Meg Anderson
Meg Anderson is an editor on NPR's Investigations team, where she shapes the team's groundbreaking work for radio, digital and social platforms. She served as a producer on the Peabody Award-winning series Lost Mothers, which investigated the high rate of maternal mortality in the United States. She also does her own original reporting for the team, including the series Heat and Health in American Cities, which won multiple awards, and the story of a COVID-19 outbreak in a Black community and the systemic factors at play. She also completed a fellowship as a local reporter for WAMU, the public radio station for Washington, D.C. Before joining the Investigations team, she worked on NPR's politics desk, education desk and on Morning Edition. Her roots are in the Midwest, where she graduated with a Master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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Eleven-year-old Marley Dias went on a quest to collect and donate 1,000 books with a black girl as the main character. Spoiler alert: She did really well. -
Returning to school after a few weeks away is a tough transition for many kids, but it's even harder for children living in stressful homes. -
The topics least likely to be taught were how to get and use condoms. See the breakdown of which subjects make it into the classroom, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Thanksgiving is a holiday with a complicated history. So some teachers have developed strategies to teach it to young students. -
A new book looks at how high school students' perceptions of race and injustice change based on how diverse their school is. -
The resignation of the head of the University of Missouri System raises an important question: How should he have responded? -
Our Tools of the Trade series examines the planetarium: a relic of the Space Age that's still found in more than 700 schools around the country. -
One of the two-state consortia behind new, Common Core-aligned tests has released questions from its spring assessments. -
Our story on the struggles of first-year teachers caught the attention of a lot of people. Teachers shared advice, personal experiences and encouragement. -
Getting through October and November can be tough for first-year teachers. Having someone along for the ride can help, and a veteran teacher near Miami offers hope and advice.
