2. Everything Old is New Again
Save the cynicism! It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (for someone)
Advance stories about registration deadlines, open houses, and requirements for free and reduced-price meals, transportation, and other services are useful “evergreens”
FAQs, useful phone numbers

3. Topics Pages: Start Here!
Digital Learning & Technology
Student-Centered Learning
Teacher Evaluation
ESSA
EWA.org/topics

4. EWA Reporter Guides EWA.org/reporterguides
Making the most of campus visits
Interviewing students
Using Excel & Microsoft Access
Decoding Deeper Learning in the Classroom
EWA.org/reporterguides

5. Story Ideas: School Leadership
Who are the new principals?
Who are the veterans – what advice do they have for rookies?
What training do principals get?
Can you sit in?
Eric E Castro/Flickr

6. Food for Thought? School Nutrition
Federal funding changes on the horizon.
Rolling back Obama-era standards: What’s coming/going on cafeteria menus?
Lunch shaming: How does your district protect against it?
Sources: Food Research & Action Center (FRAC); federal Farm to School Census
USDA/Flickr

7. Diversity Matters
Has your district revised any rules related to transgender students?
Are educators advising students on what to do if ICE shows up?
Look for success stories – What’s working for students of color and underserved groups?
Where are students sharing their opinions on these issues? Student newspapers? Editorials?
How about asking them to write for you?
Howard County Library System/Flickr

8. Refresh Your Rolodex Start visiting schools – now.
Don’t forget your business cards.
Talk to everyone: bus drivers, custodians, and other support staff
Look for students – and parents – via social media.
Hit the malls (and the food court).
Meet the gadflies: Who’s in the back row at every school board meeting?
Ged Carroll/Flickr