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Current Sustaining Funders

October 10, 2014

The Education Writers Association is grateful for the generous support it receives from foundations.

EWA retains sole editorial control over its programming and content. For more, see our EWA Fundraising Guidelines.

Current Sustaining Funders (listed in alphabetical order)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Funders for Adolescent Science Translation
The Joyce Foundation
The Kern Family Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Lumina Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
The Spencer Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
W.T. Grant Foundation

A New Year on the K-12 Beat
What’s ahead in 2020: Equity, Civics, Safety Top Washington Post Reporter’s List
(EWA Radio: Episode 225)

January 21, 2020 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

Moriah Balingit, who covers education for The Washington Post, discusses what she sees as key story lines for the K-12 beat in 2020, from educational equity to civics and campus safety. Are public schools adequately preparing young people to become engaged and informed citizens? What’ the potential impact on students and families of the Trump administration’s plans to cut access to food stamps? How are school safety measures affecting the climate on campus?

Blog: The Educated Reporter

Finding the Details: How to Report on Seclusion and Restraint in Schools
News investigations put spotlight on troubling practices

January 16, 2020 By Mary Niederberger for EWA

When former WAMU education reporter Jenny Abamu first saw a seclusion room, she was shaken.

She described the spaces she viewed in Fairfax County, Virginia: rooms built within rooms with no windows or ventilation, and discolorations where students had defecated on the floor.

“Some of those kids were in that room over a hundred times in a school year,” Abamu recalled. “People thought it was normal. I was scared. I thought, ‘This is not normal.’”

Blog: Higher Ed Beat

How to Help First-Generation Students Persist Through College
Experts say assisting students takes a 'larger cultural shift'

January 14, 2020 Danielle Dreilinger

When Pete Gooden went to college, he had an all-too-common experience.

“As a first-generation student, I was just coasting through college, and I was just trying to navigate on my own without support,” he said.

Eventually, he dropped out. After earning his degree at age 30, Gooden began working for KIPP Through College Chicago, where he’s now the director—amazed to find a program that offered the help he once needed.

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Will Betsy DeVos Outlast All of Trump’s Cabinet Members?
Plus, what to watch for when presidential candidates talk education
(EWA Radio: Episode 223)

January 14, 2020 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

February 7 will mark the three-year anniversary of Betsy DeVos’ confirmation as the U.S. secretary of education. Few observers had bet she would stick around this long. But today, DeVos is one of the longest-serving members of President Trump’s cabinet. Rebecca Klein of The Huffington Post recently talked with dozens of people about the education secretary’s tenure, crafting an in-depth analysis of what motivates her decisions and keeps her on the job.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

What Students of Color Need From Their Teachers
'Loving kids does not equal inclusivity,' educator says

January 14, 2020 By Caroline Bauman of Chalkbeat for EWA

In 1987, 13 percent of public school teachers were educators of color, according to national data. Three decades later, while the teacher workforce is more diverse, teachers are still mostly white. Meanwhile, more than half of the public school population today is students of color.

State of the Education Beat
Nation’s Education Reporters Confident They’re Making a Difference

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