Category: Education
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ATI career school company implodes amid fraud claims; $3.7 million whistleblower settlement
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A for-profit career school operator with once-bustling campuses in Broward and Miami-Dade counties agreed this month to pay $3.7 million to the government to settle whistleblower fraud claims. -
Fresh questions about use of public money for Deutsch’s Ben Gamla charter schools
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A Broward civic activist has urged the School Board to re-examine whether the publicly funded Ben Gamla charter schools are violating the Constitutional separation of church and state mandate. In response, a top district official has asked for a review of the matter. -
Hollywood neighbors oppose ex-U.S. Rep. Deutsch’s plan for another Ben Gamla school
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Former Democratic U.S. Congressman Peter Deutsch is pushing to build another Ben Gamla charter school, this time in Hollywood over the opposition of residents in a working-class neighborhood congested by morning and afternoon traffic. -
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The admission arms race: Six ways colleges game their numbers
By Marian Wang
ProPublica
As college-bound students weigh their options, they often look to the various statistics that universities trumpet — things like the high number of applications, high test scores, and low acceptance rate. But students may want to consider yet another piece of info: the ways in which schools can pump up their stats. -
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At some schools, achievement lags behind opportunity
By Jennifer LaFleur
ProPublica
Some education experts say the opportunity to take advanced classes is critical to helping low-income students succeed later in life. But opportunity doesn’t always equal achievement. Our new analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that, in some states, Advanced Placement exam passing rates remain lower in schools with more poor students. -
More bullying alleged against fired cheerleading coach; Coral Glades High did nothing
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
Three years before cheerleading coach Melissa Prochilo was fired for ignoring bullying in her program at a Parkland high school, faculty members and parents at a nearby Coral Springs high school where she used to work leveled the same complaint against her.
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