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EWA​, the professional organization dedicated to ​strengthening the community of education ​writers and improving the ​quality of education coverage ​to better inform the public, hosts ​a weekly podcast featuring lively interviews with journalists.

May 18, 2009

The Ed Department released the first installment of education's $98 billion under the Stimulus in early April and the questions have started. Can states or counties cut back their own spending on education to patch a hole in the budget or avoid a tax increase? With a chunk of the funds allocated for existing programs,...


May 15, 2009

Many U.S. universities are second to none, but the U.S. ranks 10th among other countries in the share of the population 25 to 34 year-olds with a college degree. Many students who start college fail to finish. As competition increases from other countries for share of top graduates and for future innovation, business...


May 15, 2009

Paul Tough, author of "Whatever It Takes," and a New York Times Magazine editor, will describe the five years of research and interviews that went into the creation of his book, which focuses on Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone. The book chronicles how Canada started out with social service...


May 14, 2009

So your newspaper has cut its staff and you're one eof the victims. Or you see cutbacks in the future and want to prepare for the inevitable. Or you have a story to write that nobody's interested in publishing at your day job. So how do you go about freelancing? Experts offered advice on pitching ideas, shaking off...


May 13, 2009

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is EWA's featured speaker  who described the new administration's education plans for the next four years.