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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:
| May 21, 2020 |
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| Central Pa. charter school official charged with stealing more than $60K in federal funds |
| Eliseo Rosario has a tentative deal to plead guilty. |
| Source: www.pennlive.com |
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| May 14, 2020 |
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| NYC Public School Parents: Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy found guilty of violating NY State student privacy Law |
| The Chief Privacy Officer of the NY State Education Department issued a ruling on Tuesday May 12 that Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy had violated Education Law 2d, the state student privacy law... |
| Source: nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com |
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| May 12, 2020 |
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| Denver charter that received $2.5 million grant to open high school gives up its plan |
| A Denver charter middle school that received a multimillion-dollar investment from a national school reform initiative won’t expand into high school after struggling with low test scores. |
| Source: co.chalkbeat.org |
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| May 11, 2020 |
Cyber charter school has failed students |
| In a recent article in The Mercury, "Cyber charters offer help, but have no takers," the Agora CEO wonders why no districts have come to them to launch their online |
| Source: www.pottsmerc.com |
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| May 9, 2020 |
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| State school board takes ‘final action’ related to AISU charter school’s financial obligations |
| Public charter school shuttered in June 2019 amid concerns about its financial viability |
| Source: www.deseret.com |
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| May 7, 2020 |
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| Charter administrators received $51,000 in undocumented payments | East Idaho News |
| AMMON — The former head administrator and the former business manager at an Idaho Falls charter school received more than $51,000 in undocumented payments over an 11-month period, according to an Idaho Education News investigation. Amounts paid to the men do not appear in board agendas or minutes. Between May 2019 and January, White Pine […] |
| Source: www.eastidahonews.com |
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| May 3, 2020 |
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| Livermore: Former charter school officials charged |
| Bill Batchelor, the former CEO of the Tri-Valley Learning Corporation which ran two Livermore charter schools, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly misleading investors. |
| Source: www.mercurynews.com |
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| May 2, 2020 |
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| Citizens Of The World Charter School: The Unwelcomed House Guest |
| Shirley Avenue Elementary is not the first community to fight off an invasion from this nationwide chain of publicly funded private schools. |
| Source: medium.com |
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| April 30, 2020 |
Charter Schools Continue Seizing Enormous Sums of Public Funds During Pandemic | Dissident Voice |
| While private businesses like non-profit and for-profit charter schools have been seizing enormous sums of public money for decades, ((This does not include the |
| Source: dissidentvoice.org |
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| March 9, 2020 |
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| Charter school company spends big on luxury travel | The Texas Monitor |
| Last October, the CEO and president of the largest charter school company in Texas took a trip to Houston. They didn’t travel the way most public-school employees would have. Instead, they traveled by private jet, their spouses and five children came along for the trip, and they got around Houston not by Uber or rent car, but in a chauffeured SUV. |
| Source: texasmonitor.org |
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| March 8, 2020 |
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| One of Rhode Island’s first charter schools is closing - The Boston Globe |
| The Academy for Career Exploration, which has faced pressure from the state for years to improve student outcomes, has opted to close its doors at the end of the school year. |
| Source: www.bostonglobe.com |
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| March 6, 2020 |
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| Budget turmoil at Philly’s 2nd-largest charter school; officials quiet about why |
| The Bridesburg school has a large deficit, a CEO on leave, and some sort of problem related to the identification of special education students. |
| Source: whyy.org |
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| March 6, 2020 |
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| Harlem charter school principal arrested for assaulting 7-year-old boy |
| Jason Epting, 43, the principal of Harlem Hebrew Language Academy, left the boy gushing blood from his forehead and concussed during a January encounter Epting first tried to brush off as an accident, the boy’s horrified mother told the Daily News. |
| Source: www.nydailynews.com |
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| March 6, 2020 |
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| Epic Charter Schools' for-profit management firm refuses to release documents to investigators, Oklahoma attorney general says | Education | tulsaworld.com |
| Two days after the Tulsa World published a yearlong investigation on Epic Charter Schools, the state auditor served Epic Youth Services with an administrative investigative subpoena seeking access to nearly |
| Source: www.tulsaworld.com |
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| March 5, 2020 |
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| One of Rhode Island’s first charter schools is closing - The Boston Globe |
| The Academy for Career Exploration, which has faced pressure from the state for years to improve student outcomes, has opted to close its doors at the end of the school year. |
| Source: www.bostonglobe.com |
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| March 2, 2020 |
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| Ethical questions raised around Cornerstone charter schools' real estate deals |
| While Clark Durant is pounding the pavement asking for donations to improve the educational outcomes at Cornerstone, his non-profit is simultaneously siphoning money away from the network of schools via rental agreements. |
| Source: www.wxyz.com |
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| March 2, 2020 |
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| McCurdy Charter Students Forced to Clean Restrooms | News | riograndesun.com |
| Some parents and students at McCurdy Charter School are speaking out against students having to clean restrooms and other facilities at the School. |
| Source: www.riograndesun.com |
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| February 25, 2020 |
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| Body camera video: 6-year-old girl cries, screams for help as Orlando police arrest her at school |
| The body camera footage of the arrest of a 6-year-old at an Orlando charter school, released to the Sentinel, shows the girl crying for help while officers and school employees stand by. |
| Source: www.orlandosentinel.com |
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| February 25, 2020 |
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| Exclusive: DC charter school administrator facing sexual abuse charge, placed on leave |
| According to court documents, an assistant principal at Rocketship Rise Academy in Southeast D.C. has been charged with felony sexual abuse, yet according to sources, he was working inside the school until Monday. |
| Source: www.fox5dc.com |
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| February 24, 2020 |
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| Charter school employee pleads guilty of scam | News | westvalleyview.com |
| Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Harold Cadiz pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 14, to reporting false student enrollment at the Bradley Academy of Excellence in Goodyear, also known as Discovery Creemos |
| Source: www.westvalleyview.com |
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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE
| Teach for America |
$ 9,061,850 |
| Hiawatha Academies |
$ 6,397,658 |
| Minnesota Comeback |
$ 5,224,769 |
| Charter School Partners |
$ 4,871,464 |
| KIPP Minnesota |
$ 4,174,894 |
| MinnCAN |
$ 4,155,592 |
| Harvest Preparatory Charter School |
$ 3,099,438 |
| Great MN Schools |
$ 2,780,000 |
| Educators 4 Excellence, Inc. |
$ 2,651,813 |
| Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. (PIE Network) |
$ 2,342,289 |
| Students for Education Reform |
$ 2,025,000 |
| 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 |
$ 721,500 |
| Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School |
$ 450,000 |
| Total: |
$ 53,031,789 |
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