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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:
| May 9, 2026 |
| Minnesota, the birthplace of charter schools, needs to lead the way on reforming them |
| Too often, charter schools are highly segregated, underperform academically and employ underpaid educators |
| Source: minnesotareformer.com |
| May 5, 2026 |
| Charter School Moving into Brooklyn Center’s Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church |
| A charter school has plans to move into a Catholic Church in Brooklyn Center. Eagle Ridge Academy got approval on April 27 from the Brooklyn Center City Council to open at Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church. Saint Alphonsus operated a school at the church from 1959 until its closure in 2024. Declining enrollment was cited as one of the factors in closing the school. |
| Source: https://ccxmedia.org |
| April 27, 2026 | Minnesota: More Charter Schools Fail and Close in the First State to Open a Charter School |
| The first charter school law in the U.S. was passed in Minnesota in 1991. The first charter school in the country, City Academy High School, opened in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1992. Since then charter school laws have been passed in 47 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. |
| Source: thedissidentvoice.org |
| April 24, 2026 | Former Urban Prep Academies CEO indicted for embezzling more than $103,000 in school funding |
| A former Chicago charter school Chief Executive Officer has been indicted for allegedly taking thousands of dollars in school funds to cover expenses made on his personal credit card, the U.S. Attorney's Office Northern District of Illinois announced on Wednesday. |
| Source: cbsnews.com |
| April 23, 2026 |
| Running low on money, [charter school] Academy for Sciences and Agriculture to shut down in June |
| In an announcement this week, the executive director of the 25-year-old school said it was “financially unsustainable.” |
| Source: startribune.com |
| April 21, 2026 | Privatizers Hijack Indianapolis Public Schools |
| For the past few weeks the news has been filled with articles about the replacement of public control of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) with a top-down “board” comprised of unelected pro-privatization forces that will oversee both public schools and privately-operated charter schools in the city. |
| Source: thedissidentvoice.org |
| April 14, 2026 | Bank Account of South Carolina Charter School Emptied out |
| #ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL is a regularly updated blog documenting a range of crimes and scandals plaguing the crisis-ridden charter school sector. The blog was created by the Network for Public Education and offers hundreds of mainstream news stories spanning many years and chronicling more than one can fathom. |
| Source: thedissidentvoice.org |
| April 10, 2026 | Harvest Best pushes forward as eviction threatens school |
| Harvest Best Academy faced major challenges this year, including multiple lawsuits and a leadership change. But leaders of the Minneapolis charter school express optimism for its future. |
| Source: sahanjournal.com |
| April 8, 2026 | Tempo of Charter School Crimes and Arrests Never Decreases |
| Even though they make up only 8% of schools in the country, crimes, scandals, and arrests take place at a robust tempo in the nation’s privately-operated charter schools. |
| Source: thedissidentvoice.org |
| April 4, 2026 | Burnsville charter school paraprofessional arrested, charged in underage sex sting |
| An educator at a Burnsville charter school is facing criminal charges after he allegedly exchanged sexual messages with an undercover deputy posing as a 15-year-old girl. |
| Source: kstp.com |
| April 3, 2026 | One Of Michigan’s Oldest Charter Schools Is Failing And May Be Closing |
| Like so many charter schools across the country, Barack Obama Leadership Academy in Detroit, Michigan, may soon be closing for the same reasons charter schools fail and close every week (declining enrollment, financial malfeasance, mismanagement, and/or low academic performance).Timbuktu Academy, which has been open since 1997, became Barack Obama Leadership Academy in 2019—ten years after Barack Obama became president of the United States.Let’s first glance at some facts about Barack Obama Lead |
| Source: stell55.wixsite.com |
| February 25, 2026 |
| Push for publicly funded charter schools fails in South Dakota Senate |
| A South Dakota charter school bill failed in the Senate on a tie vote after Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen declined to break the deadlock. |
| Source: www.kotatv.com |
| February 19, 2026 |
| Kentucky Supreme Court rules GOP-backed charter schools bill unconstitutional |
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Republican-backed bill establishing a statewide public charter school system was unconstitutional. In a unanimous opinion authored by Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller, the state’s high court struck down 2022’s House Bill 9, which would have allowed approved groups to create and oversee charter schools funded with public education dollars. |
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| February 12, 2026 | Why America Must Rewrite Charter School Laws Now - Progressive.org |
| Research shows charter school laws enable mismanagement, profiteering, and instability at the expense of students and taxpayers. |
| Source: progressive.org |
| February 9, 2026 |
| ‘Difficult decision:’ 2 Atlanta charter schools to close at school year’s end |
| The end of the school year means the end of two Atlanta-based charter schools. |
| Source: www.wsbtv.com |
| February 4, 2026 | Florida’s Charter Schools Lower State’s 2024-25 Graduation Rate |
| While corruption is endemic to the decades-old charter school sector, it is extra rampant in Florida’s charter schools. To add insult to injury, Florida also has the nation’s second highest charter school failure and closure rate. No amount of “school choice” rhetoric in Florida has improved this record. School privatization is notorious for lowering the level of education. |
| Source: dissidentvoice.org |
| February 3, 2026 | NYS: Why Are Authoritarian Entities Needed to Create Charter Schools if They Are So Popular? |
| But if charter schools are marvelous and popular why have charter school promoters spent years using top-down heavy-handed entities comprised of unelected pro-privatization individuals to impose charter schools on communities across the country? |
| Source: dissidentvoice.org |
| January 13, 2026 |
| In rare move, Oklahoma charter school ordered to close at end of school year |
| The Statewide Charter School Board voted to terminate the school’s founding contract |
| Source: oklahomavoice.com |
| January 12, 2026 |
| Epic Charter faces forensic audit after budget collapse |
| — Superintendent, finance staff resigned as layoffs, shortfall loomed |
| Source: freepressokc.com |
| January 3, 2026 |
| This isn’t school ‘choice.’ It’s public money siphoned off for private education. |
| The Colorado Schools Fund, launched in 2024 with $50 million in philanthropic support, is not simply financing new charter and microschools. It is reshaping the public narrative about education itself. Through a strategic mix of capital, ideology and political influence, CSF and its allies are advancing a powerful message: that market-driven “choice” is the only remedy for supposedly irredeemable public schools. |
| Source: coloradonewsline.com |
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