Back to school with data and documents
By Kyle Deas
Graduate student, University of Missouri
It’s that time of year again: the school supply aisles at your local stores are crammed with people; the summer heat is giving its last dying gasps; and education beat reporters across the country are being asked, for the second or fifth or fifteenth time, to write a back-to-school story.
Don’t despair. Whether you cover your local elementary school or a behemoth public university, IRE has ways for you to approach this year’s story from a different angle.
1. Follow the Money
Taxpayer money funds public education, but often ...