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...

Nov 11, 2015

Reporting the "Unsettled Journeys" project for the Baltimore Sun, veteran education reporter Liz Bowie spent eight months talking to students and staff at Patterson High School.

With limited resources but an ever-growing influx of newly immigrant students, the school is struggling to meet their academic needs, as well...

Nov 4, 2015

What does it really take to help students succeed at school and life, and how much of those gains can really be measured by test scores?

Those are some of the questions journalist Kristina Rizga set out to answer in her reporting on a San Francisco high school, first published by Mother Jones magazine. Her...