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Failure Factories

Lisa Gartner, Michael LaForgia and Nathaniel Lash

Tampa Bay Times

  • 2016 |
  • Article |
  • LIVINGSTON AWARD |
  • LOCAL REPORTING |
  • WINNER |

In 2007, the Pinellas County School Board voted to end racial integration, replacing it with a neighborhood school system. The reporters analyzed data from seven years of school disciplinary records and found a precipitous decline in student performance as well as alarming rates of violence in five elementary schools following the 2007 decision.

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