This Week In Education: Media: News Comes From Somewhere - You Should Care

This Week In Education: Media: News Comes From Somewhere - You Should Care:

Media: News Comes From Somewhere - You Should Care

Where do the stories we read come from, initially? How do reporters come up with the news they write about in the first place? Do readers care about the original source? How to credit comments and Twitter updates?

These are some of the questions that came up for me yesterday when it came to light that EdWeek superblogger Stephen Sawchuk had written a post about the existence of an NEA SuperPAC that morning without crediting independent blogger Ken Libby as a likely source for the startling news.

Read on for the whole story and my thoughts about the importance of saying where stories come from -- not so much to credit colleagues but mostly to maintain credibility with readers.

As you can see from the chronology below, Libby had tweeted out a link about the existence of the

Thompson: The Real Costs Of Education "Reform"

by john thompson

The discussion of obesity rates during NPR's The Diane Rehm Show explained why America can not afford data-driven school "reform."  The tens of billions of dollars ineffectively invested in test-driven accountability is not the problem.  It's the opportunity costs of focusing on a narrow part of kids' brains that will bankrupt us eventually.  Only 10%  of elementary school children have daily physical education. Obesity rates are projected to reach 50%.  We will be paying $450 billion in additional