The first woman competing in a Los Angeles mayoral runoff in the city’s history has been unable to make significant inroads with female campaign contributors, an analysis of city campaign finance data shows.
After students leave schools of education, and after years of reforms, institutions often have no way of ascertaining if their programs produced high-quality teachers.
Although largely untested and debated among educators, one of California’s assessments for aspiring teachers has served as a model for a national exam that at least 25 states are introducing.
An expanding pool of alternative teacher training programs is capitalizing on the belief that the more experience an aspiring teacher has in a classroom, the better. Yet experts acknowledge that little is known about which strategies actually work best.
At CIR, we believe journalism that moves citizens to action is an essential pillar of democracy. For more than three decades, CIR has relentlessly pursued and uncovered injustices that otherwise would be hidden from the public eye. Today, we are upholding this legacy and looking forward, working at the forefront of journalistic innovation to produce important stories that make a difference and engage our audiences across the aisle, coast to coast, and worldwide. What drives our work isn't profit – it's impact.
As you know, hard-hitting reporting takes time and nerve – and, of course, citizen support. Every day, our reporters go up against powerful financial, political and bureaucratic forces. They uncover secrets that would otherwise be left untold, exposing injustices so our lives can be better.
But impact, change and progress are achieved only when citizens take action.
One website. One brand. One newsroom. We are now The Center for Investigative Reporting – and only The Center for Investigative Reporting. Although it was tough to cut loose our local and statewide brand names, our commitment to public service journalism remains as strong as ever. And our growth continues.
So how will these branding changes affect our story selection and the scope of our reporting?
