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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.

Aug 2, 2016

Ben Herold of Education Week explains why "Underused and Oversold: Computers in the Classroom" is a smart read for reporters, even 13 years after Stanford Professor Larry Cuban wrote it. Herold and public editor Emily Richmond discuss the value of stepping back from day-to-day coverage of the latest education trends to evaluate just how "new" it really is. And Herold shares Cuban's savvy advice for bringing a skeptical eye to classroom observations.