School board story examples

Before writing your school board story, read some examples from newspapers outside our area. Below are links to stories that should be helpful.

You can also read more about covering the education beat here.

And if the topic of our writing assignment  — teaching creationism in the public schools — interests you, read about the latest development, as reported in The New York Times: “Opponents of Evolution Are Adopting New Strategy.”

School Board Story Links:

• Parents protest Columbia plan
  a brief New York Times item on a 2006 NYC controversy
• Parents of the gifted resist a call to share a school building
  an in-depth New York Times story on this NYC controversy
• Board denies staff shuffle
  Michigan story that focuses on a controversy, but also covers minor items using bullet points
• Dexter school board adopts $35.8 million budget
  Ann Arbor News school budget story