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Diversity and Inclusion Task Force

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Education Writers Association Diversity and Inclusion Task Force

April 28, 2017

The mission of the Education Writers Association Diversity and Inclusion Task Force is to advise the EWA Board of Directors and staff on ways they can advance demographic diversity and inclusion among the EWA membership and in the field of education journalism more broadly.

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Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Members

April 28, 2017

Dakarai Aarons, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Daarel Burnette, Education Week

Julie Chang, Austin American-Statesman

Nichole Dobo, The Hechinger Report

Steve Drummond, NPR News

Nic Garcia, Chalkbeat

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine

Samantha Hernandez, Green Bay Press-Gazette

Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times

Francisco Vara-Orta, Education Week

When School Board Meetings Become Battlegrounds
COVID-19 safety protocols, critical race theory fuel disputes over local control and education policy (EWA Radio Episode 279)

October 19, 2021 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

Across the nation, school boards find themselves on the front lines for debates over COVID-19 mask mandates and teaching about racism. Heated exchanges during public comment periods have expanded to public protests, threats of violence, and a surge in conservative slates of candidates running for school board seats…

Blog: Higher Ed Beat

Academic Freedom: The Basics

October 13, 2021 By Emma Pettit of The Chronicle of Higher Education for EWA

What is academic freedom?

Generally, it’s the concept that professors, in the pursuit of knowledge, should be free to take their inquiries wherever they deem necessary without fearing retaliation, and that the success and health of the academy rests on that freedom.

EWA Radio

The Real Story Behind Teacher Shortages
How the pandemic is impacting districts already short on highly qualified teachers, and could slow efforts to spend federal pandemic relief dollars earmarked for student programs and services (EWA Radio Episode 278)

October 5, 2021 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

Across the country, school districts are grappling with staffing shortages that are making it tough to recover from the disruptions of the COVD-19 pandemic. Matt Barnum, a national reporter at Chalkbeat…

Blog: The Educated Reporter

How is the Housing Crisis Affecting College Students and Faculty? 5 Things to Consider.
Resources to help reporters cover housing and education issues during the pandemic

October 1, 2021 By Charlotte West for EWA

The pandemic’s impact on housing – driving rental prices up dramatically, and threatening millions of Americans with eviction – have had a surprising and under-covered impact on higher education.

EWA Radio

How Rural Schools Get Left Behind
Journalist Casey Parks shares insights on culturally competent reporting, building trust with sources, and why more reporters should pay attention to rural education. (EWA Radio Episode 277)

September 21, 2021 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

Writing for The New York Times Magazine, veteran education journalist Casey Parks takes readers deep inside the struggles of a rural school district in the Mississippi delta that is poised for a state takeover. She also profiles Harvey Ellington, a 16-year-old Black student with big college dreams but few opportunities for advanced learning in his cash-strapped and understaffed high school.

State of the Education Beat 2021
A Critical Profession at a Time of Crisis

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