Recent CAR stories — Uplink Archive

Two investigative journalism series examine institutional accountability: one analyzes high school performance using statistical regression and socioeconomic factors, while the other investigates deaths among vulnerable populations by analyzing death records and law enforcement reports.

"Grading Our High Schools" The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Feb. 6, 2000 http://triblive.com/frames/grades.html

According to the series' author, this investigation "features a regression analysis using average state assessment test scores and participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program."

"Broken Trust" The Charlotte Observer Jan. 23-27, 2000 www.charlotte.com/special/mentalhealth The Observer identified deaths of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled by searching 370,000 N.C. death records from 1994 through mid-1999, along with hundreds of police and autopsy reports.