Education tipsheets — Uplink Archive

The IRE Resource Center offers education reporting tipsheets covering investigative angles on education data and teacher quality, including resources and best practices for education beat reporters.

Education tipsheets

The following education tipsheets are available from the IRE Resource Center, (573) 882-3364:

Tipsheet #957 outlines new angles for reporting on the same old education data. Also included are tips for putting together your own local education investigation.

The Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) ran a four-part series that examined teacher quality by evaluating Kentucky's teaching programs and certification process. Tipsheet #892 contains the resources used in the series as well as a list of do's and don't's for tackling the education beat.