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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.

Jun 29, 2015

After nearly two years of public debate, and vociferous pushback from the higher education community, the White House announced it is pulling back on plans to rate the nation’s colleges based on a complex matrix of performance measures and student outcomes. Paul Fain, news editor for Inside Higher Ed has been...


Jun 18, 2015

In his State of the Union address in January, President Obama noted that the nation's graduation rate had hit a 30-year record high of 81 percent. But how accurate is that number? National Public Radio's education team decided to find out, assigning 14 regional reporters to cover the story. What they found is that...


Jun 4, 2015

For students with disabilities, it can be a rocky transition from a supportive school environment to the "real world" of college and career. What programs and services are helping to clear their path? Which districts and states are doing the best job at preparing students with disabilities to advocate for themselves?...