6 tips for reporting on how COVID-19 school closures affect student learning
Education researcher F. Chris Curran offers six tips to help journalists report on how COVID-19 school closures affect student learning.
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Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
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Reporting on colleges’ finances amid COVID-19: 6 tips from Moody’s Investors Service
Journalists get tips on covering college finances amid the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. economic downturn from experts at credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service.
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School closings: How student behavior can limit their effectiveness during outbreaks
Researchers warn that how students behave outside school can limit school closings’ effectiveness in preventing the spread of infectious disease. We look at the research.
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Covering minority communities: Lessons I learned from my HBCU investigation
Journalist’s Resource’s managing editor, Denise-Marie Ordway, looks back at how she could have improved her coverage of college hazing and other problems at a Florida HBCU.
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Online schools: Students’ performance often falls behind kids at other public schools
This roundup of research looks at online schools, including how their students perform compared with kids who attend traditional, brick-and-mortar public schools.
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How they did it: News collaboration exposes how special interests use ‘model’ legislation
Three investigative journalists offer tips on how reporters should approach newsroom collaborations and how these partnerships can be more effective.
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How he did it: Reporter discovers pattern of Saudi students fleeing US amid charges
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh uncovered dozens of cases of Saudi Arabians fleeing the U.S. after being charged with serious crimes.
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Raising public school teacher pay: What the research says
While bigger paychecks don’t guarantee greater job satisfaction, academic studies indicate that when teacher earnings rise, school districts and students can benefit in a range of ways.
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The 2019 JR staff picks: Our favorite tip sheets, stories and research roundups
It has been a productive and exciting year at Journalist’s Resource. Here are some of our team’s favorite pieces that we published in 2019.
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‘Free-college’ and ‘tuition-free’ programs: What the research says
While many politicians argue eliminating tuition will help more Americans go to college, studies show the results of “free college” programs differ according to their scope and structure.
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