Marian Wang
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New York, NY, United States
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Georgia is Segregating Troublesome Kids in Schools Used During Jim Crow
A Department of Justice investigation found that Georgia is giving thousands of kids with behavioral issues a subpar education and putting them in the same run-down buildings that served black children decades ago. → Read More
Audit Slams the New York City Housing Authority for Misleading Data on Repairs to Public Housing
The findings of the audit echo ProPublica’s reporting earlier this year describing the misleading ways NYCHA tracks and tallies repairs. → Read More
The Many Failures of the New York City Housing Authority
At Maria Santana’s public housing apartment on New York’s Upper West Side, dirty, black water has periodically poured in from the walls, from the pipes, from the radiator. She says the problems… → Read More
The Many Failures of the New York City Housing Authority
The country’s largest public housing agency says it’s made major progress responding to residents’ requests for repairs. Residents tell a different story. → Read More
NYC Public Housing: Fixing a Leak with a Bucket
The New York City Housing Authority, the nation’s largest public housing agency, says it’s made major progress responding to residents’ requests for repairs. Residents tell a different story. → Read More
When a Wildlife Rehab Center Regulates Charter Schools: Inside the Wild World of Charter Regulation
Charter school “authorizers” are charged with making sure schools can be trusted with kids and with public money. Problem is, many lack the tools to do the job. → Read More
NY State Official Raises Alarm on Charter Schools – And Gets Ignored
A top official in the New York State Comptroller's Office has urged regulators to require more transparency on charter-school finances. The response has been, well, nonexistent. → Read More
When Charter Schools Are Nonprofit in Name Only
Some charters pass along nearly all their money to for-profit companies hired to manage the schools. It's an arrangement that's raising eyebrows. → Read More
Charter School Chain Finally Discloses Salaries – With One Missing
It's the latest round in a fight between North Carolina regulators and a charter-school power broker who has tried to keep the financial details of his companies secret. → Read More
North Carolina Tells Charter-School Chain It Can’t Keep Administrator Salaries Secret
The schools' management company, which receives millions in public funds each year from the schools, says that the salaries paid to school administrators should be considered a trade secret. → Read More
Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits
Baker Mitchell is a politically connected North Carolina businessman who celebrates the power of the free-market. Every year, millions of public education dollars flow through Mitchell’s chain of four nonprofit charter schools to for-profit companies he controls. → Read More
Q&A: Elizabeth Warren on Spiraling Student Debt and What Should Be Done About It
The professor-turned-lawmaker talks about why people should care and what Congress should be doing to help ease the burden on borrowers. → Read More
As Parents Struggle to Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand to Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents. → Read More
As Parents Struggle to Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand to Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents. → Read More
As Parents Struggle to Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand to Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents. → Read More
How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say.
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box? → Read More
How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say.
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box? → Read More
How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say.
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box? → Read More
How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say.
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box? → Read More
How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say.
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box? → Read More