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April 22, 2013

For 60 years, EWA has given education reporters the support they need to get their work done well.

Today, EWA is meeting the demands of the changing news industry by expanding seminars and data bootcamps, providing direct coaching to reporters, reaching out to new media and ethnic reporters and using new technologies in our work.

A Busing Program’s Troubled Legacy
Louisville Courier-Journal investigation: Controversial plan to combat segregation favored white students, hurt Black students and communities
(EWA Radio Episode 263)

March 2, 2021 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

Can busing Black students to schools outside of their immediate neighborhoods make public education more equitable? How can reporters better cover the history of such desegregation efforts, and the impact on young people, families, and communities?

Blog: The Educated Reporter

Covering the Pandemic Child Care Crisis
Experts discuss how existing inequities have been exacerbated in the strained sector

February 23, 2021 By Andrea Eger of the Tulsa World for EWA

America’s system of child care was already seriously strained by surging expenses, high staff turnover and dwindling capacity before the pandemic upended everything.

“COVID really just highlighted the pre-existing situations and challenges of the early childhood system across the nation,” said Dionne Dobbins, the senior director of research at Child Care Aware of America, a research and advocacy group. “When COVID hit, it was layering it on top of a very fragile child care system — and, you know, some would say it even shattered.”

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Oregon’s ‘Class of 2025:’ Meet the Middle Schoolers
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s multi-year series follows students, families from first grade through high school. (EWA Radio Episode 262)

February 16, 2021 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

Imagine keeping tabs on the same group of students and families for nearly a decade — Oregon Public Broadcasting has done it, and plans to keep going through the next four years. OPB editor Rob Manning and education reporter Elizabeth Miller share stories from the cast in this project, which is supported in part by an EWA Reporting Fellowship.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

What’s on the Horizon for Early Childhood Education in 2021?
Local and national preschool efforts provide clues

February 12, 2021 By Ann Schimke of Chalkbeat Colorado for EWA

Eight months into the pandemic, voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, approved a new tax on high earners to fund a program called Preschool For All.

The action represents a major early childhood investment during a recession that threatens to drive many child care providers out of business. It also puts forth a compelling model for solving some of the problems that publicly funded preschool and child care programs in other states and cities haven’t fully addressed.

image of male student by Kate Flock for Hechinger Report

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Why More Men Are Missing Out on College
The decline in student enrollment during the coronavirus pandemic is seven times as steep for men as women, raising questions about the long-term impact on individuals and communities (EWA Radio Episode 261)

February 9, 2021 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

COVID-19 is remaking the college landscape, especially when it comes to who’s pursuing – and who’s pausing – on higher education. New data shows the decline in enrollment is seven times as large for men as for women.

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

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