The state of education “investigative” reporting
Andy had been an investigative journalist at the Wisconsin State Journal, where he and Dee both worked back in 2006. But he, nearing 50 at the time, he was reassigned to cover education.
“It was a time at which I took a deep breath and considered what really mattered to me,” he said.
He wanted to be an investigative reporter again. He wanted to teach new generations of investigative reporters. And he and Dee wanted to stay in Madison.
Fascinating, given Madison’s long term, disastrous reading results, despite spending far more than most, around $18k per student annually.
Ironically, The Madison School District’s 2005 maintenance referendum expenditures were the subject of a potential audit… Stillborn, apparently.
Andy Hall notes and leaks.
