I feel like education journalism is in a pretty good place right now. There’s a lot of solid work being done, plenty of articles worthy of praise.

If you take the long view, you see that all this yammering that we do, all of the coverage in the media, eventually can have an impact, at least on policy. Journalism is a part of that.

I think that integration has been a hot topic for the media that they find compelling. I just want equal time for other things that might be more promising but less sexy.

Young teachers are getting screwed. Money is being siphoned from them and being handed over to older teachers and retirees for pensions and lifelong health care benefits. It’s another example of the Baby Boomers stealing from the Millennials. But it almost never gets portrayed that way.

National outlets in particular seem to have a negative attitude about covering studies in general, which I sort of get but it’s problematic if you believe in science and progress.

We have a lot of problems in this country, and schools can’t fix them all. But the right question is: Are schools doing all they can? The media can help transmit what’s working and pressure the comfortable, complacent schools into action.