Private school vouchers: An explainer (with research) to help you navigate school choice policies
We updated this explainer to help journalists understand and ask more probing questions about private school vouchers and other school choice programs.
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7 tips for improving news coverage of private school choice
Seven university professors who study private school vouchers and other school choice programs offer advice to help journalists strengthen their coverage of this deeply divisive topic.
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Higher education funding in the US: A broad overview
We explain higher education funding to help journalists cover the impacts of changes President Trump has made and plans to make to the U.S. Department of Education.
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Hispanic-serving institutions: A primer with story ideas and guiding questions for journalists
A research-based explainer to help journalists cover Hispanic-serving institutions — the most common type of minority-serving institution — as U.S. colleges and universities face heightened scrutiny under President Trump.
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How she did it: Marshall Project reporter reveals hospitals drug tested pregnant patients then reported false positives to authorities
Reporter Shoshana Walter shares tips on using confidential child welfare records and interviewing traumatized parents.
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How they did it: Reporters in UC Berkeley journalism program expose system California police used to hide officer misconduct
The series, a collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle, shows how hundreds of officers used clean-record agreements to conceal their past.
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Minority-serving institutions: 8 key facts about colleges that serve many underrepresented students
Executive orders President Trump has signed in recent weeks carry significant implications for minority-serving institutions, which rely heavily on federal funding.
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The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trump’s second term
These tips will help you interrogate President Trump’s proposal to close the U.S. Department of Education, provide historical context and evaluate the agency’s effectiveness.
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If you report on US colleges and universities, get to know these 19 higher education databases
We spotlight free databases journalists can use to report on higher education issues ranging from the changing demographics of U.S. college students to graduation rates, campus crime, faculty salaries and student health.
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How school nurses can help fight chronic absenteeism
In this research-based explainer, we examine the rise in chronic student absenteeism in recent years and the various ways school nurses, an underutilized resource in the push to improve attendance, can help.
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