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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.

Dec 17, 2019

In an in-depth investigation of Tennessee's program offering free community college to new high school graduates, The Tennessean's Jason Gonzales and Adam Tamburin found that many students pursuing degrees and career certifications need more support and resources far beyond tuition assistance. Gonzales and Tamburin,


Dec 10, 2019

In a joint investigation, ProPublica Illinois’ Jodi Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards of The Chicago Tribune teamed up to investigate  the use of seclusion rooms in Illinois’ public schools. In the process, they discovered that seclusion -- billed as a humane way to control misbehaving students -- was...


Dec 3, 2019

When Betsy DeVos was confirmed as the U.S. secretary of education in early 2017, few observers would have bet she would stick around for long. Today, DeVos is one of the longest-serving members of President Trump’s cabinet. Rebecca Klein of The Huffington Post talked with dozens of people about the controversial...


Nov 19, 2019

Prior to joining The Texas Tribune in 2016 as its statewide public schools reporter, Aliyya Swaby covered education for the hyperlocal New Haven Independent in Connecticut. Now she’s responsible for a beat that stretches more than a quarter-million square miles. What has she learned from her in-depth project on...


Nov 12, 2019

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a consolidation of cases challenging President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which has temporarily protected some 800,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children from being deported. While a key focus...