EWA Radio

Oct 22 2024 25 ep. 27 mins 23

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EWA, the professional organization dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of education coverage in the media, hosts regular interviews and panel discussions with journalists and education professionals.

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How Religious Colleges Discriminate Against LGBTQ+ Students

Oct 22 2024 24 mins

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 forced out of her Christian college in Colorado, and countless

New (School) Year, New Stories

Sep 24 2024 23 mins

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 for your audiences. She and EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond al

The Higher Ed Stories You Need to Know

Sep 10 2024 29 mins

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 tackling this fall and into 2025. This includes community colle

A Reporter’s Journey in the Heart of Texas

Aug 13 2024 23 mins

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 her remarkable profile of a Black girl’s troubling journey thr

A Different Higher Ed Debt: Black Neighborhood ‘Uprooted’ for University Expansion

Jun 18 2024 22 mins

In Newport News, Virginia, the Black-owned neighborhood of Johnson Terrace was a thriving community until government officials used eminent domain to seize the land and expand a university. Brandi Kellam of the Virginia Center for Investigative Reporting at WHRO spent two years digging into archives and building trust with the Johnson family. Along with her VCIR colleague Louis Ha

Lessons From the Early Ed Beat

May 21 2024 24 mins

Kyra Miles of Minnesota Public Radio is one of a handful of reporters nationally on the early learning beat, which often gets short shrift when it comes to news coverage. That’s changed since the pandemic, amid greater awareness of how starkly the nation’s child care needs are outstripping available –and affordable – providers. Kyra shares how she made the transition from

Your Guide to #ewa24 in Las Vegas

May 07 2024 17 mins

Whether you’re joining us in Las Vegas for the 77th National Seminar or looking ahead to a future EWA event, Public Editor Emily Richmond and The Chronicle of Higher Education Editor Daarel Burnette have you covered. Burnette, also a member of EWA’s board of directors, shares his tips for making the most of the flagship conference. This includes how to choose which sessions to

What the FAFSA?!

Apr 16 2024 29 mins

The already stressful and arduous process of applying for college financial aid was supposed to be easier this year. Instead, the public saw the meltdown of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). As the U.S. Department of Education scrambles to fix calculation errors, colleges and universities have had to hit pause on making admissions decisions, adding even more co

Why Black Teachers Quit

Apr 02 2024 21 mins

In Baltimore and many other school systems in Maryland, Black teachers are leaving at a higher rate than their colleagues of any other racial group. That tracks with national trends, and leaves too many schools with educator workforces that are significantly less diverse than the student populations they teach. Kristen Griffith of The Baltimore Banner shares insights from her in-

Fairer School Funding

Mar 19 2024 63 mins

Many state funding formulas allocate additional dollars for low-income students to level the playing field. But fewer account for concentrated poverty in communities, despite the additional challenges faced by schools serving large shares of economically disadvantaged students. What is the impact of concentrated poverty on students? How might more resources be directed to high-pov