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Foundation administrators highly compensated

Erin Jordan of the Des Moines Register obtained salary records of foundation employees at Iowa's three public universities. They found on average the employees made less than the national average, […]
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School accountability reports flawed

David Olinger and Jeffrey A. Roberts of The Denver Post examined reports of violent incidents in Colorado schools, finding that "disclosures of school violence vary wildly from one district to […]
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Police failing to notify schools about sex offenders

Ofelia Casillas of the Chicago Tribune investigated juvenile sex offenders in schools, specifically looking into school knowledge of the sex offender(s) in their school. They found that "some principals were […]
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Wealthy schools benefit more from construction money

Steve Chambers and Robert Gebeloff of The (Newark) Star-Ledger analyzed state school construction data to find that "New Jersey's wealthiest districts have been far more successful qualifying for state money […]
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Flaws found in Head Start program

Susan Vinella of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer used state reports to show that "Ohio's largest Head Start agency has repeatedly failed to enroll the number of children it has been […]
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Poor districts failing despite recent education reforms

Mc Nelly Torres from the San Antonio Express-News investigated the progress of a Texas public school reform legislation dubbed "Robin Hood". She focused on the Edgewood School District, where the […]
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New schools planned on contaminated sites

Jason Method and James W. Prado Roberts of the Asbury Park Press looked at New Jersey's $6 billion school construction program and found that the state authority had purchased at […]
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Teacher pay rising faster than inflation

Kurt Rogahn of The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Gazette found that teacher pay "is increasing at rates better than inflation, despite warnings from the state's leading teacher organization that Iowa's average […]
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Administrative spending grows while student spending dwindles

Vicki McClure and Tania deLuzuriaga of The Orlando Sentinel used audit records of local charter schools to find that "Imagine Schools Inc., operator of 10 schools in Central Florida, spent […]
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Cost overruns deplete constuction funds

Dunstan McNichol of The (Newark) Star-Ledger analyzed data from New Jersey's School Construction Corporation since 2002, finding that "the six urban projects under the SCC have cost, on average, 45 […]
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