Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Eduflack: Data in Education Storytelling

Eduflack: Data in Education Storytelling

Data in Education Storytelling

How do we use data to better tell the local story? That was the big question Eduflack was asked over the weekend speaking at the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media's Harold W. McGraw Hr. Seminar for Reporters New to the Education Beat.

For those who don't know (and you really should), the Hechinger Institute is a terrific outfit being run out of Teachers College, Columbia University. Back in May, Eduflack wrote about Hechinger's new efforts in education reporting. But at its core, Hechinger is about supporting members of the education media, providing the technical assistance and support necessary to support a strong and effective cadre of education reporters across the nation.

In talking with a terrific group of new education reporters (though not necessarily new to reporting) about how