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Reporters who exposed failing schools win Pulitzer

By Jason Russell
Published April 19, 2016 5:30pm ET
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Reporters who exposed failing schools win Pulitzer
In the five schools investigated, 95 percent of black students were failing reading or math. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) | Chris O'Meara

Tampa Bay Times reporters Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner won the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting Monday for their coverage of a local school board’s “failure factories.”

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