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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:

June 7, 2025
Ex-leader of Indiana virtual charter schools pleads guilty to wire fraud
In the latest fallout from a statewide enrollment scandal, the ex-superintendent of two Indiana virtual charter schools agreed to pay a roughly $1.3 million judgment.
Source: www.chalkbeat.org

May 31, 2025
Hmong charter lawsuit v. hedge fund: $400,000 in settlement still unpaid – Twin Cities
A settlement agreement was signed last November between Clark Reiner, the hedge fund Woodstock Capital Partners and the school Hmong College Prep Academy.
Source: www.twincities.com

May 27, 2025
California charter school network steers millions in taxpayer money to opaque firm tied to execs
Elite charter schools' close relationship with a third-party provider raises questions about transparency and potential conflicts of interest.
Source: www.mercurynews.com

May 19, 2025
Charter school leaders balk at telling parents Minneapolis elementary closing at end of year
Skyline Math and Science is shutting down over low test scores and ‘poor financial management’
Source: www.startribune.com

May 12, 2025
Voucher Expansion Could Bankrupt Public Schools » Urban Milwaukee
Budget-busting proposal could benefit 'subprime' voucher operators.
Source: urbanmilwaukee.com

April 30, 2025
Parents of student at Chester charter school where 20 workers were charged with child abuse file lawsuit
The school also says it is a victim, putting the blame on Peak Performers Educational Staffing Corp., which hired the staffers who were later charged.
Source: www.inquirer.com

April 28, 2025
Minnesota must protect itself from funding parochial schools
Minnesota may soon be faced with a stark choice: Publicly fund religious charter schools, or have no charter schools at all
Source: left.mn

April 28, 2025
Grift and destroy - LeftMN
Minnesota's charter school experiment is a failure, academically and financially
Source: left.mn

April 25, 2025
KIPP Charter Schools Conceal $52M in Unexplained Expenses - EXPOSEDbyCMD
A Center for Media and Democracy review of KIPP’s fiscal year 2023 IRS filings reveals that its schools in the U.S. reported more than $52 million in unexplained spending under the category “all other expenses.”
Source: www.exposedbycmd.org

April 24, 2025
Another Judge Rules Against Private School Choice. Here’s Why
For the second time this school year, a court has deemed a state’s private school choice program unconstitutional and forced it to halt.
Source: edweek.org

April 23, 2025
Student Outcome Focused Governance is Impuissant
The night NPE2025 in Columbus ended; I ate dinner with two ladies from Pittsburgh. They informed me about Student Outcome Focused Governance (SOFG) which I had ignored but they were right to be concerned. It is one of those things like No Child Left Behind or Race to the Top that…
Source: tultican.com

April 20, 2025
MN lawmakers propose reforms to boost charter school accountability
The MN Legislature is considering bills that would increase oversight of charter schools. But Republicans and Democrats disagree on some measures.
Source: www.startribune.com

April 19, 2025
MN charter school leaders broke rules to benefit themselves
More than half of MN's charter schools in the past five years flunked governance standards, and many violated state's open meetings law.
Source: www.startribune.com

April 13, 2025
Failing Charter School Will Continue To Operate
Northridge-Chatsworth, CA - Ignoring the LAUSD and its staff, the Los Angeles County Office of Education renewed KIPP Sol's charter petition for another five years.
Source: patch.com

April 11, 2025
MN threatens to terminate nonprofit that oversees 16 charter schools
The MN Department of Education said Pillsbury United Communities failed to address problems at the Twin Cities charter schools it oversees.
Source: www.startribune.com

March 31, 2025
Delco DA charges 20 workers at Chester charter school in child abuse case
The Delaware County District Attorney's Office alleges that some workers used painful methods to restrain students.
Source: www.inquirer.com

March 31, 2025
A MN Teacher of the Year - from a charter school - is accused of sexual abuse. It’s not the first time.
A former Minnesota Teacher of the Year now charged with sexually abusing a student previously faced allegations that he sexually assaulted two of his co-workers, according to police records obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators.
Source: www.fox9.com

March 23, 2025
Golden Valley charter school removes CEO after sexual misconduct lawsuit
The Harvest Best Academy board plans to vote Tuesday on an interim executive director.
Source: www.startribune.com

March 22, 2025
Questioning the Mississippi Miracle Again
By Thomas Ultican 3/21/2025 The national assessment of education progress (NAEP) is a biennial effort of the Department of Education. At the end of February, Chad Aldeman of The 74 - a billionaire created propaganda rag - asks, “How did Mississippi go from 49th in the country a decade ago to near the top today?”…
Source: tultican.com

March 20, 2025
New lawsuit filed against metro school over sexual abuse allegations toward former staff
Golden Valley's Harvest Best Academy is being sued after the plaintiff alleged it was negligent in protecting students from alleged sexual misconduct from staff.
Source: www.kare11.com

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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE

Great MN Schools $ 46,110,911
Teach for America Twin Cities $ 15,934,797
Hiawatha Academies $ 11,491,364
Minnesota Comeback CLOSED $ 11,139,019
KIPP Minnesota $ 7,693,564
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. (PIE Network) $ 7,057,289
Ed Allies $ 7,001,454
Educators 4 Excellence, Inc. $ 6,270,113
Center of the American Experiment $ 5,285,953
Charter School Partners CLOSED $ 4,871,464
MinnCAN CLOSED $ 4,180,592
The New Teacher Project $ 4,155,605
Education Evolving $ 3,280,750
Harvest Preparatory Charter School CLOSED $ 3,099,438
Our Turn, Inc., nee Students for Education Reform (SFER) $ 2,827,556
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: $ 146,696,369