Grade Scandals, Bureaucracy, and the Truth About the Teacher Shortage with Chris Papst

Grade Scandals, Bureaucracy, and the Truth About the Teacher Shortage with Chris Papst

July 6, 2026 · 47 min · Season 2 · Episode 82

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The episode discusses the issues of public school budgets, graduation rates, and the teacher shortage with investigative journalist Chris Papst.

Why are public school budgets skyrocketing while student proficiency scores tank? How do districts artificially inflate graduation rates while leaving children entirely illiterate? In this episode of Varnblog, we sit down with Emmy award-winning investigative journalist Chris Papst to uncover the disturbing reality exposed in his new book, Failure Factory. For nearly a decade, Chris Papst and his team at Project Baltimore have investigated the deep-seated corruption, administration failures,...

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