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• Investigating Education: 3 F's Earn You an A

  Hall discusses how good education reporters utilize families, facts and fun to strengthen their reporting. He offers examples of each category and advice for incorporating it into daily beat reporting.

  Tags: elementary school; high school; sources; developing sources; PTO; PTA; school board; No Child Left Behind; school administrators; state government; Department of Education

  By Andy Hall

  2007

• Grading schools with CAR, on and off deadline

  Hacker provides advice for managing and analyzing education data. She points out specific types of data to flag and follow up on, and offers time management tips.

  Tags: education; data; CAR; schools; standardized tests; dropout rates; graduation; NCLB

  By Holly Hacker

  2006

• Tools for the investigative education reporter

  Hobbs suggests what types of information to seek out when investigating school districts. Recommended information ranges from state- and district-generated databases to contact information of school employees.

  Tags: education; schools; databases; teachers; school administration; public employees; contracts; educators

  By Tawnell Hobbs

  2006

• First day on the Beat: Investigating Education

  Burney provides readers with five story ideas to turn education into a watchdog beat. Examples include criminal background checks and the superintendent's contract. En espanol: #2903

  Tags: education; school; school district; school board

  By Melanie Burney

  2006

• Ten tops to finding Page 1 education stories

  This tipsheet includes ten tips for using CAR in education stories. The tips range from looking into school district contracts to visiting chat rooms for teachers.

  Tags: school; teachers; local government; state government; school board; superintendent; contracts; beat reporting

  By Tawnell D. Hobbs

  2006

• CAR for Covering Education

  Ciotta's tipsheet is a good guide for education reporters who want to incorporate CAR into their beat. She suggests ways to analyze test scores and then recommends other sorts of data that education reporters pursue for more in-depth stories. Finally, Ciotta gives some examples of education stories that implemented CAR.

  Tags: teachers; students; high school; school athletics; local government; state government; children

  By Rose Ciotta

  2006

• Education: A gold mine for public records

  Torres explains how the education beat relies heavily on public records. He gives examples of records that education reporters should make a habit of perusing, such as campaign contributions to school board members. Torres also lists some story ideas, as well as other advice.

  Tags: education; paper documents; public records; local government; school construction

  By Mc Nelly Torres

  2005

• Investigating the Ivory Tower

  Pitting the coverage of higher education as 'the best of all reporting worlds', this tipsheet goes on to detail information sources that can provide crucial clues. Also included are examples of various investigative stories in the higher education beat.

  Tags: chancellor; 990's; college; university

  By John Frank

  2004

• A Lesson in Excess

  Governments are increasingly focusing on student achievement for funding purposes. "Pay-for-performance schemes are popping up everywhere in the form of merit pay, salary bonuses for teachers who excel and cash payouts to schools that ace standardized tests." Davis and Doig offer suggestions for tracking this money.

  Tags: Florida; School Recognition Program; Comprehensive Achievement Test; school districts; education

  By Chris Davis and Matthew Doig

  2004

• No Education Reporter Left Behind

  Joyner and Hall provide education journalists with many helpful hints about the education beat. He lists important documents, the right people to contact, story ideas, helpful websites and more.

  Tags: Test scores; School Board; PTOs

  By Chris Joyner, Andy Hall

  2004