Three out of four Americans without reliable high-speed internet access live in urban areas. Most haven’t connected because they can’t afford it.
education
Posted inCOVID-19
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Home school
Online learning works only if you can get online. We explore why tens of thousands of families are caught on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Posted inU.S. 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.
Posted inThe Cost of Choice
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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.
Posted inAccountability, The Cost of Choice, U.S. 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.
Posted inAccountability, The Cost of Choice, U.S. Education
Louisiana officials ask little before letting private schools get millions in public vouchers
The state has approved every private school that sought vouchers.
Posted inAccountability, The Cost of Choice, U.S. 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.
Posted inAccountability, The Cost of Choice, U.S. 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.
Posted inKids 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.
Posted inInequality
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Reveal presents: The View from Room 205
The story of 30 fourth-graders and one big question: Can education bring kids out of poverty?