This Week In Education: Media: Foundations Quietly Shaping News Coverage

This Week In Education: Media: Foundations Quietly Shaping News Coverage

Media: Foundations Quietly Shaping News Coverage

by Alexander Russo

It's not plagiarism or fabrications we should worry about when reading media accounts of education reform, argues Dissent writer Joanna Barkan but rather a growing web of foundation influence behind the scenes (Got Dough?). "Every day, dozens of reporters and bloggers cover the Big Three’s reform campaign, but critical in-depth investigations have been scarce." Barkan recounts how foundations are pushing out on support of media coverage in education just like they've already done on health care and