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Charter schools are by design a griftogenic environment, so operators are at their most creative in figuring out ways to benefit themselves:
| July 10, 2020 | Charter schools may have double-dipped as much as $1 billion in PPP small business loans | Salon.com |
| Some of the schools were also awarded millions from a grant that Betsy DeVos created in April |
| Source: www.salon.com |
| July 5, 2020 |
| How charter schools double dip - StamfordAdvocate |
| Charter schools like to straddle the line between public and private. When it comes to obtaining taxpayer dollars, they portray themselves as public schools. However, when it suits their purposes, such as when they want to avoid federal labor law or freedom of information requests, they contend they are private organizations beyond the reach of those laws that apply to public entities. |
| Source: www.stamfordadvocate.com |
| July 4, 2020 |
| Report: PA Charters Game The Special Education System. |
| In a new report, Education Voters of Pennsylvania looks at “how an outdated law wastes public money, encourages gaming the system, and limits school choice. " |
| Source: www.forbes.com |
| July 3, 2020 |
| APS shuts down beleaguered Aurora Community charter school - Sentinel Colorado |
| AURORA | Aurora Public Schools opted to shutter a nascent north Aurora charter school this week after a year of uncertainty and "” former employees have said "” chaos. |
| Source: sentinelcolorado.com |
| June 30, 2020 |
| State audit cites major misspending, conflict of interest at Richard Allen schools |
| A report from the Auditor of State's office says officials of the charter school chain should repay almost $1 million. |
| Source: www.daytondailynews.com |
| June 24, 2020 |
| Two KIPP schools close abruptly, deserting students and their families |
| KIPP gave up on their students, families, faculty and staff after only a few years of operation. This was a financial decision that is inequitable to the historic Alcy Ball community in South Memphis. |
| Source: dailymemphian.com |
| June 16, 2020 |
| As small businesses suffer, charter schools are double dipping in coronavirus aid |
| Cashing in on Kids is an email newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public "”produced by In the Public Interest. |
| Source: www.inthepublicinterest.org |
| June 12, 2020 |
| For the first time, Alabama shuts down a charter school |
| For the first time, the Alabama Public Charter School Commission revoked a school's charter, effectively closing the school which had not yet opened. |
| Source: www.al.com |
| June 11, 2020 |
| Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars Are Going To Schools That Push Conversion Therapy | HuffPost |
| A HuffPost investigation has found schools in voucher programs that list “counseling " as discipline for LGBTQ students. The counseling, a form of convers... |
| Source: www.huffpost.com |
| June 9, 2020 |
| Head of Pa. charter schools group steps down after posting that Floyd protesters disgust me’ |
| Ana Meyers had apologized on Friday night for the comments, saying that “as the wife of a retired state trooper, my instinct was to defend the many good and honorable law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania. " |
| Source: www.inquirer.com |
| June 6, 2020 |
| Pa. charter school leader blasts George Floyd protestors, then apologizes |
| The head of an influential Pennsylvania charter school advocacy group has apologized for a Facebook post about the ongoing civil rights protests. |
| Source: whyy.org |
| May 21, 2020 |
| 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 |
| May 14, 2020 |
| 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 |
| May 12, 2020 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| May 9, 2020 |
| 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 |
| May 7, 2020 |
| 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 |
| May 3, 2020 |
| 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 |
| May 2, 2020 |
| 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 |
| 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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