Schulman and Cervantes are a proven reporting duo. The last time they teamed up for a major project, they won statewide recognition from the Associated Press. One day, they visited a top-flight suburban school in the morning and a neighborhood city school in the afternoon, Schulman recalled. Cervantes covers several suburban school districts, and Schulman supervises the seven reporters in The News' Northtowns bureau. In addition to assigning and editing, she writes stories herself.
Nothing is more precious than children's lives and the opportunities they're given.
He notes, too, the huge amounts of public money spent on schools. In short, we think the massive reporting effort was worth it.