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280 stories published since 2015

DeVos’ Inspector General to Audit Dismissals of Civil Rights Complaints

by Annie Waldman,

Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School

by Annie Waldman,

Explore Racial Disparities in Hundreds of Illinois Schools and Districts

by David Eads,

Miseducation

by Lena V. Groeger, Annie Waldman and David Eads,

Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times,

How the Fight Against Affirmative Action at Harvard Could Threaten Rich Whites

by Daniel Golden,

Documents Raise New Concerns About Lithium Study on Children

by Jodi S. Cohen,

DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama

by Annie Waldman,

Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations?

by Lena V. Groeger and Annie Waldman,

Have You Experienced or Witnessed Civil Rights Violations at a School? Share Your Story.

by Adriana Gallardo and Annie Waldman,

University of Illinois at Chicago Officials Defend Handling of Researcher’s Misconduct

by Jodi S. Cohen,

How We Found Sources for Our Research Misconduct Story — And How You Can Help Us Find More

by Jodi S. Cohen,

The $3 Million Research Breakdown

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Billion-Dollar Blessings

by Alec MacGillis,

How Health and Education Journalists Can Turn Privacy Laws to Their Advantage

by Annie Waldman,

Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students

by Heather Vogell,

For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals and Facebook Endorsements

by Heather Vogell,

For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In

by Heather Vogell,

Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan

by Annie Waldman,

Who’s Taking College Spots From Top Asian Americans? Privileged Whites.

by Daniel Golden,

Democratic Senators Condemn Betsy DeVos’ Record on Civil Rights

by Annie Waldman,

Voucher Program Helps Well-Off Vermonters Pay for Prep School at Public Expense

by Annie Waldman,

For-Profit School Chain Camelot Suffers Setback Following Abuse Allegations

by Zoë Kirsch, The Teacher Project,

Camelot Under Siege

by Sarah Carr, Zoë Kirsch, Francesca Berardi and Stephen Smiley, The Teacher Project,

Bellwether Behavioral Health Is Controversial Group Home Operator AdvoServ — With a New Name

by Heather Vogell,

These For-Profit Schools Are ‘Like a Prison’

by Sarah Carr, Francesca Berardi, Zoë Kirsch and Stephen Smiley, The Teacher Project,

Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts

by Heather Vogell,

‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System

Heather Vogell and Hannah Fresques,

Restraints

Heather Vogell,

Unrestrained

Heather Vogell,

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    The USDA Wouldn’t Let Her Give Up Her House When She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage. Instead, It Crushed Her With Debt.

    The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans. As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional debt before the agency moved to take the homes.

    by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News,

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    He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.

    Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

    by Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica; Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica; Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga; and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News,

    The Most Interesting Email I Ever Received: Remembering the Incredible Life of DIY Geneticist Jill Viles

    In 2013, ProPublica reporter David Epstein was contacted by a woman with a wild story and a batch of photos she believed were clues to the mystery of her condition. Turns out, she was right.

    by David Epstein,

    RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again.

    The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccines.

    by Patricia Callahan,

    Trump Administration Prepares to Drop Seven Major Housing Discrimination Cases

    Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.

    by Jesse Coburn,