Credit Card Audits Expose School District’s Lavish Spending Despite Deficit
The Watchdog Staff at The Washington Examiner highlighted a report published by the Education Action Group finding a Florida school district spending its money in questionable ways: “In one short year...
View ArticleNew York: Politics disrupt delivery of tutoring
Tiffany Lankes writes at the Democrat and Chronicle, a Rochester, NY, newspaper, about accusations of cronyism in the city’s federally mandated tutoring system: Skeptics are raising concerns that a...
View ArticleNew schools meet old school cronyism …
The Chicago Tribune editorial board comments on cronyism in state-funded charter school construction contracts: The Chicago Sun-Times recently reported that much of a $98 million state grant given to...
View ArticleCalifornia School Superintendent Makes $665,365 A Year
One school superintendent in California won’t be receiving any fan mail for a while, after local taxpayers learned of his exorbitant annual salary. The superintendent oversees only four schools and...
View ArticleLA Schools Throw Good Money at Bad Technology
Good intentions pave the path to wasted spending and bureaucracy. Aiming to improve tech-literacy and ease the burden of hauling physical books, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the...
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