Comments on: Bidness of the day… http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/08/bidness-of-the-day%e2%80%a6.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Cooler heads http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/08/bidness-of-the-day%e2%80%a6.html/comment-page-1#comment-4301 Cooler heads Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:30:11 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3482#comment-4301 Paging Richard Colvin....rookie reporter in need of immediate assistance.... Paging Richard Colvin….rookie reporter in need of immediate assistance….

]]> By: GGW http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/08/bidness-of-the-day%e2%80%a6.html/comment-page-1#comment-4282 GGW Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:54:24 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3482#comment-4282 Very good point. I'm shuddering in Boston. One challenge is the rookie ed reporter phenomenon shifts even more power to the well-financed institutions -- districts, unions, etc -- with well-paid and experienced P.R. folks. Change becomes harder. I like your idea of foundations stepping in here. Perhaps blind grants? Ie, allow newspapers to take $$$ to fund K-12 coverage without even knowing who paid for it, free to hire whomever they want. Very good point. I’m shuddering in Boston. One challenge is the rookie ed reporter phenomenon shifts even more power to the well-financed institutions — districts, unions, etc — with well-paid and experienced P.R. folks. Change becomes harder.

I like your idea of foundations stepping in here. Perhaps blind grants? Ie, allow newspapers to take $$$ to fund K-12 coverage without even knowing who paid for it, free to hire whomever they want.

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