Many schools teach reading using an approach that can actually make it harder for kids to learn. They’re taught strategies like “look at the picture” and “think of a word that makes sense.” This episode is a partnership with American Public Media’s Sold a Story podcast.
Education
The GI Bill was intended to give veterans a leg up, but billions of dollars have been hijacked by for-profit colleges.
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Senators want to examine military contracts with for-profit schools
Senators cite Reveal coverage in requesting sponsorship contracts, saying they are “deeply concerned.”
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Ethics watchdogs press VA, with anti-corruption law in the balance
Consumer groups and union leaders continued to blast the Department of Veterans Affairs for its plan to scrap an anti-corruption statute.
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Trump administration now says it won’t scrap VA anti-corruption law
“Such a waiver would foster a culture of corruption in the VA,” said Melissa Bryant, political director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
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Senators urge Trump administration to scrap plan to waive VA ethics rule
The senators asked Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin to “immediately suspend” the proposed regulation.
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Trump administration seeks to legalize payments to VA officials by for-profit schools
The Trump administration wants to lift a law that prevents officials who administer the GI Bill from accepting money from for-profit colleges.
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University of Phoenix gained special access to military base – for a price
U.S. military officials granted special base access to University of Phoenix, according to documents released 817 days after Reveal requested them.
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For nearly 200 for-profit colleges, taxpayers pay the bills
The proprietary schools – which include dozens of storefront beauty, computer and culinary operations – would have violated an anti-profiteering law were it not for a loophole that excludes the GI Bill and tuition assistance to active duty military.
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McCain assails Pentagon for being too harsh on for-profit college
Sen. John McCain accused the Pentagon of a “gross abuse of power” when it placed the for-profit University of Phoenix on probation in 2015.
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Pentagon ends ban on University of Phoenix, but scrutiny continues
The Pentagon has taken the University of Phoenix off probation, three months after suspending the for-profit school from its military financial aid program and from recruiting on military bases.