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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.

Oct 1, 2008

EWA's Public Editor Linda Perlstein, the author of two books chronicling a year at different schools, moderates this panel that explores how education reporters can enhance their reporting with artful writing. Joining the panel are New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter Sarah Carr, who recently published a series about a...


Sep 29, 2008

Patricia Gandara, co-director of UCLA's Civil Rights Project, spoke about the challenges in educating English language learners and immigrant students and important it is they succeed to the country's future.

She was the final speaker of the highlight session of "Teaching to a New Nation," EWA's regional seminar on...


Sep 29, 2008

Gloria Ladson-Billings is a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an author of many works and an expert on the education of low-income and minority students.

She was the second speaker of the highlight session of "Teaching to a New Nation," EWA's regional seminar on teacher quality held...


Sep 29, 2008

Sherrie Gahn, principal of Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas, discussed the extreme measure she and teachers take to compensate for their students' troubled backgrounds and to help them learn.

Her school was recently featured in a story in the Las Vegas Sun.

She was the first speaker of the highlight session of...


Sep 29, 2008

Author Donna Foote, whose most recent book "Relentless Pursuit" chronicled the professional lives of four Teach for America teachers at Locke High School in L.A., moderates this panel focused on the education of teachers. Thomas Lasley, dean of the University of Dayton's education school, and Michael Whitmore,...