Apr 1, 2025

President Donald Trump chose Linda McMahon, known best for her family’s professional wrestling empire, to carry out his executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. 

Linda Jacobson, senior writer for The 74 Million, talks with EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond about the new education secretary’s...

Oct 22, 2024

Former evangelical insider Deborah Jian Lee explains how over 200 federally funded religious schools – with nearly one million students – exploit the religious exemption from Title IX, the federal policy that protects students from discrimination. 

These schools violated the civil rights of Journey Mueller, who was...

Sep 24, 2024

Laura Meckler, the award-winning national education reporter for The Washington Post, shares the top stories in her notebook for the coming academic year. 

Hear why she’s tracking cellphone bans, her advice for covering contentious school board elections, and how to put the so-called “culture wars” into context...

Sep 10, 2024

College presidents, campus protests and student debt: Oh my! 

It’s going to be a hectic academic year for many postsecondary institutions, as investigative reporter Michael Vasquez of The Chronicle of Higher Education explains. 

He and EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond brainstorm on what they’d like to see reporters...

Aug 13, 2024

For Talia Richman of The Dallas Morning News, there’s no such thing as a slow news day. 

Richman, recently named the nation’s top education beat reporter at the EWA Awards, shares how she balances the daily grind of school board meetings with enterprise pieces and investigations.

Plus, hear the backstory on how...