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Federal Scrutiny, Plunging Revenue Plague a Private College’s Attempt at a Turnaround

Baker College once was Michigan’s largest private nonprofit school, built on questionable promises of employment and cost. But a new school year brings a fresh host of financial and reputational problems.

Unequal Discipline

New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

Gallup-McKinley County Schools enrolls a quarter of New Mexico’s Native students but was responsible for at least three-quarters of Native expulsions over four years.

Local Reporting Network

A Washington Special Education School That Was Accused of Harming Kids Is Now Barred From Taking New Students

A state investigation into Northwest SOIL, launched following a Seattle Times and ProPublica series that highlighted problems at the school, found “unacceptably high” use of physical restraints and isolation rooms.

Local Reporting Network

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184 stories published since 2015

Federal Scrutiny, Plunging Revenue Plague a Private College’s Attempt at a Turnaround

Idaho creó un fondo de $25 millones para reparar escuelas en mal estado. ¿Por qué nadie lo utiliza?

New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

A Washington Special Education School That Was Accused of Harming Kids Is Now Barred From Taking New Students

An Experiment to Fight Pandemic-Era Learning Loss Launches in Richmond

Years After Being Ticketed at School for a Theft She Said Never Happened, Former Student Prevails in Court

“We’re Huge in Learning Loss!” Cashing in on the Post-Pandemic Education Crisis.

How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country

How Parents Outraged by Library Books, Diversity Initiatives and Sex Ed Transformed One New Jersey School Board

Illinois Officials Will Try a Second Time to Make Good on Pledge to Reform Student Ticketing

Baker College Faces Federal Investigation Over “Recruitment and Marketing Practices”

Can America’s Students Recover What They Lost During the Pandemic?

New York Charter Schools Write Their Own Rules for When to Call 911 on Students Having a Mental Health Crisis

He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.

The Newest College Admissions Ploy: Paying to Make Your Teen a “Peer-Reviewed” Author

The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.

NYC Schools Handcuff and Haul Away Kids in Emotional Crisis

Washington State Legislature Strengthens Oversight of Private Special Education Schools

Techos colapsados, baños sin servicio, salones inundados: dentro de las escuelas peor financiadas del país

Ayúdenos a informar sobre las deterioradas escuelas públicas de Idaho

Idaho: Help Us Show Readers and Officials Issues With Your School Building

Collapsing Roofs, Broken Toilets, Flooded Classrooms: Inside the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation

A Chicago Suburb Stopped Ticketing Students. But It Won’t Stop Pursuing a 3-Year-Old Case Over Missing AirPods.

Have a Student in New Mexico Schools? Here Is What to Know About How School Discipline Works.

The Federal Government Is Investigating an Illinois School Where Students With Disabilities Were Frequently Arrested

New Bill Could End Police Ticketing in Illinois Schools

School District Pays Legal Fees After Banning Mothers From Reading Sexually Graphic Passages at Meetings

How One Mom Fought Washington’s Special Education System — and Won

Gallup School Superintendent Says Changing a Label Explains Away Its Harsh Native Student Discipline. It Doesn’t.

Judge Orders Washington State Private Special Education School to Turn Over Records

Washington State Launches Investigation of Private Special Education Schools

A School Superintendent Says Our Story About Expulsions in His District Is Incorrect. Here’s Why He’s Wrong.

Muzzled by DeSantis, Critical Race Theory Professors Cancel Courses or Modify Their Teaching

America’s Adult Education System Is Broken. Here’s How Experts Say We Can Fix It.

This School District Is Ground Zero for Harsh Discipline of Native Students in New Mexico

How We Found the School District Responsible for Much of New Mexico’s Outsized Discipline of Native Students

The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day

A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them?

Washington State Proposes Reforms for Special Education Schools

“Kids Seem to Be a Paycheck”: How a Billion-Dollar Corporation Exploits Washington’s Special Education System

At Washington State Special Education Schools, Years of Abuse Complaints and Lack of Academics

Public Schools Are NYC’s Main Youth Mental Health System. Where Kids Land Often Depends on What Their Parents Can Pay.

State Investigation Reveals Racial Disparities in Student Discipline and Police Involvement

Mothers Behind Book-Banning Campaign Claim Their First Amendment Rights Are Being Violated

At Liberty University, Veterans’ Complaints Keep Coming

New Data Gives Insight Into Ticketing at Five Suburban Chicago School Districts

The Other Cancel Culture: How a Public University Is Bowing to a Conservative Crusade

School Board Candidates Who Criticized the Hiring of a Black DEI Educator Lose Their Elections

Why the Black Educator Forced Out Over Bogus Critical Race Theory Claims Agreed to Share Her Story

A Sheriff’s Captain Called Our Investigation an “Entertaining Piece of Fiction.” An Inspector General Disagrees.