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• Covering schools and school construction. Ideas for spotting corruption, mismanagement, and wasted funds.

  Review these tips and you'll gain valuable skills on covering your schools. From overcrowding to construction nepotism.

  Tags: school; construction; over-population; school board

  By Megan O'Matz

  2011

• The Education Beat: Don't Let Anyone Tell You It's Lame

  Alpert discusses the potential of covering the education beat, noting it's a data-rich subject. She highlights possible stories to cover with plenty of examples of excellent work that has been done. She discusses the unique questions to explore when covering charter schools.

  Tags: education; data; teacher pay; charter schools; attendance; teacher turnover; testing; special education; local school districts; state board of education

  By Emily Alpert

  2010

• Turning schools data into scoops

  Vogell explains the value of school data as a rich source for stories on education. She explains where and how to start with your reporting. She discusses out what to look at when evaluating test scores and student achievement; discipline and school safety; teaching and certification; various other valuable data.

  Tags: education; testing; standardized test scores; National Board Certification; NBCL; schools; No Child Left Behind; students; school data; student achievement; grade inflation; college remediation; discipline; school safety

  By Heather Vogell

  2009

• Following the Money: From Grade School through College

  This tipsheet discusses how to track education funding from grade school through higher education. The data sources used for example are the Illinois State Board of Education and Property Tax Revenue from the Illinois Department of Revenue. Lowenstein advises on where to look for education funding: local property taxes; commercial and industrial property taxes; local and federal governments; test scores by region; other supplemental income for schools

  Tags: education; taxes; property taxes; department of revenue; education funding; testing; test scores

  By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

  2009

• Using Data and Documents to Investigate Schools

  This tipsheet lists and explains 27 sources of data and documents that will help turn an education beat into a watchdog beat. The tipsheet includes sources for charter schools' information, school violence, test scores, administrative contracts, and safety issues.

  Tags: schools; education; school board; state government; local government; sources; beat reporting

  By Mary Shanklin; Rose Ciotta

  2008

• 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

• Policing the Police

  Goldman explains how law enforcement officers are regulated by an agency typically called peace officer standards and training boards, or POSTs. This agency licenses law enforcement professionals and can revoke their licenses when necessary. He provides other standards, laws and grounds for revocation, suggests topics for journalists to consider when reporting on the subject, and also gives examples of some great news stories that have addressed the performance of the state POSTs agencies.

  Tags: law enforcement; POSTs; peace officer standards and training boards; corrections officers; certification of law enforcement

  By Roger L. Goldman

  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

• 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