporters the opportunity to develop a data-based enterprise story.
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EWA announces 22 fellows selected to attend 2009 Research and Statistics Bootcamp in Cambridge
Saturday, January 10, 2009
New America Media partners with EWA to select ethnic media reporters for bootcamp
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Interviewing Ethics in the Facebook Era
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The ethical boundaries of interviewing minors have never been clear, and social networks have made the process even murkier. Participants in this open forum will discuss how to communicate with students off- and online -- and when and if they should. Email EWA Seminars Coordinator Raven Hill at rhill@ewa.org to register.
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TIPS FROM Collective Bargaining Webinar
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
EWA and the National Council on Teaching Quality hosted a webinar about collective bargaining what's at stake for students, teachers and the district for K-12 reporters on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Panelists included: Emily Cohen, NCTQ policy analyst, Bess Keller, NCTQ issues director, Steve Lopes, director, Six Rivers Uniserv District, Kansas NEA, Dan Weisberg, chief executive, New York City Schools/Labor Policy and Implementation.
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TIPS FROM Math Lessons: A Webinar on Observing a Classroom
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the University of Michigan School of Education, has been running an experimental summer program where she teaches math to rising fifth graders while observers --both teachers and researchers -- watch. The students are from local school districts, are generally from lower-income families, and are struggling with math.
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TIPS FROM EWA's National Seminar:"Running in Place: Can We Overcome Mediocrity?"
Sunday, April 6, 2008
EWA held its 61st annual conference April 24-26 in Chicago. This year's theme was "Running in Place: Can We Overcome Mediocrity?" Issues ranging from digital education to pay for performance to the hidden cost of college were discussed. Keynote speakers included Michelle Rhee, the new District of Columbia education chancellor, and Steve James, director of the award-winning documentary, Hoop Dreams.
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2008 Education Research and Statistics Bootcamp
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The fourth annual Education Research and Statistics Bootcamp for Journalists will take place March 13-16 at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles.
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Follow up to EWA's 60th annual meeting
Friday, February 15, 2008
Find presentations from speakers and other resources from EWA's 60th annual meeting, where members learned about "Asking the Right Questions, Dispelling the Myths."
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TIPS FROM Access without Success: Covering the College Achievement Gap
Friday, February 1, 2008
This seminar for reporters who cover higher education included sessions on revamping remediation; covering community colleges and holding them accountable;the college achievement gap for minorities, low-income and male students; higher education accountability; how colleges really spend their money; the effect of student debt on graduation rates and post-graduate plans and reporting on the private student loan scandal.
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District Reform: What's Cosmetic and What's Meaningful?
Friday, December 7, 2007
More than 30 newspaper reporters attended EWA's Houston regional seminar "District Reform: What's Cosmetic and What's Meaningful?" Dec. 7 and 8.
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"Success without Access: Covering the College Achievement Gap" Copy
Monday, December 3, 2007
Feb. 1-2, 2008, Nashville
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EWA/Hechinger Joint Conference for Education Reporters at Small and Mid-sized Newspapers
Friday, October 12, 2007
EWA and the Hechinger Institute for Education and the Media will team up to offer a regional seminar in San Francisco to reporters west of the Mississippi on how to deal with changing demographics, desegregation, testing, online reporting and other issues.
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TIPS FROM Milwaukee on Choice and Charters
Friday, October 5, 2007
EWA sponsored a regional seminar exploring charter schools and school choice programs in Milwaukee. Journalists learned what questions to ask leaders, trends in charter school education, and how to measure student performance. Here are some tips, presentations and other sources from that meeting to guide reporting on charter schools and choice programs.
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Teacher Quality Regional Seminar Followup
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
EWA held a regional meeting on teacher quality in Cleveland. Find seminar materials as well as the latest news on this page - including links to reports and presentations from speakers.
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TIPS FROM Teaching to a New Nation: Are Teachers Ready for the Modern Classroom?
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
This regional meeting was held Sept. 19-20, 2008 and focused on improving journalists' coverage of teachers' work in the classroom and the public policy that can affect it. More specifically the meeting examined the changing demographics of students in America's schools and the special skills and training teachers need to adapt their teaching to students of divergent backgrounds.
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Of Dollars and Sense: Does College Cost Too Much? Followup
Sunday, March 4, 2007
This higher ed meeting was held March 2-3 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Panel topics included the debate of merit-based aid versus need-based aid, tuition discounting, why college costs so much and the effects, if any, of the report from the Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
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Education Research and Statistics Bootcamp
Monday, February 12, 2007
EWA held its third annual education research and statistics conference at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
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Can school districts fix America's high schools?
Friday, December 8, 2006
This regional seminar at the Sacramento Bee examined district reform, especially how it relates to high schools. Panel discussions focused on how to help freshmen make the transition to high school, unions' roles in reform, and the future of vocational education.
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Knight Seminar for Education Reporters: An Examination of Education in the South
Sunday, October 8, 2006
EWA and the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media sponsored a seminar for reporters at 25,000-100,000 circulation newspapers Oct. 6-8, 2006, in Atlanta.
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EWA 2006 Annual Meeting Followup
Thursday, June 1, 2006
The Education Writers Association's June 2006 annual meeting was held in New Orleans at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel.
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Education Research and Statistics Bootcamp
Sunday, March 12, 2006
EWA held its second annual Education Research and Statistics Bootcamp in Los Angeles March 9-12, in partnership with the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication.
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Juggling Roles: Where do community colleges fit?
Friday, February 17, 2006
Feb. 17-18 at the San Antonio Express-News, EWA held a regional seminar on community colleges discussing a number of issues including how these institutions operate with a variety of different missions, widespread remediation needs and the growth of baccalaureate degree programs.
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Do School Districts Matter to Education Reform?
Saturday, January 21, 2006
EWA held a regional seminar on district reform issues, such as teacher contracts, the politics of school boards and budgeting at the Baltimore Sun Jan. 20-21, 2006.
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