A project that took 10 years of persistence to document disturbing patterns of absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools won EWA’s Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. The…See More

A project that took 10 years of persistence to document disturbing patterns of absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools won EWA’s Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. The…See More

"Creativity Counts: Innovation in Education and the Media" will be held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. The annual conference will take advantage of its location in the heart of Silicon Valley to explore approaches that differ from prevailing practice in both education and journalism.Click here for more details. Travel subsidies will be available for EWA…See More

Benjamin Herold, reporter at WHYY's Newsworks, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, crunched numbers at EWA's …See More

If you couldn’t make it to Austin for Diving Into Data Feb. 22-25, we’ve got resources from the conference for you to browse and keep for your reference.Any reporters interested in data-based journalism – not just conference attendees – can join the EMC Diving Into Data group.Browse tweets from the conference.You can…See More

If you couldn’t make it to Austin for Diving Into Data Feb. 22-25, we’ve got resources from the conference for you to browse and keep for your reference.Any reporters interested in data-based journalism – not just conference attendees – can join the EMC Diving Into Data group.Browse tweets from the conference.You can…See More

To do their jobs, education reporters on the federal beat depend on access to congressional staffers. But what happens when those staffers want anonymity while discussing policy at a public forum? EWA asked two reporters – Libby Nelson of Inside Higher Ed and Eric Kelderman of The Chronicle of Higher Education – to explain why they’re pushing back against what they contend is an unreasonable demand.Have you had similar experiences in your own reporting? Does the advent of social media make "off…See More

Work with a dedicated team of data coaches to build a solid statistical foundation for your reporting. Travel scholarships available. This event is offered exclusively to EWA journalist members.See More

"Creativity Counts: Innovation in Education and the Media" will be held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. The annual conference will take advantage of its location in the heart of Silicon Valley to explore approaches that differ from prevailing practice in both education and journalism.Click here for more details. Travel subsidies will be available for EWA…See More

If you couldn’t make it to our Feb. 8 seminar, Under the Microscope: Examining STEM Education, we’ll be collecting resources from it on this page over the next few days.First, check out this video report featuring participants from our STEM Science Fair:View the conference agendaIf you…See More

If you couldn’t make it to our Feb. 8 seminar, Under the Microscope: Examining STEM Education, we’ll be collecting resources from it on this page over the next few days.First, check out this video report featuring participants from our STEM Science Fair:View the conference agendaIf you…See More

If you missed the first airing of Frontline's excellent Michelle Rhee documentary, you can catch up here.  Watch The Education of Michelle Rhee on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond, Merrow, and a panel of experts participated in a live chat on Jan. 7 about this special. You can view it…See More

If you missed the first airing of Frontline's excellent Michelle Rhee documentary, you can catch up here.  Watch The Education of Michelle Rhee on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond, Merrow, and a panel of experts participated in a live chat on Jan. 7 about this special. You can view it…See More

University of Maryland-Baltimore County President Freeman Hrabowski, who has been featured on 60 Minutes, will give the keynote address Feb. 8 at EWA's intensive one-day conference for journalists "Under the Microscope: Examining STEM Education." Topics covered will include the impact of the new Common Core math requirements, the influence Next Generation Science Standards initiative, and the challenges of…See More