Pro Publica, February 21, 2017: ‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System
“No Child Left Behind was supposed to improve educational outcomes for students long overlooked — including those who were black, Hispanic and low-income. Yet as the pressure ramped up, ProPublica’s analysis found, those students were precisely the ones overrepresented in alternative classrooms — where many found a second-tier education awaiting them.”