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School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines Disabled Students

Following a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation, the Garrison School in Illinois will change its disciplinary practices and provide services to those who missed class due to being arrested or sent to a seclusion room.

Inside Shrub Oak

Three States Have Warned Against Sending Students to an Unregulated Boarding School for Youth With Autism

After visiting Shrub Oak International School, officials from Connecticut, Washington and Massachusetts have advised districts of troubling conditions at the school where a ProPublica investigation uncovered reports of abuse and neglect.

The Price Kids Pay

An Illinois School District’s Reliance on Police to Ticket Students Is Discriminatory, Civil Rights Complaint Says

Two civil rights groups are asking the U.S. Department of Education to force Rockford Public Schools, the third-largest district in Illinois, to stop discriminatory discipline involving police.

Series

226 stories published since 2015

School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines Disabled Students

Cookie & Zo’e: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After the Start of Desegregation

In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter

Neglect at Boarding School for Autistic Youth Left a Student With Vision Loss, Lawsuit Alleges

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.

Two Reporters Covering Education in the Midwest Followed the Money … to a School in New York

Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers

These Researchers Study the Legacy of the Segregation Academies They Grew Up Around

Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That.

Three States Have Warned Against Sending Students to an Unregulated Boarding School for Youth With Autism

How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk

An Illinois School District’s Reliance on Police to Ticket Students Is Discriminatory, Civil Rights Complaint Says

New York Education Department Hindered an Abuse Investigation at Boarding School for Autistic Youth

How an Alabama Town Staved Off School Resegregation

After Decades, Voters Finally OK Replacement for Crumbling Idaho School

How Residents in a Rural Alabama County Are Confronting the Lasting Harm of Segregation Academies

Ticketed at School as a Teen, a Young Black Woman Is Suing an Illinois City for Violating Her Civil Rights

“I Refuse to Be Told What to Do”: Facebook Posts Show a Conservative School Board Member Rejecting Extremism

Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools.

Illinois School Districts Sent Kids to a For-Profit Out-of-State Facility That Isn’t Vetted or Monitored

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Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education

She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.

This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and Students Have Suffered.

Tennessee Is Ramping Up Penalties for Student Threats. Research Shows That’s Not the Best Way to Keep Schools Safe.

The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools

Idaho Legislature Approves $2 Billion for Schools to Repair and Replace Aging Buildings

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Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes

Idaho Resolution Would Aim to Lower Voting Threshold to Pass School Bonds

Idaho Legislature Takes Up Bill to Help School Districts Repair and Replace Buildings

Check Your State: Here Are the Active Shooter Training Requirements for Schools and Law Enforcement

Private Schools, Public Money: School Leaders Are Pushing Parents to Exploit Voucher Programs

Idaho Governor Proposes $2 Billion in Funding for School Buildings Over Next 10 Years

Skipping School: America’s Hidden Education Crisis

Falling Apart

Idaho Lawmakers Are Discussing a Proposal That Would Make It Easier to Repair Schools

A Washington Special Education School Accused of Abusing Students Is Closing Amid Scrutiny

Book Bans in Texas Spread as New State Law Takes Effect

Texas Took Over Its Largest School District, but Has Let Underperforming Charter Networks Expand

Federal Scrutiny, Plunging Revenue Plague a Private College’s Attempt at a Turnaround

This Security Guard Enforced a School District’s Mask Mandate. He Ended Up Facing a Criminal Charge.

Idaho creó un fondo de $25 millones para reparar escuelas en mal estado. ¿Por qué nadie lo utiliza?

New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

Idaho Created a $25 Million Fund to Fix Unsafe Schools. Why Is Nobody Using It?

A Washington Special Education School That Was Accused of Harming Kids Is Now Barred From Taking New Students

An Experiment to Fight Pandemic-Era Learning Loss Launches in Richmond

Years After Being Ticketed at School for a Theft She Said Never Happened, Former Student Prevails in Court

“We’re Huge in Learning Loss!” Cashing in on the Post-Pandemic Education Crisis.

How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country