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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.

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Wanted: More Women Superintendents in Texas (and Beyond)

Nov 1, 2016

Shelby Webb of The Houston Chronicle discusses her reporting on the gender disparity among superintendents in Texas. She and EWA public editor Emily Richmond also explore some of the reasons behind this statewide -- and national -- trend, its impact on learning, and what some experts say would help make school and district leadership jobs more appealing to female educators.