Education

Aug. 2, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

Illinois Lawmakers Call Hearing to “Demand Answers” and Find Ways to Close a Loophole in College Financial Aid Scandal

by Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib,

Aug. 1, 2019, 7:36 p.m. CDT

Padres ceden La custodia de sus hijos para conseguir becas universitarias basadas en necesidad económica

por Jodi S. Cohen y Melissa Sanchez,

Aug. 1, 2019, 4:17 p.m. CDT

U.S. Department of Education Wants to Stop “Student Aid Fraud Scheme” Where Parents Give Up Custody Through Dubious Guardianships

by Jodi S. Cohen, Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez,

July 30, 2019, 8:05 p.m. CDT

Illinois Parents Are Helping Their Children Get College Financial Aid They Wouldn’t Otherwise Qualify For. Help Us Figure Out How They Do It.

by Logan Jaffe,

July 29, 2019, 4:14 p.m. CDT

Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid

by Jodi S. Cohen and Melissa Sanchez,

July 29, 2019, 4:07 p.m. CDT

Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students

by Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao,

June 25, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Methodology: How We Tested an Aggression Detection Algorithm

by Jeff Kao and Jack Gillum,

June 25, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement

June 18, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

The University of Illinois Withheld Public Records for Months. Guess What They Showed?

March 22, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

University of Illinois at Chicago Missed Warning Signs of Research Going Awry, Letters Show

March 20, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

Chicago Public Schools Monitored Social Media for Signs of Violence, Gang Membership

by Aaron Leibowitz for ProPublica Illinois, and Sarah Karp, WBEZ Chicago,

Feb. 11, 2019, 4 a.m. CST

Illinois Regulators Are Investigating a Psychiatrist Whose Research With Children Was Marred by Misconduct

Dec. 12, 2018, 4 a.m. CST

DeVos’ Inspector General to Audit Dismissals of Civil Rights Complaints

Nov. 29, 2018, 5:24 p.m. EST

Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School

Oct. 30, 2018, 2 p.m. EDT

Explore Racial Disparities in Hundreds of Illinois Schools and Districts

by David Eads,

Oct. 19, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

Miseducation

by Lena V. Groeger, Annie Waldman and David Eads,

Oct. 16, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times,

Oct. 16, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

How the Fight Against Affirmative Action at Harvard Could Threaten Rich Whites

by Daniel Golden,

July 11, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Documents Raise New Concerns About Lithium Study on Children

July 3, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama

June 21, 2018, 10 a.m. EDT

Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations?

by Lena V. Groeger and Annie Waldman,

June 21, 2018, 9:59 a.m. EDT

Have You Experienced or Witnessed Civil Rights Violations at a School? Share Your Story.

by Adriana Gallardo and Annie Waldman,

June 21, 2018, 9:58 a.m. EDT

University of Illinois at Chicago Officials Defend Handling of Researcher’s Misconduct

May 1, 2018, 8:25 p.m. CDT

How We Found Sources for Our Research Misconduct Story — And How You Can Help Us Find More

April 27, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

The $3 Million Research Breakdown

April 26, 2018, 3 a.m. CDT

Billion-Dollar Blessings

by Alec MacGillis,

April 17, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

How Health and Education Journalists Can Turn Privacy Laws to Their Advantage

March 19, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students

Dec. 22, 2017, 8 a.m. EST

For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals and Facebook Endorsements

Oct. 6, 2017, 6 a.m. EDT

For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In

Oct. 5, 2017, 6 a.m. EDT

Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan

Sept. 19, 2017, 6 a.m. EDT

Who’s Taking College Spots From Top Asian Americans? Privileged Whites.

by Daniel Golden,

Aug. 9, 2017, 4:15 p.m. EDT

Democratic Senators Condemn Betsy DeVos’ Record on Civil Rights

June 27, 2017, 5:25 p.m. EDT

Voucher Program Helps Well-Off Vermonters Pay for Prep School at Public Expense

June 2, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

For-Profit School Chain Camelot Suffers Setback Following Abuse Allegations

by Zoë Kirsch, The Teacher Project,

April 12, 2017, 11:20 a.m. EDT

Camelot Under Siege

by Sarah Carr, Zoë Kirsch, Francesca Berardi and Stephen Smiley, The Teacher Project,

March 29, 2017, 6 a.m. EDT

Bellwether Behavioral Health Is Controversial Group Home Operator AdvoServ — With a New Name

March 28, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

These For-Profit Schools Are ‘Like a Prison’

by Sarah Carr, Francesca Berardi, Zoë Kirsch and Stephen Smiley, The Teacher Project,

March 8, 2017, 7 a.m. EST

Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts