What is the role of a school district in ensuring students’ safety on school buses? How did the politicization of state police and the U.S.-Mexico border affect public safety in Texas? A reporting team details their award-winning investigation. (EWA Radio 352)
Photo credit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman
What should have been a routine trip home from a local zoo in spring 2024 turned into the deadliest school bus crash in Texas’ recent history. The crash left a 5-year-old boy and an adult dead, and dozens of other children suffered serious injuries and emotional trauma. How did this happen?
In an in-depth series, a reporting team from the Austin American-Statesman set off to answer several unanswered questions. Their deep investigation earned them the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize at this year’s National Awards for Education Reporting ceremony.
K-12 education reporter Keri Heath and Latino communities reporter Emiliano Tahui Gómez join EWA public editor Emily Richmond to discuss their award-winning work, which involved deep data mining to expose where the state’s safety regulations for students and motorists fell short.
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