Anya Kamenetz
Anya Kamenetz is an education correspondent at NPR. She joined NPR in 2014, working as part of a new initiative to coordinate on-air and online coverage of learning. Since then the NPR Ed team has won a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for Innovation, and a 2015 National Award for Education Reporting for the multimedia national collaboration, the Grad Rates project.
Kamenetz is the author of several books. Her latest is The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life(PublicAffairs, 2018). Her previous books touched on student loans, innovations to address cost, quality, and access in higher education, and issues of assessment and excellence: Generation Debt; DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education,and The Test.
Kamenetz covered technology, innovation, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship for five years as a staff writer for Fast Company magazine. She's contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine and Slate, and appeared in documentaries shown on PBS and CNN.
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In a speech at George Mason University, the Education Secretary emphasized due process for the accused. -
New demographic figures on enrollment; hundreds of thousands of students in limbo while schools recover from Harvey; and more education news of the week. -
Trauma-informed education and wraparound services are growing in response to the storm as Houston-area schools look to the future. The changes could serve as a model for schools nationwide. -
From food pantries to trauma counseling, educators throughout the region hit by Hurricane Harvey are gearing up for the long haul. -
A new national poll shows public opinion swings on vouchers, charters and more.
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Teaching tolerance in a time of upheaval. -
Microsoft is trying to help more teachers use the hugely popular game in the classroom without alienating the initial enthusiasts. -
Student deaths, mental health issues, stress and overwork, racial and ethnic tensions: These are just some of the challenges faced by Maria Klawe at Harvey Mudd College. -
The costs of higher education are softening in some places, but experts aren't too excited yet. -
Facing down competition from charters and choice, the Grand Rapids Public Schools are responding with new initiatives and higher student achievement.
