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327 stories published since 2015

The Unequal Effects of School Closings

by Alec MacGillis

August 26, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year.

by Aliyya Swaby

August 23, 2024, 6:30 am EDT
“Cookie & Zo’e”: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After Desegregation

by Liz Moughon and Almudena Toral

August 22, 2024, 4:48 pm EDT
Cookie & Zo’e: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After the Start of Desegregation

by Liz Moughon

August 22, 2024, 5:05 am EDT
In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

August 22, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Neglect at Boarding School for Autistic Youth Left a Student With Vision Loss, Lawsuit Alleges

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards

July 26, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.

by Eli Hager

July 16, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Two Reporters Covering Education in the Midwest Followed the Money … to a School in New York

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

July 12, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers

by Alec MacGillis

July 1, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
These Researchers Study the Legacy of the Segregation Academies They Grew Up Around

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

June 25, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That.

by Jeremy Schwartz

June 21, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Three States Have Warned Against Sending Students to an Unregulated Boarding School for Youth With Autism

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

June 20, 2024, 11:25 am EDT
How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk

by Molly Parker and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois

June 5, 2024, 8:00 am EDT
An Illinois School District’s Reliance on Police to Ticket Students Is Discriminatory, Civil Rights Complaint Says

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

June 4, 2024, 1:30 pm EDT
New York Education Department Hindered an Abuse Investigation at Boarding School for Autistic Youth

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

May 31, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
How an Alabama Town Staved Off School Resegregation

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

May 29, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
After Decades, Voters Finally OK Replacement for Crumbling Idaho School

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

May 24, 2024, 7:00 am EDT
How Residents in a Rural Alabama County Are Confronting the Lasting Harm of Segregation Academies

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

May 24, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Ticketed at School as a Teen, a Young Black Woman Is Suing an Illinois City for Violating Her Civil Rights

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards

May 22, 2024, 9:00 am EDT
“I Refuse to Be Told What to Do”: Facebook Posts Show a Conservative School Board Member Rejecting Extremism

by Jeremy Schwartz

May 22, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

May 18, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Illinois School Districts Sent Kids to a For-Profit Out-of-State Facility That Isn’t Vetted or Monitored

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards

May 17, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Help ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Report on School Board and Bond Elections in Your Community

by Jessica Priest, Jeremy Schwartz, Lexi Churchill and Dan Keemahill

May 15, 2024, 6:10 am EDT
Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education

by Jeremy Schwartz

May 15, 2024, 6:05 am EDT
She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.

by Jeremy Schwartz

May 15, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and Students Have Suffered.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

May 8, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Tennessee Is Ramping Up Penalties for Student Threats. Research Shows That’s Not the Best Way to Keep Schools Safe.

by Aliyya Swaby

April 17, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

April 9, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Idaho Legislature Approves $2 Billion for Schools to Repair and Replace Aging Buildings

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

March 22, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes

by Eric Umansky

March 6, 2024, 12:35 pm EST
Idaho Resolution Would Aim to Lower Voting Threshold to Pass School Bonds

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, and Asia Fields, ProPublica

February 22, 2024, 1:10 pm EST
Idaho Legislature Takes Up Bill to Help School Districts Repair and Replace Buildings

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

February 9, 2024, 1:25 pm EST
Check Your State: Here Are the Active Shooter Training Requirements for Schools and Law Enforcement

by Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel

February 8, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Private Schools, Public Money: School Leaders Are Pushing Parents to Exploit Voucher Programs

by Alec MacGillis

January 31, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Idaho Governor Proposes $2 Billion in Funding for School Buildings Over Next 10 Years

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

January 9, 2024, 11:40 am EST
Skipping School: America’s Hidden Education Crisis

by Alec MacGillis

January 8, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Falling Apart

by Asia Fields, ProPublica, and Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, illustrations by Pia Guerra for ProPublica, design by Anna Donlan, ProPublica

December 15, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Idaho Lawmakers Are Discussing a Proposal That Would Make It Easier to Repair Schools

by Becca Savransky and Bryan Clark, Idaho Statesman

December 14, 2023, 9:00 am EST
“Uprooted”: What a Black Community Lost When a Virginia University Grew

by Brandi Kellam, Christopher Tyree and Louis Hansen, Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO, and Lisa Riordan Seville, ProPublica

December 9, 2023, 4:45 pm EST
A Washington Special Education School Accused of Abusing Students Is Closing Amid Scrutiny

by Mike Reicher and Lulu Ramadan, The Seattle Times

December 4, 2023, 9:00 am EST
Book Bans in Texas Spread as New State Law Takes Effect

by Jeremy Schwartz

October 11, 2023, 7:00 am EDT
Texas Took Over Its Largest School District, but Has Let Underperforming Charter Networks Expand

by Kiah Collier and Dan Keemahill

October 10, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
Federal Scrutiny, Plunging Revenue Plague a Private College’s Attempt at a Turnaround

by Anna Clark, ProPublica, and David Jesse, The Chronicle of Higher Education

September 28, 2023, 4:00 am EDT
This Security Guard Enforced a School District’s Mask Mandate. He Ended Up Facing a Criminal Charge.

by Nicole Carr

September 26, 2023, 10:10 am EDT
Idaho creó un fondo de $25 millones para reparar escuelas en mal estado. ¿Por qué nadie lo utiliza?

por Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, fotografía por Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman

September 25, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

September 11, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
Idaho Created a $25 Million Fund to Fix Unsafe Schools. Why Is Nobody Using It?

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, photography by Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman

September 6, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
A Washington Special Education School That Was Accused of Harming Kids Is Now Barred From Taking New Students

by Mike Reicher and Lulu Ramadan, The Seattle Times

August 24, 2023, 9:00 am EDT
An Experiment to Fight Pandemic-Era Learning Loss Launches in Richmond

by Alec MacGillis

August 18, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Years After Being Ticketed at School for a Theft She Said Never Happened, Former Student Prevails in Court

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards

August 10, 2023, 1:30 pm EDT