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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 25, 2022

Evan Mandery, an award-winning author of eight books, talks to EWA Public Editor Kavitha Cardoza about the staggering inequality in "Ivy-plus" higher education institutions. 

In his latest book, “Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us,” Mandery argues that colleges like Harvard, Yale and Princeton have deep,...


Oct 11, 2022

A school board president breaks his gavel while trying to keep order, police officers escort parents out of public meetings and librarians called "pedophile groomers” for stocking certain books.

Those were just a few of the scenarios Hannah Dellinger and Alejandro Serrano encountered while reporting on book bans in...


Oct 4, 2022

Tens of millions of children suffered when schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Many lost access to food, heat and safety. A couple years on, we can see the effects clearly –

academic losses, mental health challenges as well as persistent social and emotional problems. 

Anya Kamenetz, a former NPR education...