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EWA Express Talks: Equity, Poverty, and Education
Video Resources from the 69th EWA National Seminar

July 1, 2016

This special, morning-long session features a series of speakers aiming to illuminate under-recognized or under-reported facets of the challenges of providing equitable opportunities for all students. Topics examined include social mobility, cultural questions, combatting trauma, and solutions focusing on equity.

Tiffany Anderson, Jennings (Mo.) School District (Presentation)
Ronald Ferguson, Harvard University (Presentation)
Sonja Santelises, Education Trust (Presentation)
Mario Small, Harvard University (Presentation)
Paul Tough, author
Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University (Presentation)
Steve Drummond, NPR (moderator)

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69th EWA National Seminar

May 1, 2016 - May 3, 2016

The Education Writers Association, the national professional organization for journalists who cover education, is thrilled to announce that its annual conference will take place from Sunday, May 1, through Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in the historic city of Boston.

Co-hosted by Boston University’s College of Communication and School of Education, EWA’s 69th National Seminar will examine a wide array of timely topics in education — from early childhood through career — while expanding and sharpening participants’ skills in reporting and storytelling.

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Understanding Poverty’s Impact on Students

May 31, 2016 Becky Vevea of WBEZ for EWA

There’s a perfect storm of poor conditions fueling America’s troubling achievement gap.

Six of the country’s top thinkers on equity in education recently laid out some of the reasons why poor students of color struggle academically. And it’s not just because of what happens inside of classrooms.

“The gaps (when students enter school) account for the majority of the gaps later on,” said Jane Waldfogel, a professor at Columbia University who participated in an Education Writers Association discussion this month on equity, poverty, and education.

Blog: The Educated Reporter

Telling the Story of Children and Poverty

November 4, 2015 Miriam Hall

In researching his book There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, journalist Alex Kotlowitz met with his two young subjects each week for pizza. He wanted to know about Lafeyette and Pharoah’s world in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods. In the beginning, he would ask about gangs, violence, shooting and drugs. All Lafeyette and Pharoah wanted to talk about was the spelling bee at school.

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EWA Express Talks: Equity, Poverty, and Education
Video Resources from the 69th EWA National Seminar