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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:

April 7, 2019
State recommends closing Smothers Academy charter school amid financial, special education issues
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Education are recommending the closure of Smothers Academy Preparatory School, an F-rated charter school in Jefferson Parish, amid allegations of financial mismanagement and a
Source: www.theadvocate.com

April 7, 2019
Laurel Oaks Charter School in Baton Rouge could be forced to close over alleged mismanagement
A small charter school in Baton Rouge that got off to a troubled start and continued to face problems with its operations could be forced to close in May.
Source: www.theadvocate.com

April 7, 2019
Chicago Charter School For Girls Is Closing
Young Women’s Leadership Charter School is slated to close in June after 20 years due to low enrollment and greater competition.
Source: www.wbez.org

April 6, 2019
Charter school superintendent, IT employee charged with embezzlement
The head of a Houston-area charter school and another school employee have been indicted on federal embezzlement charges, accused of siphoning more than $250,000 from the school for themselves and using some of the money to buy a car and condominium.
Source: www.chron.com

April 5, 2019
New federal study: Charter middle schools didn’t boost college enrollment or graduation
A new U.S. Department of Education study finds that attending a charter middle school does not make a student more likely to attend or graduate college.  
Source: www.ajc.com

April 5, 2019
Promesa: Worst Charter Chain or Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
In December 2018 the New York Times published an expose on Southwest Key. The Texas company is notorious for operating inhumane border shelters for incarcerated migrants hoping to secure refugee st...
Source: www.dailykos.com

April 5, 2019
NC charter school teacher taped student’s mouth
A middle school teacher at Southern Wake Academy put masking tape over a student’s mouth a month ago. The charter school says the teacher is still employed and was put on a disciplinary action plan for the rest of the school year.
Source: www.newsobserver.com

April 4, 2019
Additional money scammed from Caddo charter school is recovered
Since January, investigators have tracked and retrieved thousands as investigation continues.
Source: www.shreveporttimes.com

April 3, 2019
Financial ties between HISD charter, founder draw scrutiny before renewal vote
A trio of intertwined charter school networks operating within Houston ISD have paid or lent at least $17 million during the last five years to a company owned by their highest-ranking employee...
Source: www.houstonchronicle.com

April 3, 2019
Federal study finds charter schools didn't help students in college degrees
The results are a disappointing data point for charter advocates who hoped the publicly funded, privately run schools would improve students’ college prospects.
Source: www.chalkbeat.org

April 2, 2019
Charter school board hires investigator to look at allegations reported by WWL-TV, places CEO on paid leave
New Beginnings charter schools CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams is under fire for alleged grade-fixing at Kennedy High and allegedly falsifying board records, but unlike one whistleblower, she will get paid during the investigation.
Source: www.wwltv.com

April 2, 2019
County denies charter renewal petition for Foothill Leadership Academy
The Tuolumne County Board of Education unanimously denied the renewal of a five-year charter for Sonora charter school Foothill Leadership Academy Monday evening, bringing out a bitter tirade from the school’s founder and parents. “You just don’t care, you’re another politician, " said charter school founder Ian McVey to Tuolumne County
Source: www.uniondemocrat.com

April 2, 2019
How many lawyers does it take to shut down a failing charter school? | Opinion
The state’s charter law, characterized as “the worst in the nation" by Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, was written to benefit charter operators and investors "”and obviously their lawyers.
Source: www.philly.com

April 1, 2019
How a federal program was exploited to pay for privately owned charter school buildings
New Jersey's largest charter school operators are getting hundreds of millions of dollars from a federal program created to help build public schools.
Source: www.northjersey.com

March 31, 2019
Federal court rules Leland charter school’s dress code violates Constitution
A federal court ruled Thursday that Charter Day School’s dress policy requiring female students to wear skirts to school violates the Constitution.
Source: www.wect.com

March 30, 2019
WWL-TV Exclusive: Records, sources say charter school falsified board minutes on bus contract
WWL-TV has uncovered serious allegations that a charter school management organization falsified public meeting minutes to make it look like its board of directors properly approved a school bus contract worth upwards of $1 million a year.
Source: www.wwltv.com

March 30, 2019
Small districts reap big profits by approving charter schools with little oversight
Hit hard by the recession and declining enrollment, some of California's smallest school districts have been approving charter schools in exchange for fees. The practice, which is legal, has given districts an incentive not to monitor misbehaving charters.
Source: www.latimes.com

March 29, 2019
Charter Schools Are Scamming the U.S. Government at Will
A new report finds the Department of Education blew nearly $1 billion in grant money on schools that never opened or were quickly shut down.
Source: www.truthdig.com

March 29, 2019
Charter school teacher charged with sending teens nude photos
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Prosecutors charged a former Minneapolis charter school employee for using Facebook to sexually exploit teenagers. Josiah Mosqueda worked at Hiawatha Academies from the fall o...
Source: kfgo.com

March 28, 2019
This defunct Wellington charter school says it's bankrupt. Its ex-teachers are still fighting to be paid.
Eagle Arts Academy, the problem-plagued Wellington charter school forced to close in August, has filed for bankruptcy, as the school’s former teachers and landlord hound it in court for unpaid wages and rent.The nonprofit corporation that operated the school intends to dissolve itself as part of the bankruptcy process, its attorney said, a signal that it has abandoned its hope of winning more money from the county school board and the right to reopen.After years of financial woes and
Source: www.palmbeachpost.com

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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE

Great MN Schools $ 33,537,921
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 $ 5,824,154
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 $ 1,451,206
Minnesota Parent Union $ 1,119,340
Total: $ 127,126,335