Over 115 years after his death, Richard Edwards remains among the titans of 19th century education in Illinois. He also spent several years in Princeton – but in a different capacity.
A Jacksonville school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline, resulting in the highest arrest rate of any district in the country. In one recent year, half of Garrison School students were arrested.
A ProPublica-Tribune investigation reveals how a public school intended to be a therapeutic option for students with severe emotional disabilities has instead subjected many of them to the justice system.
Illinois school calls police on its students some as young as 9 at shockingly high rate. Officers have arrested students more than 100 times in the last five school years, an investigation by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica found.