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Inside Our Schools

317 stories published since 2015

Schools Aren’t Supposed to Forcibly Restrain Children as Punishment. In Illinois, It Happened Repeatedly.

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis

December 20, 2019, 6:00 am EST
How We Reported This Story

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Haru Coryne, Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis

December 20, 2019, 5:59 am EST
A 7-Year-Old Complained About a Scary Office at School. This Is the Video His Parents Saw — a Month Later.

by Jodi S. Cohen, and Jennifer Smith Richards

December 13, 2019, 5:00 am EST
“None of the Children at the School Are Safe”

by Jodi S. Cohen, and Jennifer Smith Richards

December 12, 2019, 6:00 am EST
Federally Funded Health Researchers Disclose at Least $188 Million in Conflicts of Interest. Can You Trust Their Findings?

by David Armstrong and Annie Waldman

December 6, 2019, 8:35 am EST
Dollars for Profs: Search Conflicts of Interest

by Sisi Wei, Annie Waldman and David Armstrong

December 6, 2019, 8:34 am EST
Medical Professors Are Supposed to Share Their Outside Income With the University of California. But Many Don’t.

by Annie Waldman

December 6, 2019, 8:34 am EST
We Asked Public Universities for Their Professors’ Conflicts of Interest — and Got the Runaround

by Annie Waldman and David Armstrong

December 6, 2019, 8:34 am EST
Illinois Will Allow Prone, Supine Restraints on Children While Schools Learn to Phase Them Out

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis

December 4, 2019, 7:40 pm EST
There’s an Emergency Ban on Isolated Timeouts in Illinois Schools. What’s Next?

by Lakeidra Chavis, Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

November 22, 2019, 10:04 pm EST
Readers Choked Back Tears. Some Struggled to Keep Reading. We Understand.

by Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Smith Richards and Lakeidra Chavis

November 22, 2019, 5:00 am EST
Illinois to Take Emergency Action to Halt Isolated Timeouts in Schools

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen, Lakeidra Chavis and Dan Petrella

November 20, 2019, 4:15 pm EST
For-Profit Colleges Tap a Fox News Host to Influence Trump

by Isaac Arnsdorf

November 20, 2019, 10:50 am EST
The Quiet Rooms

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis

November 19, 2019, 6:00 am EST
How We Reported This Story

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Haru Coryne, Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis

November 19, 2019, 5:59 am EST
The Federal Government Collects Data on How Often Schools Seclude Children. The Numbers Don’t Add Up.

by Lakeidra Chavis and Jodi S. Cohen, and Jennifer Smith Richards

November 19, 2019, 5:59 am EST
The Hedge Fund Billionaire’s Guide to Buying Your Kids a Better Shot at Not Just One Elite College, but Lots of Them

by Ava Kofman and Daniel Golden

September 28, 2019, 8:00 am EDT
One Campus. Seven Professors Facing Harassment Accusations. Few Consequences.

by Rachel Otwell, NPR Illinois, and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica

August 27, 2019, 6:00 am EDT
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Preserving the Reputations of Sexual Harassers

by Rachel Otwell, NPR Illinois, and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica

August 27, 2019, 6:00 am EDT
Have You Experienced Sexual Misconduct at an Illinois University or College? We Want to Hear From You.

by Karim Doumar and Alex Mierjeski

August 27, 2019, 6:00 am EDT
Parents Gave Up Custody of Their Children to Help Them Get Financial Aid. Now, Some Are Abandoning That Idea.

by Melissa Sanchez and Jodi S. Cohen

August 21, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Inside the Illinois House Hearing on the Financial Aid Scandal

by Melissa Sanchez

August 9, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
At Hearing on Financial Aid Scandal, Lawmakers Grill Officials and Look to Close a Loophole

by Melissa Sanchez and Jodi S. Cohen

August 8, 2019, 6:35 pm EDT
El Departamento de Educación federal quiere frenar la “trama fraudulenta de ayuda estudiantil” en que padres ceden la custodia a través de tutelas dudosas

por Jodi S. Cohen, Duaa Eldeib y Melissa Sanchez

August 6, 2019, 11:51 am EDT
How We Got the Story About Parents Transferring Guardianship of Their Kids to Win Financial Aid They Wouldn’t Otherwise Qualify For

by Jodi S. Cohen

August 2, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Illinois Lawmakers Call Hearing to “Demand Answers” and Find Ways to Close a Loophole in College Financial Aid Scandal

by Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib

August 1, 2019, 8:36 pm EDT
Padres ceden La custodia de sus hijos para conseguir becas universitarias basadas en necesidad económica

por Jodi S. Cohen y Melissa Sanchez

August 1, 2019, 5:17 pm EDT
U.S. Department of Education Wants to Stop “Student Aid Fraud Scheme” Where Parents Give Up Custody Through Dubious Guardianships

by Jodi S. Cohen, Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez

July 30, 2019, 9:05 pm EDT
Illinois Parents Are Helping Their Children Get College Financial Aid They Wouldn’t Otherwise Qualify For. Help Us Figure Out How They Do It.

by Logan Jaffe

July 29, 2019, 5:14 pm EDT
Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid

by Jodi S. Cohen and Melissa Sanchez

July 29, 2019, 5:07 pm EDT
Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students

by Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao

June 25, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Methodology: How We Tested an Aggression Detection Algorithm

by Jeff Kao and Jack Gillum

June 25, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement

by Annie Waldman

June 18, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
The University of Illinois Withheld Public Records for Months. Guess What They Showed?

by Jodi S. Cohen

March 22, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
University of Illinois at Chicago Missed Warning Signs of Research Going Awry, Letters Show

by Jodi S. Cohen

March 20, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Chicago Public Schools Monitored Social Media for Signs of Violence, Gang Membership

by Aaron Leibowitz for ProPublica Illinois, and Sarah Karp, WBEZ Chicago

February 11, 2019, 5:00 am EST
Illinois Regulators Are Investigating a Psychiatrist Whose Research With Children Was Marred by Misconduct

by Jodi S. Cohen

December 12, 2018, 5:00 am EST
DeVos’ Inspector General to Audit Dismissals of Civil Rights Complaints

by Annie Waldman

November 29, 2018, 5:24 pm EST
Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School

by Annie Waldman

October 30, 2018, 2:00 pm EDT
Explore Racial Disparities in Hundreds of Illinois Schools and Districts

by David Eads

October 19, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Miseducation

by Lena V. Groeger, Annie Waldman and David Eads

October 16, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education

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

October 16, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
How the Fight Against Affirmative Action at Harvard Could Threaten Rich Whites

by Daniel Golden

July 11, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Documents Raise New Concerns About Lithium Study on Children

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 3, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama

by Annie Waldman

June 21, 2018, 10:00 am EDT
Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations?

by Lena V. Groeger and Annie Waldman

June 21, 2018, 9:59 am EDT
Have You Experienced or Witnessed Civil Rights Violations at a School? Share Your Story.

by Adriana Gallardo and Annie Waldman

June 21, 2018, 9:58 am EDT
University of Illinois at Chicago Officials Defend Handling of Researcher’s Misconduct

by Jodi S. Cohen

May 1, 2018, 9:25 pm EDT
How We Found Sources for Our Research Misconduct Story — And How You Can Help Us Find More

by Jodi S. Cohen

April 27, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
The $3 Million Research Breakdown

by Jodi S. Cohen

April 26, 2018, 4:00 am EDT