The Wild West of Education duPont-Columbia Awards Ceremony Clip

Reporter Andie Judson showed viewers how one man created a charter school empire filled with dubious spending and intimidation, and how the State of California fed the school hundreds of millions of dollars with almost no oversight. 

Take a look at an excerpt from one of this year's 2025 duPont-Columbia Awards winners.

You can watch the full work here.

Credits:

Investigative Reporter: Andie Judson

Executive Producer: Gonzalo Magaña

Investigative Producer: Sabrina T. Sanchez

Photojournalists: Rachel Boyoung Kim, Vanessa Bozzuto, Tyler Horst

Producer: Mike Bunnell