1 / 16

Education Research and the Media: How to Talk to Journalists

Education Research and the Media: How to Talk to Journalists. Emily Richmond, Public Editor National Education Writers Association Sept. 7, 2011. Accessibility. Useful Ed Research Reports Have …. Compelling executive summaries Embargoed release dates Relevance to local audiences

lona
Download Presentation

Education Research and the Media: How to Talk to Journalists

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Education Research and the Media:How to Talk to Journalists Emily Richmond, Public Editor National Education Writers Association Sept. 7, 2011

  2. Accessibility

  3. Useful Ed Research Reports Have … • Compelling executive summaries • Embargoed release dates • Relevance to local audiences • Data for the non-statistician

  4. So What? • Why does it matter and to whom? • Result in possible policy shift? • Result in new local program? • Validate or contradict current perceptions?

  5. Milestone Reports

  6. Key Reports for Journalists • Test results under NCLB • NAEP • College Entrance Exams/AP Participation • NCES: Condition of Education • PISA & TIMSS • Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  7. Legislative Sessions and ‘Hot’ Topics • NCLB re-authorization • Race to the Top • Teacher evaluations • Early childhood education • Higher education remediation and high school early interventions • Reform initiatives underway in other states (Florida model)

  8. Getting It Into the Newspaper

  9. What Gets Published? • Quotes from the expert/researcher (Be available for interviews) • Local angles on state or national research • Data that makes a difference

  10. EWA: Linking Reporters and Researchers • Helping reporters understand uses – and misuses – of research through training and support • EdMedia Commons as timely & accurate relay station • Research roundtable • EWA-commissioned research briefs • AERA and UPenn School of Ed co-hosting 2012 national seminar

  11. Thank you! erichmond@ewa.org @EWAEmily

More Related