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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.

Apr 27, 2016

The Pulitzer Prize for local reporting this year went to the Tampa Bay Times for an exhaustive investigation into how a handful of elementary schools in Pinellas County wound up deeply segregated by race, poverty, and opportunity.

Reporters Cara Fitzpatrick, Lisa Gartner and Michael LaForgia talk with public editor...


Apr 19, 2016

Cory Turner and Acacia Squires of National Public Radio's education team discuss a new project that focuses on how local and state dollars flow to public schools.

Among the questions tackled by NPR reporters in multiple states: Why are there such disparities in per-pupil spending among districts only a few miles apart?...


Apr 13, 2016

Is "school choice" a misnomer in Detroit, where options for students hinge heavily on their ability to find their own transportation?

Erin Einhorn, editor of the new Chalkbeat Detroit venture, talks with EWA public editor Emily Richmond about challenges for families with school-age kids in the Motor City. Among them:...


Apr 5, 2016

Are education reporters unwittingly contributing to the hysteria over elite college admissions? What do policymakers say needs to be done to ramp down the tension without dimming enthusiasm among students? And how did the perception of college admissions as inaccessible to most -- when the reverse is actually more...