Donna Krache

Donna Krache is a former CNN executive producer who has won several awards in journalism and communication, including three Peabodys. She has over 20 years’ experience in broadcast and digital journalism. She led the first production team at CNN to convert its show to the digital platform. She recently retired as a lecturer in journalism at Georgia State University, where she taught digital media writing and production. Krache is currently pursuing projects as an independent journalist.

Teaching Social Studies in a STEM-Focused World

Anyone who pays attention to K-12 education, even with an occasional glance, knows that the U.S. is obsessed with STEM.…

10 years ago

Five Professors Who Drove You Batty in College

Now that I’m teaching college students, I often think back to some of my favorite professors and their teaching styles…

10 years ago

Five Steps to a More Productive Parent-Teacher Conference

It’s an autumn ritual that has some parents defensive, tensed up and preparing for the worst. But it doesn’t have…

10 years ago

A Dozen Differences between You and the Class of 2019

As I watched this year’s crop of college freshmen descend on campus, buried in smartphones, earbuds in, heads down, I…

10 years ago

Why Literacy Still Matters—For Everyone, Everywhere

September 8 is International Literacy Day. Literacy in its various forms (financial literacy, civic literacy, etc.) has always been a…

10 years ago

What if Key and Peele Are on to Something?

Comedy Central comedians Key and Peele recently did a sketch that has gone viral, especially among my educator colleagues. It’s…

10 years ago