Black Children, Youth & Education in the Era of COVID-19 with Aliyya Swaby and Valerie Adams-Bass, Ph.D.
In this episode, I talk with The Texas Tribune's Public Eduction Reporter, Aliyya Swaby and developmental psychologist and educator, Valerie Adams-Bass, Ph. D. We talk about the impact of COVID-19 on the education of Black children and using what we've learned to reimagine how the educational syste…
Financial burden of some small utilities on families struggling with costly illnesses; Civil and human rights groups call SB63 “regressive”
Georgia requires some utility companies to hold off on disconnections for customers dealing with serious and costly illnesses. However, many small electric providers are not required to adhere to that policy. A new ProPublica investigation looks at the impact of not having this regulation in place.…
What’s next after questioning of DA Fani Willis; ACLU of GA following “anti-LGBTQ bills” in state legislature
WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas returns to “Closer Look” to discuss the latest details of the evidentiary hearing involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired for the 2020 Georgia election interference case.
Plus, as the 2024 Georgia…
He brought a stuffed animal to school. Then he was handcuffed.
On today’s show: A look at just how far to the right the country has shifted since Trump’s first term in office. New York magazine focuses on one surprising place: New York City.
Under Tennessee’s school-threats law, kids with disabilities have been arrested for rumors and jokes. ProPublica’s Ali…
Threat assessment laws: Preventing mass violence or traumatizing kids?
The laws took effect before this school year, resulting in students across the state being arrested for statements that wouldn’t even get them expelled. Today, we discuss the conflicting nature of school threat assessment laws and the unintended consequences they’ve created. And it’s your turn to t…
Screen rules in our schools
It’s one of the toughest balancing acts of our time – kids and their screens. With most young teens having their own cellphones, screen usage is an unavoidable issue for schools. A new Tennessee law has led school districts to revisit their policies and in some cases strengthen their screen restric…
Crunch Time for ACA Tax Credits
December 15 is the deadline to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans that begin January 1. Congress remains at odds over letting expanded tax credits for the plans’ premiums expire, dramatically increasing the cost of insurance for millions of Americans.
Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secret…
Think like a newsroom & other lessons from New Haven
If you know education journalism, you probably know about the New Haven Independent, which has a long history of publishing high-quality coverage and hiring all-star reporters like Aliyya Swaby and Christopher Peak.
Longtime Independent editor Paul Bass now runs the Online Journalism Project, whic…
Chaz Molder’s run, MNPS grading practices, and a Dolly-themed poetry party
Headliners: WPLN education reporter Camellia Burris on MNPS grading practices and ProPublica’s Aliyya Swaby with an update on a joint investigation with WPLN into the safety of Tennessee’s privately-run juvenile prisons.
Newsmaker: Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder on his run to represent the newly sprawl…
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