Mark Walsh is a contributing writer to Education Week. He has covered education issues for more than two decades and in this blog looked at how schools are covered in the general news media and in the popular culture. This blog is no longer being updated.
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The New York Times Debuts 'Learning,' Its New Quarterly Education Section
The section will offer stories about all levels of education, and is the replacement for 'Education Life,' which appeared quarterly for the last 30 years.
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Parkland Student-Journalists Reflect on Surviving and Covering a Mass Shooting
Five staff members of the student newspaper at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, discuss being both survivors of the mass shooting at the Florida school and journalists covering it.
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Netflix Touts Study, Adds Resources for Season 2 of '13 Reasons Why'
Netflix is gearing up for Season 2 of its popular but controversial series that addresses teen suicide, cyberbullying, and other tough topics.
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'60 Minutes' Profiles Student Leaders of the 'Mass Shooting Generation'
The CBS News magazine show spotlights five of the students leading the debate on guns and school safety after the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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'Maineland' Documentary Highlights Chinese Students at U.S. Boarding School
The film by Miao Wang features the growing enrollment of foreign students in U.S. private schools, following two Chinese students at Fryeburg Academy in Maine.
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Student Journalists Take to Social Media, Covering Walkouts Nationwide
Among the ranks of reporters covering walkouts today: student journalists, talking to their peers about gun violence in schools.
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NBC's 'Rise' Is About High School Musical Theater, Football, and Much More
The show, which premieres Tuesday night, is based on the book "Drama High" about theater and football at a Levittown, Pa., high school.
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'I'm Misunderstood,' DeVos Says in Wide-Ranging '60 Minutes' Interview
Correspondent Lesley Stahl asks the U.S. secretary of education about arming teachers, school choice, federal guidance on student discipline, and other issues.
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Trump Holds White House Session on Effects of Violent Video Games
Video game publishers and critics of violent games were on the list for a round-table session held in the wake of the Florida school shootings
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Short Film About Deaf Child a Winner and Other Oscar Education Moments
"The Silent Child" wins for best live action short, beating a film about a school bookkeeper who talked down a school shooter in 2013.
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HBO to Air 'Notes From the Field' Play About School-to-Prison Pipeline
Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman show in which she depicts students, teachers, administrators and others moves from the stage to the TV screen.
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'Independent Lens' Documentary Looks at Historically Black Colleges, Universities
"Tell Them We Are Rising" covers period from the earliest schools for freed slaves to the 100 historically black colleges and universities that remain.
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'A.P. Bio' on NBC, the Latest Sitcom About a Disaffected Teacher, Shows Promise
The show has a ludicrous premise but is sharply written and smartly pokes fun at the modern American college-prep high school.
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Starz Acquires New Edu-Documentary Series from 'Hoop Dreams' Director
The premiere cable channel will air the 10-part documentary series about education and race in a suburban Chicago high school this fall.