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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.

Tools to Help Reporters Examine Their Racial Biases
Reporting guides and other materials to guard against unconscious bias

June 2, 2020 Allison Kowalski

Among the biggest challenges journalists face these days: covering race issues accurately and fairly. Reporters not steeped in the subcultures they’re sent out to cover must especially guard against ways their own unconscious biases, or ignorance might cause them to unintentionally reinforce unwarranted stereotypes or even reinforce community traumas.

Below, we’ve gathered reporting guides; materials to help you acknowledge your privilege; books on racial inequities in schools; and places you can donate.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

Word on the Beat: School Resource Officer
In wake of nationwide protests over George Floyd's death, role of school police is questioned

June 2, 2020 Emily Richmond

On June 2, the Minneapolis School Board voted unanimously to sever its ties with the city’s police department, which had provided training and oversight for its armed school resource officers. The decision came in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a city police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes during an arrest. Several officers involved in the incident now face felony charges.

EWA Radio

What’s New With ‘Varsity Blues’
The latest on the college-admissions scandal, and how COVID-19 is reshaping what campuses will look like this fall
(EWA Radio: Episode 239)

June 2, 2020 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

With more celebrity defendants pleading guilty to using a high-priced fixer to help their kids cheat their way into top colleges, what’s been the impact on college admissions? The Wall Street Journal’s Melissa Korn, whose book on the “Varsity Blues” scandal has been optioned for a television project, discusses the latest developments, as well as the fallout more broadly for higher education.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

Covering Protests? Here’s What You Need to Know.
Education reporters on the job among those arrested, injured at recent demonstrations protesting death of George Floyd

June 1, 2020 Emily Richmond

Education reporters across the country are covering the protests that have flared up in response to the death of George Floyd, who died in Minnesota last week after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. (Some officers involved in the incident, which took place during an arrest in a neighborhood south of Minneapolis, now face criminal charges.)

EWA Radio

Budget Cuts Loom for Education. How Vulnerable Are Your Local Schools?
COVID-19's economic fallout is sure to take a toll on districts, but impacts may vary widely
(EWA Radio: Episode 238)

May 22, 2020 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO

With the nation facing a pandemic-driven recession unlike any in generations, public schools are bracing for a big financial hit. Reporter Daarel Burnette II of Education Week shares insights from his school finance coverage during the crisis and a new database that gauges the economic vulnerability of districts from coast to coast.

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

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