"Journalism, I love you. But you’re bringing me down.”
Why I Became an Education Journalist — & how I know the profession needs to change
www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-mag...
17.07.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Like many journalists, former WAMU ed reporter
@jennyabamu.bsky.social had long resisted video-first content creation. But then she figured out a way to join in that worked -- and she's got ideas how others could, too:
NEW: Why I finally joined TikTok kappanonline.org/abamu-why-i-...
02.07.2025 16:55 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by The Grade
Covering education - June 2025 in review
NEW: Three education journalists talk about the challenges and successes covering education in June -- and what might come next! www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Dj...
01.07.2025 16:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by The Grade
Inside the mind of the 'cool' teacher [beware spoilers!]
So fun talking with actor Gabriel Ebert about favorite teachers, reconsidering classic plays, and being the cool teacher in the hit Broadway play "John Proctor Is the Villain."
youtu.be/O88pvft4Nk0?...
26.06.2025 00:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Having the mayor/city council accountable for the schools *generally* gives incentives to elected officials who want schools to be successful.
Of course, many mayors just don't want the heat...
18.06.2025 17:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Learning from San Francisco - Kappan Online
"By trying to discern the message conveyed by a particular school board race, reporters may overlook many of the disturbing patterns that hold consistently across elections."
"Local control is a core value of many people, but as it turns out such control may stand in the way of effective schools."
"Voters who participate in school board elections routinely prioritize symbolic politics, employment concerns, and home values."
NEW: kappanonline.org/learning-fro...
18.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
A Cuban father who worked at a local candy factory in San Antonio was arrested while driving his two young children to school.
A Cuban father who worked at a local candy factory in San Antonio was arrested while driving his two young children to school. His wife "asked if she could give her husband a kiss before they took him. None of the agents responded" www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
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NEW: A wild week in DC, non-traditional education news, & Trump’s big commencement speech: 🏆 Best Education Journalism of the Week 🏆 (06/06/2025)
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Everyday classroom disruptions are pervasive and growing, says veteran educator Gail Johnson. But there's enormous resistance among parents and journalists about acknowledging the problem.
NEW: Why does everyone downplay classroom chaos? kappanonline.org/gail-johnson...
21.05.2025 19:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tremendously unfair.
His reporting during Covid was heroic, powerful, and centered on the most vulnerable children.
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14.05.2025 16:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
If you know what technology costs school districts, this story is extra painful. #edusky
09.05.2025 18:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In Figure 1, the first panel shows average attendance rates over time for students in remote learning for 0-2 months, 3-5 months, 6-7 months, and 8-9 months; and the second panel shows the percentage point change in attendance relative to the 2018-19 baseline for each group.
Now an @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper: "Remote Learning in 2020-21 and Student Attendance Since the COVID-19 Pandemic." edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1196
I find "exposure to remote learning may explain a part of the decline in student attendance post-pandemic, but only a small part."
13.05.2025 17:39 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Who killed school reform? - Kappan Online
"I've experienced the dial set to 100. So if it recurs at 80, I feel like I have a thick skin. School reform is a fight. We no longer think of it that way, but it is. And I'm actually urging a return ...
Who (or what) killed school reform?
According to Steven Wilson's new book, misguided efforts at social justice education and feckless funders are to blame.
But I argue reform leaders abandoned their mission starting in 2015 and again during the pandemic:
kappanonline.org/who-killed-s...
07.05.2025 17:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coming tomorrow: THE LOST DECADE's Steven Wilson talks with me about misguided external forces that derailed high-achieving charter networks & 'feckless' reform leaders who failed to stand up. But will he name names (like I will)?
kappanonline.org/category/the...
www.youtube.com/@thegrade7706
06.05.2025 22:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The heartbreaking but necessary work of covering school closures | The Lens
Elevating family voices in a decentralized system. Republished with permission from The Grade.
Finally, I was grateful to be able to reflect on more than a decade of covering school closures in this piece for @alexanderrusso.bsky.social education site, that we also ran. thelensnola.org/2024/09/09/t...
06.05.2025 17:06 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Thank you for featuring our @latimes.com story!
05.05.2025 16:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Our pleasure. Thanks for writing such a strong and interesting piece!
06.05.2025 21:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The best education journalism of the week was "Can $1,000 a month help more students land nursing careers?" by @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social Levin of the Los Angeles Times.
Other great stories we liked came from DMN, Hechinger, & CALMatters.
Best Journalism of the Week (05/02/25) t.co/XB6L0BMlGW
05.05.2025 14:52 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
YouTube video by The Grade
Covering education news - April in Review
What were the big April ed stories & what made them stand out? What are some of the mistakes showing up in some of the coverage? Which are some of the stories ed reporters single out for praise?
NEW: Covering Schools During Trump 2.0 - April in Review youtu.be/nI9DA2JC7Lk?...
30.04.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump’s first 100 days, an influx of AI-assisted 'bot' students, & hard landing in Houston: 🏆 Best Journalism of the Week 🏆 (04/24/25)
NEW: Trump’s first 100 days, an influx of AI-assisted 'bot' students, & hard landing in Houston: 🏆 Best Journalism of the Week 🏆 (04/25/25)
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26.04.2025 19:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"I think there's somewhat of a dialing back of the kind of super super-intense tribalism that occurred during the pandemic... But by and large, the media system is still the same." - David Zweig
NEW: How to cover the *next* education crisis?
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24.04.2025 19:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My favorite parts of this new David Zweig interview are his reflections on the reporting he wishes he'd done in Europe & his insights into the journalistic benefits of feeling like an outsider:
A harsh critique of COVID coverage — & how to do better next time kappanonline.org/zweig-a-hars...
16.04.2025 19:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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