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An 11-Year-Old Denied Making a Threat and Was Allowed to Return to School. Tennessee Police Arrested Him Anyway.
A state law makes threats of mass violence at school a felony, even if they’re not credible. Judges and school officials say the law unnecessarily traumatizes kids.
Tribal College Campuses Are Falling Apart. The U.S. Hasn’t Fulfilled Its Promise to Fund the Schools.
Decades ago, Congress made a commitment to fund a higher education system for Indigenous communities. But a quarter-billion-dollar annual shortfall has led to crimped budgets and crumbling buildings, even as enrollment rises.
In a State With School Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
Working-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them due to the inaccessibility of private schools and the costs of transportation, meals and uniforms.
We Enlisted a Community to Help Us Report on One State’s Crumbling Schools. Here’s How You Can Do the Same.
Do you want to document problems with school facilities around your state? Reporters from ProPublica and The Idaho Statesman offer some tips.
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School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines Disabled Students
Following a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation, the Garrison School in Illinois will change its disciplinary practices and provide services to those who missed class due to being arrested or sent to a seclusion room.
Three States Have Warned Against Sending Students to an Unregulated Boarding School for Youth With Autism
After visiting Shrub Oak International School, officials from Connecticut, Washington and Massachusetts have advised districts of troubling conditions at the school where a ProPublica investigation uncovered reports of abuse and neglect.
An Illinois School District’s Reliance on Police to Ticket Students Is Discriminatory, Civil Rights Complaint Says
Two civil rights groups are asking the U.S. Department of Education to force Rockford Public Schools, the third-largest district in Illinois, to stop discriminatory discipline involving police.
Series
Series: School Wars: How Battles Over Vouchers, Book Bans, COVID-19 and More Are Harming Public Education
Series: Segregation Academies: Decades After Desegregation, Private Schools Still Divide
Series: Inside Shrub Oak: An Unregulated Boarding School for Autistic Students
Series: State of Disrepair: Inside Idaho’s Crumbling Schools
Series: Chaos at the School Board: Unraveling America’s School Board Unrest
Series: Unequal Discipline: Native Students Face Harsh Discipline in New Mexico
Series: The Price Kids Pay: How Schools and Police Work Together to Punish Students
Series: The Pandemic and Illinois Schools: A Digital Divide, Vulnerable Students and Hidden Data
Series: Grace: A Failure in Michigan’s Juvenile Justice System
Series: Lessons Lost: How Federal Schools Are Failing Native American Students
Series: Dollars for Profs: The Lucrative World of Academic Moonlighting
Series: The Quiet Rooms: Children Locked Away in Illinois Schools
Series: Campus Complicity: Faculty Sexual Misconduct in Illinois
Series: Financial Aid Loophole: Giving Up Guardianship to Get Aid
Series: The $3 Million Research Breakdown: University of Illinois at Chicago’s Troubling Study
Series: The Failure Track: Alternative Schools and Accountability
Series: Evaluating Charter Schools: Questions About Public Transparency and Private Profits
