Chicago Public Schools’ Office of Inspector General released its annual report Wednesday, with a large portion devoted to what the inspector general called “pervasive” and widespread allegations of ...

Administrators at a Chicago high school for years falsely recorded hundreds of students who were truant, missing or had dropped out as transfers to home-school programs in an effort to put a better ...

CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler joins us to discuss his latest report. A new report from the CPS inspector general uncovers loopholes and opaque rules that led to thousands of improper ...

Recent news coverage of the case backlog at Child Protective Services suggests that the solution to protecting Texas' abused and neglected children is simply more money: $12,000 pay increases for ...

Five school board members voted against the increase, arguing many homeowners cannot afford higher taxes and that Chicago ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona lawmaker said she is not surprised the head of the department that oversaw Arizona’s scandal-ridden child welfare agency has kept his job after a four-month investigation. “When ...

The recent problems at CPS have the Arizona Legislature looking for a fix. The fact that 6,000 reports of alleged child abuse went UNinvestigated caused alarm, as it should have. The department held ...

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CPS child-abuse investigator Kelli Bailey drove to an appointment with a possible abuser in Fort Worth last summer. A surge in substance abuse among Texas parents is endangering children, lawmakers ...

Several years ago, Columbus Public Schools (CPS) officials, community members and leaders met to discuss CPS’ future. At that time, a new Columbus High School hadn't been in the plan but, through ...