Long left at the margins of education news, parents and other caregivers deserve to be put front and center in coverage of school issues.
Here are some of the many ways that The Grade has encouraged reporters and editors to explore this approach, as of January 2026:
Finding real parents — on deadline
Schools coverage should serve parents’ needs, says journalism researcher
Parents need reporters — and vice versa
What Boston parents really want from education news
Parent-focused education journalism in Memphis
Parents and vulnerable kids ‘slipping through the cracks’ in Providence
A white parent’s perspective on media coverage of Black schools
Better ways to cover Black homeschooling (by a Black homeschooling parent)
Making education journalism more accessible and inclusive
How I rediscovered reporting during the pandemic (written by an education journalist)
Putting parents front and center
An open letter to education writers (Sarah Carpenter)
Teacher strike coverage illustrates need to amplify parent, student voices
New York City 1968 wasn’t a teachers strike; it was a community insurrection.
Education reporters share their own back-to-school decisions
On motherhood and education journalism
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Launched in 2015, The Grade is a journalist-run effort to encourage high-quality coverage of K-12 education issues.
