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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:

March 21, 2019
APS says new evidence shows Vega charter school officials pressed teachers to lie about special ed troubles - Sentinel Colorado
AURORA | Aurora Public Schools officials say the principal of a popular but embattled charter school told an employee to lie to district investigators in an attempt to get past a dispute over special education instruction endangering the school. School district officials say malpractice in the school’s special education program led to a pending legal […]
Source: www.sentinelcolorado.com

March 21, 2019
Acclaimed BASIS charter schools nearly $44 million in the red, audit shows | Local news | tucson.com
The globally renowned BASIS charter school system is nearly $44 million in the red, according to a recent report from a Phoenix-based watchdog group.
Source: tucson.com

March 20, 2019
Republicans want to turbocharge privatization of Florida public schools | Randy Schultz - Sun Sentinel
Republicans want to turn Florida’s public school students into lab rats.
Source: www.sun-sentinel.com

March 19, 2019
SCHOOL DRUG BUST: School employee caught with extensive drug stash, sold to coworker in school parking lot
An employee at an Allegheny County charter school is facing charges after police said he was selling drugs to another employee in the school's parking lot.
Source: www.wpxi.com

March 19, 2019
Clayton Valley Charter must pay school district in lawsuit
Clayton Valley Charter High School owes more than $850,000 to the Mt. Diablo Unified School District for using one of its campuses, a judge has ruled.
Source: www.eastbaytimes.com

March 18, 2019
Crime still legal for charter operators under reform’ bill
The state Senate passed a bill saying charter school owners can continue to operate in a way that would put district school administrators in jail.
Source: www.azcentral.com

March 17, 2019
Southwest Key, Known for Migrant Shelters, Cashes In on Charter Schools
The schools are struggling with debt even as the charity sits on tens of millions.
Source: www.nytimes.com

March 16, 2019
Charter school companies feast at the public trough | Editorial - Sun Sentinel
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to do something about “bad actors " in the charter school industry, but has yet to say what that would be. The problem is the very existence of the for-profit sector. Charter schools should be non-profit in all respects.
Source: www.sun-sentinel.com

March 15, 2019
Monument charter school's hiring decisions questioned after unexplained departure of French teacher | Education | gazette.com
The unexplained departure of a French language teacher who was related to the director of the Monument Academy and has a criminal record has some parents questioning the school’s hiring
Source: gazette.com

March 14, 2019
Are Pa. school districts paying too much for cyber charter students?
“The taxpayers are being fleeced by this model in most cases, " said Greg Richmond, CEO of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, a group that says it supports quality charters.
Source: www.philly.com

March 14, 2019
Parent says College Park charter school teacher threatened daughter
A College Park charter school investigated an allegation that a teacher cussed at an eighth-grade student, threatening to “beat the (expletive) out of her, " Channel 2 Action News reported.
Source: www.ajc.com

March 14, 2019
Singleton Charter School warned it’s violating special education law again: report
The Orleans Parish school district has issued its most severe warning to James M. Singleton Charter School for the third time this school year, saying the school again violated federal and state special education law, The Lens reports
Source: www.nola.com

March 14, 2019
Parents And Teachers Fleeing Chicago Virtual Charter School Over Questionable Spending, Missing  Curriculum
Missing curriculum and missing textbooks are just some of the problems uncovered at Chicago Virtual Charter School.
Source: chicago.cbslocal.com

March 13, 2019
Former Employee Sues Olive Grove Charter School, Alleging Wrongful Termination | School Zone - Noozhawk.com
Noozhawk.com delivers local breaking news, local sports, schools, nonprofits, obituaries, business, arts and entertainment, calendar, local opinions and more.
Source: www.noozhawk.com

March 13, 2019
A virtual charter school divorce’ leaves 2,400 students caught in the middle
N.C. Connections Academy wants state permission to no longer be managed by Pearson Online and Blended Learning. Both sides blame each other for the state labeling the online charter school as a continually low-performing school.
Source: www.newsobserver.com

March 13, 2019
St. Louis College Prep To Close; Lafayette Prep Poised To Step In | KBIA
Seniors at St. Louis College Prep will be the independent public school’s first, last and only graduating class. St. Louis College Prep, a charter middle
Source: www.kbia.org

March 12, 2019
12 Pepper-Sprayed At Flatbush Charter School: FDNY | Ditmas Park, NY Patch
12 Pepper Sprayed At Flatbush Charter School: FDNY - Ditmas Park-Flatbush, NY - Twelve people were pepper sprayed inside Uncommon Schools Kings Collegiate Charter School Monday afternoon, the FDNY said.
Source: patch.com

March 12, 2019
Arizona charter operator made millions on the schools he runs. He now wants to be in NC.
Wake Preparatory Academy would be managed by a company whose owner also owns the company that would build and lease back the facility to the charter school. The owner of those companies made millions from charter schools in Arizona.
Source: www.newsobserver.com

March 11, 2019
A new story of school segregation in North Carolina: A private white-flight academy is turning charter - The Washington Post
And how it will impact the public school district in which it is located when it takes in public funds that would have gone to that system.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

March 8, 2019
Sackler family opioid fortune backed CT charter schools - New Haven Register
NEW HAVEN "” The Sackler family "” which owns Stamford-based OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma "” has donated millions to political and philanthropic causes in Connecticut for years, while a recent lawsuit alleges the family’s money comes from “a web of illegal deceit. "
Source: www.nhregister.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