Who’s to blame for the $85M Indiana virtual schools scandal?

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4 thoughts on “Who’s to blame for the $85M Indiana virtual schools scandal?

  1. If your’e running a virtual school with virtual students, it’s pretty hard to count the number of students? Hmmm…. maybe we can pad the numbers a little.

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