Dec 16, 2015
For already struggling students in high-poverty schools, frequent turnover among their teachers – and an over-reliance on substitutes – can hurt achievement.
Emma Brown, reporting for The Washington Post, digs into the national data on substitute teachers and raises some important questions. Among them: What happens...
Dec 9, 2015
Faced with massive budget cuts in the wake of the recession, many Idaho school districts switched to a four-day weekly calendar. But more than seven years into the experiment, an investigation by Idaho Education News -- lead by reporter Kevin Richert -- found little evidence that the schedule change improved either...
Dec 2, 2015
John Merrow began his journalism career in 1974 with National Public Radio, and retired this summer as special correspondent with PBS Newshour. Along the way he racked up a slew of awards, broke big stories, and created a documentary production company.
For this special 50th episode of EWA Radio, Merrow...
Nov 25, 2015
Thousands of the nation’s smaller school districts struggle to get even the most basic Internet services, making it difficult to take advantage of the wealth of classroom technology that’s giving students more options for how, what, and when they learn.
A new three-part series by Education Week looks at the...
Nov 18, 2015
Education reporter Caitlin Emma (Politico Pro) spoke with EWA Radio about her deep dive into the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, which invested more than $4 billion into efforts to turn around some of the nation's lowest achieving schools.
What did the more successful schools (like a Miami...