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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 27, 2017

A new investigation by NerdWallet’s public-interest journalism team focuses on student loan debt-relief companies that promise consumers savvy fiscal help but too often do little to actually lighten their load -- and, in some cases, actually increase borrowers’ financial burdens. Reporters Richard Read and...


Jun 21, 2017

Alyson Klein of Education Week and Andrew Kreighbaum of Inside Higher Ed discuss recent developments on the federal policy front, and what’s been a busy month for  U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The Education Department has hit the “pause button” on regulations aimed at reining in for-profit colleges,...


Jun 13, 2017

Chalkbeat Detroit reporter Erin Einhorn won an EWA award this spring for outstanding beat reporting.Her enterprising coverage included stories about the impact on communities when neighborhood schools are slated for closure, unconventional methods of filling Head Start staffing vacancies, and how many families struggle...


Jun 7, 2017

Cory Turner discusses the NPR education team’s deep dive into school vouchers, with a focus on Indiana, home to the largest voucher program in the nation.. Among NPR’s findings: less than 1 percent of participating students transferred out of public schools that had been labeled by the state as low performers, and...


Jun 1, 2017

 

Reporter Brian Rosenthal's investigative series for the Houston Chronicle – “Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Children Out of Special Education,” – won this year's Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. In this special podcast, hear Rosenthal's remarks this week at...