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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:

December 16, 2019
IDEA charter school’s newest expense: a private jet
As IDEA Public Schools rapidly expands throughout the southern United States, the charter district’s leaders have approved an efficient and expensive way of getting across the country: an eight-passenger private jet.
Source: www.houstonchronicle.com

December 14, 2019
Utah Military Academy put on warning, director resigns after whistleblower reports questionable ethical practices’ "” including changing grades and paying former employees to keep quiet
The Utah Military Academy was placed on warning status Thursday "”and its director resigned "” after a whistleblower reported that the school was operating “with questionable ethical practices, " including inflating a cadet’s grades to get him into a prestigious Army training program.
Source: www.sltrib.com

December 13, 2019
Utah school board votes to close charter school that lost $1 million after 1 year in operation
A northern Utah charter school that lost more than $1 million last year "” the first year it was open "” has been ordered to shut its doors.
Source: www.sltrib.com

December 11, 2019
KIPP details assault, harassment claims against co-founder Feinberg
Feinberg has denied the allegations, and has since announced the creation of a new organization to help people start charter schools.  
Source: www.chalkbeat.org

December 11, 2019
Most Philly charter schools failed to test water for lead —— and city gave them a pass
The city agencies tasked with oversight have failed to enforce Philadelphia’s post-Flint crisis water quality standards.
Source: whyy.org

December 10, 2019
State Charter School Board votes to close Capstone Classical Academy charter
The State Charter School Board voted unanimously Monday to close Capstone Classical Academy, a public charter school in Weber County, effective at the end of the academic year.
Source: www.deseret.com

December 10, 2019
Failed charter schools cost federal government almost $505M in nine years
Charter schools that never opened or that have opened then closed between 2006 and 2014 have cost the federal government almost $505 million, according to a recent
Source: thehill.com

December 9, 2019
Charter school leaders, founders linked to controversial Turkish cleric | Spring Hill Insider
Taxpayers contribute more than $60 million to charter school network in 2016. Schools linked to followers of Fethullah Gulen, who is fighting extradition to Turkey
Source: insiderfinancial.net

December 3, 2019
Hartford charter school teacher arrested in New Hampshire after being accused of sexually assaulting student | FOX 61
ENFIELD, NH -- A Hartford charter school teacher was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a student. Bloomfield police received a complaint in September from DCF, that said   that a teacher was having sex with a 16 year-old student while in Bloomfield.
Source: fox61.com

December 3, 2019
Trial canceled after former charter school teacher accepts plea deal for child abuse charges | Crime and Courts | heraldextra.com
A former Eagle Mountain teacher pleaded guilty on Monday to shoving an eighth-grade student against a wall and injuring him during gym class earlier this year.
Source: www.heraldextra.com

December 3, 2019
Brooklyn mother sues charter school for negligence in daughter’s sexual assault
In a new federal lawsuit, Cherice Brown says her daughter was molested and harassed by a fellow student at Uncommon Charter High School in Brooklyn last year "” and school administrators proposed changing her schedule while letting her assailant keep normal school hours.
Source: www.nydailynews.com

December 3, 2019
Troubled Chicago Virtual Charter School Expected To Close
A troubled school where we uncovered questionable spending and missing curriculum is expected to closing at the end of the school year.
Source: chicago.cbslocal.com

December 2, 2019
Most virtual charter schools' students don't graduate | Local News | enidnews.com
Dressed in blue robes with gold-colored stoles around their neck, graduates of Epic Virtual Charter School walked across the stage at the Mabee Center arena in Tulsa earlier this year,
Source: www.enidnews.com

November 24, 2019
Nearly half of New Orleans' all-charter district schools got D or F grades; What happens next? | Education | nola.com
The release of the state's closely watched school performance scores earlier this month offered an overall update on New Orleans schools that seemed benign enough: A slight increase in overall
Source: www.nola.com

November 23, 2019
Turn in records, judge tells former head of Little Rock charter school
The former head of the defunct Covenant Keepers charter school has one week to return its missing financial records or answer to Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mary McGowan.
Source: www.arkansasonline.com

November 21, 2019
Ohio charter school accused by state of misusing nearly $168,000 in taxpayer dollars
Shell vendor is alleged to have been used and the school’s leader had access and another person withdrew money and deposited into personal accounts.
Source: www.cantonrep.com

November 20, 2019
Two New Orleans schools to lose charters this year after getting failing grades | Education | nola.com
Two New Orleans public schools are set to lose their charters this year after getting failing grades from the Louisiana Department of Education, parish school officials announced Tuesday.
Source: www.nola.com

November 20, 2019
Legacy Charter School in Titusville faces closure again over long list of problems
School officials have characterized much of the report  as "lies" and painted  it as the latest in a series of attempts to shut down the school.
Source: www.floridatoday.com

November 18, 2019
Auditor says charter school scammed state | FOX2now.com
ST. LOUIS - A Missouri state audit discloses how the state overpaid a St. Louis charter school $1.4 million dollars. The auditor calls it a scam by the owner of the facility. The State Auditor says the owner submitted false billing statements.
Source: fox2now.com

November 16, 2019
A Charter School Gets Canceled for Wanting to Teach Indigenous History
The case has it all: white-centrism, the "school choice" debate, and the obscene way in which North Carolina is failing its students.
Source: newrepublic.com

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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE

Great MN Schools $ 33,587,921
Teach for America Twin Cities $ 12,805,105
Minnesota Comeback CLOSED $ 11,139,019
Hiawatha Academies $ 11,095,449
KIPP Minnesota $ 7,093,764
Advancing Equity Coalition $ 6,349,594
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. (PIE Network) $ 6,069,789
Ed Allies $ 5,924,154
Educators 4 Excellence, Inc. $ 4,946,913
Charter School Partners CLOSED $ 4,871,464
Center of the American Experiment $ 4,291,071
MinnCAN CLOSED $ 4,155,592
Harvest Preparatory Charter School CLOSED $ 3,099,438
Our Turn, Inc., nee Students for Education Reform (SFER) $ 2,768,250
Education Evolving $ 2,565,750
Charlemagne Institute - nee Intellectual Takeout $ 2,250,260
Harvest Network of Schools CLOSED $ 1,692,256
The New Teacher Project $ 1,526,206
Minnesota Parent Union $ 1,199,340
Total: $ 127,431,335