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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:

November 26, 2025
Ismael Loera: What the Success Academy Scandal Says About the Charter School Model - Network For Public Education
Eva Moskowitz has been caught demanding that staff and students put in time as lobbyists for her charter school chain– including during what was supposed to be the school day. Ismael Loera writing in The Fulcrum explains what that tells us about the charter school industry.
Source: networkforpubliceducation.org

November 26, 2025
Life in prison for Minnesota’s ‘most prolific’ child abuser
A former Twin Cities area teacher and coach convicted of sexually abusing more than a dozen young boys spanning multiple schools was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
Source: www.fox9.com

November 21, 2025
St. Louis charter school on probation, could shutter over safety and academic violations
ST. LOUIS — A two-year-old charter elementary school could shut down next month over academic, staffing and safety concerns, including a recent incident in which a student left the downtown campus unsupervised.
Source: stltoday.com

November 19, 2025
Minnesota now has one of the nation’s lowest kindergarten measles vaccination rates
The steepest drops in kindergarten MMR rates have been in private and charter schools, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Source: startribune.com

November 18, 2025
Pay and performance fluctuate greatly at Minnesota charter schools, 5 INVESTIGATES review finds
5 INVESTIGATES analyzed contracts at the 30 largest charter schools in Minnesota, focusing on compensation, benefits and student achievement.
Source: kstp.com

November 9, 2025
Florida “Schools of Hope” Law Intensifies School Privatization | Dissident Voice
Over the past 33 years privately-operated charter schools have seized billions of dollars in public funds and public property that rightly belong to public schools. This neoliberal parasitism has been achieved mainly through state laws and schemes that legalize and normalize such wealth transfers in the name of “school choice,” “parent empowerment,” “accountability,” “competition,” and
Source: dissidentvoice.org

November 7, 2025
Lagging enrollment for new North Carolina charter schools raises questions about expansion
When seven charter schools opened in North Carolina this fall, each had submitted enrollment projections as part of their application. But on Thursday, the State Board of Education heard that none of them met those goals, and one missed by nearly 70%.
Source: ncnewsline.com

October 21, 2025
Parents of Walton Academy students scrambling to find new schools for their children
Parents say the ruling on late Friday left them scrambling on Monday to find new schools for their children.
Source: www.wfla.com

October 17, 2025
The quiet intent behind school vouchers said out loud
Spearheading the school voucher movement is this narrative that the best way to improve the education system is through expanded options for parents. As often repeated by supporters of school vouchers, give people the choice to send their child to whatever school they please.
Source: www.timesfreepress.com

October 16, 2025
‘It’s really unfair’: Triad parents blindsided by High Point charter school’s immediate closure
A group of Triad parents, many with children who have unique learning needs, are trying to determine where their children will attend school after a local charter academy announced its immediate closure on Wednesday.
Source: myfox8.com

September 30, 2025
The grades are in: Mississippi schools backslide on academic progress
For the first time in years, the performance of Mississippi schools and districts fell from the previous academic year, according to state education rankings released Thursday.
Source: mississippitoday.org

September 22, 2025
Privatized Education Disaster in New Orleans - Green Social Thought
The truth is that the all charter school district is a giant failure that even corruption rampant New Orleans is struggling to hide.
Source: www.greensocialthought.org

September 18, 2025
Ohio Charter Schools Keep Failing to Graduate Students
Ohio Charter Schools graduate students at a rate that's lower than all but 1 Ohio Public School District, likely costing our kids billions of dollars in lost potential income since their inception.
Source: 10thperiod.substack.com

September 18, 2025
The Bipartisan March Toward Gutting Public Schools, in Denver and Beyond
Is public education a public or a private good? This issue is at the heart of the school choice debate sweeping the country.   Advocates for
Source: coloradotimesrecorder.com

September 17, 2025
The Billion-Dollar Experiment: How New Orleans' Charter School Revolution Failed the Children It Promised to Save - Public Voices For Public Schools
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the nation's most radical education overhaul has produced stunning inequality alongside modest test gains
Source: pv4ps.org

September 17, 2025
MN Attorney General reaches $220,000 settlement in Hmong College Prep funds suit – Twin Cities
Attorney General Keith Ellison in December sued Christianna Hang, alleging she invested $5 million without the approval of the school’s board.
Source: www.twincities.com

September 10, 2025
Former Minnesota Teacher of the Year found guilty of sexually assaulting his 14-year-old student
Abdul Jameel Wright was found guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct by a person in a position of authority against a 13-15 year old.
Source: www.startribune.com

September 10, 2025
These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.
Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.
Source: www.propublica.org

September 5, 2025
After child dies and 2 others at 'high risk of death,' concerns raised over cyber charters 
As enrollment numbers for cyber charter schools continue to grow in Pennsylvania, NBC10 Investigators looked into the concerns about accountability.
Source: www.nbcphiladelphia.com

August 25, 2025
Teacher of the Year sex abuse trial set to begin
A former Minneapolis charter school teacher is scheduled to stand trial this week on charges that he sexually abused his former middle school student for almost a year.
Source: www.fox9.com

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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE

Great MN Schools $ 46,220,911
Teach for America Twin Cities $ 15,934,797
Hiawatha Academies $ 11,491,364
Minnesota Comeback CLOSED $ 11,139,019
KIPP Minnesota $ 7,693,564
Educators 4 Excellence, Inc. $ 7,327,113
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. (PIE Network) $ 7,057,289
Ed Allies $ 7,044,354
Center of the American Experiment $ 5,686,453
Charter School Partners CLOSED $ 4,871,464
MinnCAN CLOSED $ 4,180,592
The New Teacher Project $ 4,163,105
Education Evolving $ 3,280,750
Harvest Preparatory Charter School CLOSED $ 3,099,438
Our Turn, Inc., nee Students for Education Reform (SFER) $ 2,927,556
Charlemagne Institute - nee Intellectual Takeout $ 2,283,310
Harvest Network of Schools CLOSED $ 1,692,256
Minnesota Parent Union $ 1,494,340
Advancing Equity Coalition $ 826,594
Total: $ 148,414,269