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196 stories published since 2015

Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Prosecutors Say They Support Releasing Girl Who Was Detained for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Judge Won’t Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Thousands Demand That Michigan #FreeGrace After the Teenager Was Incarcerated for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen,

A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.

by Jodi S. Cohen,

“I Can’t Breathe.” It Happens at Schools, Too.

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica,

Bill to Ban Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Gets Sidelined After Pushback From Administrators

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois,

Families of Special Needs Students Fear They’ll Lose School Services in Coronavirus Shutdown

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

This Rural School District Has Been Asking for Wi-Fi for Years. Now It’s Finally Getting It.

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

How Often Do Schools Use Seclusion and Restraint? The Federal Government Isn’t Properly Tracking the Data, According to a New Report

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Most Illinois School Districts Did Not Have Approved E-learning Plans Before the Pandemic

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

How a School Stopped Relying on Restraining and Isolating Students — and What Others Can Learn From It

Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois,

A School on Navajo Nation Stayed Open. Then People Started Showing Symptoms.

by Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic,

Lawmakers Vow to Push for a Statewide Ban on Face-Down Restraint of Children in Illinois Schools, Despite Reversal

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois,

Illinois Quietly Reversed Its Ban on a Dangerous Physical Restraint for Students

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

When the State Shifted to E-learning, This Rural School Superintendent Shifted to the Copy Machine

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Not All Schools Can #KeepLearning

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen and Haru Coryne, ProPublica Illinois,

What’s It Like on One of the Only University Campuses Still Open in the U.S.?

by Alec MacGillis,

Chicago Public Libraries Are Staying Open Even Though Librarians Say It Is Not Safe

by Jodi S. Cohen and Logan Jaffe,

The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to China, Where He Invented a Fast Coronavirus Test

by David Armstrong, Annie Waldman and Daniel Golden,

Chicago Shuts Down, but Its Public Libraries Are Open. Librarians Want Them Closed.

by Jodi S. Cohen and Logan Jaffe,

A Parent at My Kids’ School Tested Positive. New York City Didn’t Tell Us and Hasn’t Closed the School.

by Eric Umansky,

Illinois Adopts Stricter Rules Against Secluding and Physically Restraining Students in Schools

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois,

School Employees Have Used Isolated Timeouts Illegally, State Investigations Find

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois,

Illinois Lawmakers Are Calling for a Nationwide Ban on Isolated Timeouts of Students

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Use This Tool to Find Potential Conflicts of Interest at Public Universities. We Did.

by Haru Coryne,

Educators Push to Ban Seclusion of Students and Shift School Culture

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Inside a Training Course Where School Workers Learn How to Physically Restrain Students

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

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

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica Illinois,

How We Reported This Story

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Haru Coryne, Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica Illinois,

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, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

“None of the Children at the School Are Safe”

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Federally Funded Health Researchers Disclose at Least $188 Million in Conflicts of Interest. Can You Trust Their Findings?

by David Armstrong and Annie Waldman,

We Asked Public Universities for Their Professors’ Conflicts of Interest — and Got the Runaround

by Annie Waldman and David Armstrong,

Medical Professors Are Supposed to Share Their Outside Income With the University of California. But Many Don’t.

by Annie Waldman,

Dollars for Profs: Search Conflicts of Interest

by Sisi Wei, Annie Waldman and David Armstrong,

Help Us Report On Conflicts of Interest at Universities

by Annie Waldman and David Armstrong,

Illinois Will Allow Prone, Supine Restraints on Children While Schools Learn to Phase Them Out

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica Illinois,

There’s an Emergency Ban on Isolated Timeouts in Illinois Schools. What’s Next?

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

Readers Choked Back Tears. Some Struggled to Keep Reading. We Understand.

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

Illinois to Take Emergency Action to Halt Isolated Timeouts in Schools

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

For-Profit Colleges Tap a Fox News Host to Influence Trump

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

The Quiet Rooms

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica Illinois,

The Federal Government Collects Data on How Often Schools Seclude Children. The Numbers Don’t Add Up.

by Lakeidra Chavis and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

How We Reported This Story

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Haru Coryne, Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica Illinois,

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,

One Campus. Seven Professors Facing Harassment Accusations. Few Consequences.

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

Have You Experienced Sexual Misconduct at an Illinois University or College? We Want to Hear From You.

by Karim Doumar and Alex Mierjeski,

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Preserving the Reputations of Sexual Harassers

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

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,