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Part 1: Fraud, mismanagement hijack federal tutoring program

A billion-dollar tutoring program is failing the poorest students at America's worst schools. In Minnesota, unfit vendors got second chances.
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Part 2: Casual state vetting allowed tutor vendors to slip through

Minnesota's relaxed attitude in regulating the government's tutoring program burdened school districts with questionable companies. | With state waiver, schools get ready to dump program
Full storyFull story Updated Jun. 5, 2012
Part 3: Free laptops for kids, big money for tutors

Thanks to his daughter's troubled elementary school, Zhengjun Wang will return to China with a pricey souvenir from his family's yearlong stay in Rochester: a computer. | One-man dynamo has a shining record
Full storyFull story Updated Jun. 5, 2012
Tutoring 101

Who is eligible for Supplemental Educational Services?
Full storyFull story Updated Jun. 2, 2012
Editorial: A costly lesson on tutoring programs

Millions were wasted on poorly supervised federal program.
Full storyFull story Updated Jun. 16, 2012
Education Commissioner: Bad tutors thrived under 'No Child' law

State had little recourse to take action under federal law, but not anymore.
Full storyFull story Updated Jun. 16, 2012

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Program aimed at helping poor students is failing

A Star Tribune investigation shows that a billion-dollar program aimed at helping the poorest students at America's worst schools is...
Full storyFull story Updated Jul. 26, 2012
Complaints pile up for Minnesota's top 10 tutoring services

Long service delays. Rude customer service representatives. Broken equipment. These were just some of the nearly 200 complaints filed against...
Full storyFull story Updated Jun. 3, 2012
Minnesota among states that don’t assess tutoring services
Average number of hours tutored and total amount paid for tutoring

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