Why Nobody Knows What Private Schools Charge #substack #shorts
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Why Nobody Knows What Private Schools Charge #substack #shorts
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Why Reporters Can't Get Inside Schools #substack #shorts
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Why Reporters Can't Get Inside Schools #substack #shorts
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Surprises a reporter experiences inside a newly-opened private school in Alabama
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Surprises a reporter experiences inside a newly-opened private school in Alabama
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What Happens After a Story Goes Viral? #substack #shorts
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What Happens After a Story Goes Viral? #substack #shorts
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When a Story's Too Big for Media to Ignore #substack #shorts
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When a Story's Too Big for Media to Ignore #substack #shorts
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What it's like being a citizen journalist
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What it's like being a citizen journalist
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Literacy, blue-state politics, & media reluctance
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Literacy, blue-state politics, & media reluctance
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Ins & outs of video-first education journalism
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Ins & outs of video-first education journalism
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Olivia Krauth on beat reporting and TikTok
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Olivia Krauth on beat reporting and TikTok
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One reporter's efforts to end schools 'passing the trash' in California
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One reporter's efforts to end schools 'passing the trash' in California
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Reporter Matt Drange on his coverage of school sexual abuse
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Reporter Matt Drange on his coverage of school sexual abuse
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Inside an ESA-funded micro-school
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Inside an ESA-funded micro-school
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A New Home for Center-Left Education Politics?
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A New Home for Center-Left Education Politics?
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Olivia Krauth on beat reporters joining TikTok
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Olivia Krauth on beat reporters joining TikTok
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"We follow our audience." An interview with EdNC's Anna Pogarcic
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"We follow our audience." An interview with EdNC's Anna Pogarcic
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"Knowing when to *stop* doing things is really important."
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"Knowing when to *stop* doing things is really important."
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"It's on us as journalists to be going to [readers] and serving their needs."
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"It's on us as journalists to be going to [readers] and serving their needs."
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"It's easy to say you're listening to people."
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"It's easy to say you're listening to people."
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"Can I say more stories?"
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"Can I say more stories?"
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"Can I say more stories?"
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"Can I say more stories?"
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"I just thought it did a really good job."
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"I just thought it did a really good job."
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"These unique approaches are keeping us on our toes."
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"These unique approaches are keeping us on our toes."
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"To me, the biggest topic right now is special education."
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"To me, the biggest topic right now is special education."
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Covering education - June 2025 in review
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Covering education - June 2025 in review
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Being in a play that takes high school kids seriously.
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Being in a play that takes high school kids seriously.
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"The harder I work, the luckier I am."
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"The harder I work, the luckier I am."
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'I had a teacher like this.'
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'I had a teacher like this.'
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Questioning the traditional premise of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
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Questioning the traditional premise of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
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Inside the mind of the 'cool' teacher [beware spoilers!]
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Inside the mind of the 'cool' teacher [beware spoilers!]
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EMPTY DESKS: The Story Behind Washington DC's School Truancy Crisis
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EMPTY DESKS: The Story Behind Washington DC's School Truancy Crisis
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May Roundtable: Covering Schools During Trump 2
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May Roundtable: Covering Schools During Trump 2
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"If we really want to empower students... there is no shortcut." - Wilson
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"If we really want to empower students... there is no shortcut." - Wilson
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Lots of victims and villains but not so many heroes - Russo
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Lots of victims and villains but not so many heroes - Russo
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Wilson: Not concerned about being canceled for taking on antiracist & social justice education.
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Wilson: Not concerned about being canceled for taking on antiracist & social justice education.
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"Instead, there was a tremendous amount of fecklessness." - Wilson
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"Instead, there was a tremendous amount of fecklessness." - Wilson
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Who killed school reform -- and how to rebuild it?
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Who killed school reform -- and how to rebuild it?
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"'Waiting for Superman' was the peak of charter triumphalism." - Wilson
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"'Waiting for Superman' was the peak of charter triumphalism." - Wilson
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"I don't see the accountability on the reform side." - Russo
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"I don't see the accountability on the reform side." - Russo
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The Grade's Alexander Russo wonders whether Trump's interest in education issues will fade
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The Grade's Alexander Russo wonders whether Trump's interest in education issues will fade
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ProPublica's Jennifer Smith Richards on making sure to check official statements out.
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ProPublica's Jennifer Smith Richards on making sure to check official statements out.
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AP's Collin Binkley on the importance of connecting policy stories to people
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AP's Collin Binkley on the importance of connecting policy stories to people
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"There's no break in the topline news."
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"There's no break in the topline news."
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Covering education news - April in Review
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Covering education news - April in Review
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What was school closure like for families that had to work in person?
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What was school closure like for families that had to work in person?
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David Zweig's COVID coverage critique in "An Abundance of Caution"
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David Zweig's COVID coverage critique in "An Abundance of Caution"
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Were we focusing too much on the Executive Order, asks Zach Schermele?
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Were we focusing too much on the Executive Order, asks Zach Schermele?
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Boston Globe ed reporter Mandy McLaren on covering education
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Boston Globe ed reporter Mandy McLaren on covering education
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The second month has been harder, says education reporter Kalyn Belsha.
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The second month has been harder, says education reporter Kalyn Belsha.
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"When Trump speaks off the cuff" (McLaren)
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"When Trump speaks off the cuff" (McLaren)
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Covering Schools under Trump 2.0 — March in Review
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Covering Schools under Trump 2.0 — March in Review
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Mandy McLaren on covering threats and community responses
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Mandy McLaren on covering threats and community responses
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What's 'real' vs. what's just a possibility?
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What's 'real' vs. what's just a possibility?
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Zach Montague on mysterious DOGE staffers who are on point at the US Department of Education
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Zach Montague on mysterious DOGE staffers who are on point at the US Department of Education
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Covering Trump 2.0's whirlwind first month
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Covering Trump 2.0's whirlwind first month
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