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Charter school scandals of the day
Charter schools are by design a griftogenic environment, so operators are at their most creative in figuring out ways to benefit themselves:
| September 19, 2019 |
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| A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South |
| Amanda Johnson opened the Mississippi Delta's first rural charter school, Clarksdale Collegiate in Clarksdale, MS in the face of protest. |
| Source: hechingerreport.org |
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| September 19, 2019 |
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| Calls mount for investigation of Inspire charter schools |
| County superintendents and California's charter school association have both inquired about a state investigation of Inspire |
| Source: www.sandiegouniontribune.com |
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| September 18, 2019 |
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| Manipulating Data for the Benefit of Charter Schools |
| Instead of providing parents with information, The School Performance Framework (SPF) was doctored to serve the needs of charter schools. |
| Source: patch.com |
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| September 18, 2019 |
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| Anderson: Former CEO of Manatee County charter school stood to profit from contract |
| Eddie Hundley's business stood to make $1.4 million from the school he ran.
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| Source: www.heraldtribune.com |
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| September 18, 2019 |
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| Ex-San Diego Charter School Teacher Sentenced Two Years for Sex With Student | KPBS |
| Robert Ian Famania, 38, pleaded guilty in June to a single felony count of committing a lewd act on a child.
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| Source: www.kpbs.org |
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| September 18, 2019 |
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| Frustrated parents want under-performing charter school closed | WREG.com |
| Frustrated and disappointed parents are demanding that Southwest Early College High School, a charter school, be shut down. |
| Source: wreg.com |
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| September 16, 2019 |
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| A hurt that runs deep: Former Duluth Edison parent, liaison claim racial bias at school |
| Kali Proctor never imagined when she sent her son off to kindergarten at Raleigh Academy, a Duluth Edison Charter School, he would come home one day and tell his mom he didn’t want to be black anymore. |
| Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com |
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| September 12, 2019 |
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| LASD accuses Bullis Charter School of discriminatory enrollment practices |
| The Los Altos School District sent a strongly worded letter to the Santa Clara County Board of Education demanding that it prevent |
| Source: www.mv-voice.com |
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| September 12, 2019 |
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| Scottsdale charter school to shut its doors this Friday |
| Arts Academy of Scottsdale used it small class sizes as a selling point to parents. But the classes got too small for the school to stay open. |
| Source: www.azfamily.com |
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| September 11, 2019 |
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| Rowan County charter school placed on ‘allotment restrictions’ amid financial, leadership concerns |
| The sanctions came after school leaders were unable to competently discuss the details of its more than $1 million budget with certainty or adequately explain why a convicted felon was added to the board of directors. |
| Source: pulse.ncpolicywatch.org |
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| September 8, 2019 |
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| The warnings about safety came for months. But regulators didn’t force Monument Academy to make changes. |
| Students at Monument Academy Public Charter School fought during the school day, routinely destroyed school property and simply left campus without permission. |
| Source: washingtonpost.com |
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| August 29, 2019 |
Coghill violated federal and state special education law, school district says | The Lens |
| The Gentilly Woods school must make up services to at least nine students. |
| Source: thelensnola.org |
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| August 28, 2019 |
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| Schools Tied to A3 Charter School Scandal Will All Close - Voice of San Diego |
| An online charter school empire whose leaders have been charged with enrolling fake students and misappropriating $80 million in public funds will be forced to close all of its schools across California. |
| Source: www.voiceofsandiego.org |
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| August 28, 2019 |
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| Jonetta rose barras: No justice for a 12-year-old DC girl who died by suicide |
| A few years before Stormiyah Denson-Jackson took her own life in her dormitory at SEED Public Charter School, Scott Pearson told the leader of FOCUS, a charter lobbying group, to ignore the mandates of the South Capitol Street Memorial Amendment Act |
| Source: thedcline.org |
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| August 28, 2019 |
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| Taught by substitute teachers, Michigan charter school students relied on YouTube |
| The Universal Academy in Detroit received notoriety in June when a video went viral of the co-salutatorians criticizing the value of their education. Concerns over schools’ reliance on subs remain. |
| Source: www.bridgemi.com |
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| August 28, 2019 |
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| Officials: Charter school served unsafe food to students |
| An audit showed Lincoln Memorial Academy was $500,000 in debt and had $780,000 in unpaid invoices. The School District of Manatee County says that’s why it revoked the Palmetto school’s charter in... |
| Source: www.fox13news.com |
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| August 28, 2019 |
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| Nashville school board votes to close Knowledge Academies charter school |
| Knowledge Academies faced scrutiny over its finances and other activities of its former CEO. |
| Source: www.tennessean.com |
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| August 24, 2019 |
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| KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg sues charter school network for defamation |
| Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP, filed a defamation lawsuit against the national charter network Thursday in a bid to force the organization to turn over information to rebut the sexual abuse and harassment allegations that led to his firing. |
| Source: www.houstonchronicle.com |
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| August 24, 2019 |
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| Landlord seeks to evict Plato Academy charter school in Trinity over unpaid rent |
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The sides have been embroiled in legal disagreements since shortly after the death of Plato founder Steve Christopoulos.
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| Source: www.tampabay.com |
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| August 24, 2019 |
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| Tenn. substitute teacher who says she killed man is put in classroom with victim's sibling
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| A Tennessee substitute teacher who told police she killed a young man in a drug deal last month was then assigned to a classroom with the victim's sibling, according to the group that runs the charter school. |
| Source: cbsaustin.com |
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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE
| Teach for America |
$ 9,036,850 |
| Hiawatha Academies |
$ 6,222,658 |
| Minnesota Comeback |
$ 4,924,769 |
| Charter School Partners |
$ 4,871,464 |
| MinnCAN |
$ 4,155,592 |
| KIPP Minnesota |
$ 4,119,894 |
| Harvest Preparatory Charter School |
$ 3,099,438 |
| Great MN Schools |
$ 2,780,000 |
| Educators 4 Excellence, Inc. |
$ 2,620,300 |
| Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. (PIE Network) |
$ 2,342,289 |
| Students for Education Reform |
$ 1,985,000 |
| Charlemagne Institute - nee Intellectual Takeout |
$ 1,467,000 |
| Wildflower Foundation |
$ 1,410,000 |
| Harvest Network of Schools |
$ 1,229,266 |
| Montessori Training Center of Minnesota, Inc. |
$ 969,256 |
| Ed Allies |
$ 596,500 |
| Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School |
$ 450,000 |
| Total: |
$ 52,280,276 |
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