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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

Young Activists Offer Tips, Share Hesitations on Working With Journalists
'Amplify their voices,' and remember this may be their first media experience

August 12, 2020 By Swati Guin for EWA

When high schoolers Eric Luo and Zoe Monterola saw how inaccessible grocery delivery services were for at-risk populations in their hometown of Santa Clarita, California, they knew something needed to be done.

“Seeing people pay hundreds of dollars just so people can grocery shop for them … these issues affect us. That’s something that we can change,” Zoe said.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

The Scramble for Effective Special Education in a Pandemic
Virtual learning often doesn't work for students with disabilities, experts say

August 11, 2020 By Mary Niederberger for EWA

The uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has created reopening challenges for schools across the nation, but those challenges are magnified for the seven million students with disabilities whose educational plans and therapies often rely on the structure of a classroom setting and face-to-face services and lessons.

Blog: Higher Ed Beat

What Will ‘Back to Campus’ Mean? Analyzing Universities’ Plans for Reopening This Fall
While many schools are online-only, those returning in person get tough

August 6, 2020 By Anne Kim for EWA

Want to return to a college campus this fall? You’ll have to strictly follow tough rules. Fail to wear a mask or follow other strict safety requirements at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., and “you will be excised from the community. You will be voted off the island,” warned President Roslyn Artis.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

DeVos’ Top Deputy: COVID-19 ‘Underscores’ Need for School Choice
US assistant education secretary James Blew also addresses testing waivers

August 4, 2020 By Beth Hawkins of The 74 for EWA

If anything, the global pandemic has deepened U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s commitment to all forms of school choice, top deputy James Blew told reporters in a keynote question-and-answer session at the Education Writers Association’s 73rd National Seminar, held remotely in late July.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

Educating During COVID: Superintendents and College Leaders Scramble to Fill Students’ New Needs
Solutions include more financial aid, free headphones and traffic light wifi hotspots.

August 3, 2020 By Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report for EWA

Pedro Martinez, the superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District, oversees the education of almost 50,000 students. Ninety percent live in poverty, he said, and half of the families in the district make less than $35,000 a year. Martinez described educating students, kindergarten through high school, who live in cramped homes without computers or internet connections since the pandemic hit in March.

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