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.
Category: Education
Posted inAccountability, Education
Veterans Affairs bans University of Phoenix from new GI Bill enrollments
A federal investigation found the for-profit college and three other educational programs use deceptive marketing.
Posted inEducation
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
Know the score: How schools rate in the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Find data on grades, enrollment and how much state money has been paid to the state’s private schools.
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, Education, The Cost of Choice
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, Education, The Cost of Choice
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, Education, The Cost of Choice
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, Education, The Cost of Choice
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 inAccountability, Education, Impact
UT System Chancellor Bill McRaven will resign in May
The announcement comes after months of pressure from the Board of Regents and state lawmakers, but he cited health reasons for his pending departure.