Education
University of Phoenix settles for record $191 million on charges of deceptive advertising
The for-profit school must cancel $141 million in student debt.
education
The Cost of Choice
The cost of school choice
Dominique Martin was thrilled to get a state-funded voucher to send her daughter to private school. We go to Louisiana to investigate the cost of school choice.
Education
As New Orleans’ Catholic school enrollment fell, state vouchers came to the rescue
Archdiocese school officials have slowed attrition by tapping into a program that lets parents use state dollars to pay tuition at nonpublic schools.
Education
Louisiana officials ask little before letting private schools get millions in public vouchers
The state has approved every private school that sought vouchers.
Education
How one troubled New Orleans school earned millions from Louisiana’s school-choice program
McMillian’s First Steps Academy shows how some low-performing schools exist solely because of state voucher subsidies, with little accountability.
Education
Louisiana promised children a way out of bad public schools – then steered thousands to D- and F-grade private campuses
Politicians said the Louisiana Scholarship Program would improve children’s performance. It has failed to live up to its billing.
Kids on the Line
Shiloh had a history of death and drugging. Texas schools keep sending students there
At least seven districts have sent students with special needs to Shiloh Treatment Center in recent years.
Inequality
Reveal presents: The View from Room 205
The story of 30 fourth-graders and one big question: Can education bring kids out of poverty?
Inequality
Al Letson Reveals: The fight to end affirmative action in higher education
Harvard has been accused of capping the number of Asian American students to make room for other ethnicities. Al talks to Edward Blum about the case.
Education
Why students are ignorant about the civil rights movement
Mississippi’s outdated textbooks teach an abbreviated version of civil rights, undermining the state’s new “innovative” standards.