The Educated Reporter: Nobody is writing about learning.

The Educated Reporter: Nobody is writing about learning.

Nobody is writing about learning.

by Linda Perlstein

I was asked the other day if many reporters come to me about stories on reading. My primary job at EWA is directly working with journalists; the topics they want help on make for a pretty reliable indicator of what’s being written about. Since the beginning of 2010, I have fielded 210 requests for help in coverage from preschool through college—and none of them were about reading. Over the previous two years, four of 450 requests addressed reading.

Are you shocked yet? Let’s broaden the inquiry to all stories about learning and delivery of instruction—curriculum, textbooks, teaching methods, the merit of various interventions, cognition and so on. There have

Free screening of “The Lottery.”

by Linda Perlstein

As I mentioned months ago, I thought “The Lottery,” a film about families trying to get into Eva Moskowitz’s charter schools, was heartbreaking but manipulative and not very illuminating. If you’re in D.C., you can judge for yourself. The National Alliance of Public Charter Schools is hosting a free screening on Friday evening—popcorn and soda gratis. Register here. If you see it, come back here and share your impressions in the comments.