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Inside Our Schools

196 stories published since 2015

Inside the Illinois House Hearing on the Financial Aid Scandal

At Hearing on Financial Aid Scandal, Lawmakers Grill Officials and Look to Close a Loophole

El Departamento de Educación federal quiere frenar la “trama fraudulenta de ayuda estudiantil” en que padres ceden la custodia a través de tutelas dudosas

How We Got the Story About Parents Transferring Guardianship of Their Kids to Win Financial Aid They Wouldn’t Otherwise Qualify For

Illinois Lawmakers Call Hearing to “Demand Answers” and Find Ways to Close a Loophole in College Financial Aid Scandal

Padres ceden La custodia de sus hijos para conseguir becas universitarias basadas en necesidad económica

U.S. Department of Education Wants to Stop “Student Aid Fraud Scheme” Where Parents Give Up Custody Through Dubious Guardianships

Illinois Parents Are Helping Their Children Get College Financial Aid They Wouldn’t Otherwise Qualify For. Help Us Figure Out How They Do It.

Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid

Methodology: How We Tested an Aggression Detection Algorithm

Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students

How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement

The University of Illinois Withheld Public Records for Months. Guess What They Showed?

University of Illinois at Chicago Missed Warning Signs of Research Going Awry, Letters Show

Chicago Public Schools Monitored Social Media for Signs of Violence, Gang Membership

Illinois Regulators Are Investigating a Psychiatrist Whose Research With Children Was Marred by Misconduct

DeVos’ Inspector General to Audit Dismissals of Civil Rights Complaints

Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School

Explore Racial Disparities in Hundreds of Illinois Schools and Districts

Miseducation

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

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

Documents Raise New Concerns About Lithium Study on Children

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

Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations?

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

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

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

The $3 Million Research Breakdown

Billion-Dollar Blessings

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

Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students

For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals and Facebook Endorsements

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

Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan

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

Democratic Senators Condemn Betsy DeVos’ Record on Civil Rights

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

For-Profit School Chain Camelot Suffers Setback Following Abuse Allegations

Camelot Under Siege

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

These For-Profit Schools Are ‘Like a Prison’

Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts

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

Restraints

Unrestrained