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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:
| April 7, 2019 |
| Parent, teacher defections from Detroit charter school could close it |
| Andre Agassi backed Southwest Detroit Community School in 2013. But poor test scores, lack of trust between teachers and administration signal trouble. |
| Source: www.freep.com |
| 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 |
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