Education – Page 11 – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

In Expensive School Turnaround Project, Questions About Effectiveness

April 20, 2012

Alyson Klein: After two years, questions remain about the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools.

FCIR Will Host Live Twitter Chat on March 27

March 21, 2012

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting will host a live Twitter chat on Tues., March 27, at 7:30 p.m., to discuss FCIR's upcoming High School Journalism Workshop.

FCIR’s Investigation of School Spending Wins National Education Reporting Award

March 15, 2012

Associate Director Mc Nelly Torres documented how Florida's public school districts diverted federal money from education reform to patch holes in general operating budgets.

Poll Shows Parents Generous in Grading Schools

March 14, 2012

Howard Goodman: Hispanic and African-American parents in Florida and seven other southern states are wildly overconfident that their children's schools are doing a good job and that their kids will go on to college and even attain advanced college degrees, a new poll shows.

In Florida, Higher Education ‘Treated Disdainfully’

March 8, 2012

Howard Goodman: Unless something unexpected happens, the Republicans who control state government are about to slash $300 million from Florida's public universities.

Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students

February 12, 2012

An FCIR analysis of data on child poverty, homelessness and subsidized lunches shows how much poorer Florida has become since the Great Recession.