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Superintendent profits while district falters

David Hunn of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on Riverview Garden School District superintendent, Henry P. Williams. Williams "directed at least $85,000 in extra payments to his retirement and insurance […]
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Oversight lax on school fire drill law

Ben Jones of The (Appleton, Wis.) Post Crescent reports that area schools are failing to comply with a state law that requires they do monthly fire drills. A change in […]
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Budget cuts threaten vulnerable students in Wisconsin

A three-day series by Andy Hall of the Wisconsin State Journal looks at budget cuts in Wisconsin schools which threaten funding aimed to aid vulnerable students. Citing a lack of […]
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Districts culture of cheating rampant for decades

In a follow-up to an investigation by The Philadelphia Inquirer, reporters Melanie Burney and Frank Kummer found that the culture of cheating on standardized test in New Jersey's Camden school […]
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Financial aid staff destroy documents during fraud investigation

Corey G. Johnson of The Daily Reflector in Greenville, N.C., reports that East Carolina University "employees destroyed numerous Office of Student Financial Aid records in apparent violation of university policy […]
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Holes in Dallas school district's screening process

A Dallas Morning News investigation of the Dallas Independent School District's method of making criminal background checks on potential employees has found a system that still has holes and, at […]
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Academic assessment industry gets failing grade

David Glovin and David Evans report on "Tests that Fail" for the December issue of Bloomberg Markets. Their story exposes egregious faults in the $2.8 billion academic assesment industry. Regularly, […]
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MCCCD fraught with fraud

In a four-part investigative series, Ryan Gabrielson of the East Valley (AZ) Tribune exposes rampant misconduct in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), the largest junior college district in […]
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At what cost? A look at CA community college football programs

Brent Schrotenboer of The San Diego Union-Tribune looks at the cost of community college football programs in the state of California. There are 72 community college programs in the state […]
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Security lax in Philly schools

In response to the latest spate of school violence, reporters at The Philadelphia Inquirer decided to investigate the safey of local schools only to find that it lax. "In spite […]
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