Aug 5, 2025

Mandy McLaren of The Boston Globe claimed the title of “the nation’s top education beat reporter,” winning the Ronald D. Moskowitz Prize at  EWA’s National Awards for Education Reporting ceremony during the 2025 National Seminar. 

She joins EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond to discuss her nuanced and in-depth...

Jun 24, 2025

What should have been a routine trip home from a local zoo turned into the deadliest school bus crash in Texas’ recent history. The crash left a 5-year-old boy and an adult dead, and dozens of other children suffered serious injuries and emotional trauma. How did this happen?  

In an in-depth series, a reporting team...

May 13, 2025

With the Education Writers Association’s 78th National Seminar on the horizon, public editor Emily Richmond and veteran reporter Nicole Carr discuss how to make the most out of attending the nation’s largest gathering of education journalists. 

What’s new this year in St. Louis, and how does the impressive roster...

Apr 1, 2025

President Donald Trump chose Linda McMahon, known best for her family’s professional wrestling empire, to carry out his executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. 

Linda Jacobson, senior writer for The 74 Million, talks with EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond about the new education secretary’s...

Oct 22, 2024

Former evangelical insider Deborah Jian Lee explains how over 200 federally funded religious schools – with nearly one million students – exploit the religious exemption from Title IX, the federal policy that protects students from discrimination. 

These schools violated the civil rights of Journey Mueller, who was...