'Ghost schools' paid millions for absent students
Submitted by administrator on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:59
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A special investigative report by Scripps Howard News Service finds taxpayers paying millions for students who never show up for class. For-profit "ghost schools" collect money even when students are absent.
