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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:

February 22, 2019
Arizona charter school founder spent school money in Hawaii and on 'spiritual healers'
Trish McCarty ran StarShine Academy, a Phoenix alternative charter school,  until the state shut it down for "egregious" financial mismanagement.
Source: www.azcentral.com

February 21, 2019
Study Finds Ohio Charter School Performance Is Not Improving | WKSU
A new study has found Ohio charter school students aren’t measuring up to their traditional school peers. The report from the Center for Research on
Source: www.wksu.org

February 21, 2019
APS moves to shut down ABQ charter school » Albuquerque Journal
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Board of Education to hold hearing, listen to comments March 20
Source: www.abqjournal.com

February 21, 2019
Pasco County school superintendent moves to close charter school
Lack of student achievement and reckless use of funds among the allegations.
Source: www.tampabay.com

February 20, 2019
Aurora school board votes to close new charter school, saying it failed students with special needs
Vega charter school leaders said they will appeal to the state the Aurora school board’s decision to close the school.
Source: chalkbeat.org

February 19, 2019
Audit: Former Columbus charter school overstated attendance
A short-lived Columbus charter school improperly over reported its attendance and could not document a cash withdrawal of $806, according to an audit by the office of Ohio Auditor Keith Faber. First Time Learners Academy, which operated for less than five months in 2013, was ordered to repay $7,735 to the Ohio Department of Education for claiming state funds for more students than enrolled, the audit found. The school's sponsor suspended the school's operations on Dec. 6, 2013 after discovering
Source: www.dispatch.com

February 19, 2019
Republic reporters receive prestigious Polk Award for charter-school reporting
The George Polk Awards honored The Republic's reporting on charter schools, crediting reporters for revealing "insider deals, no-bid contracts and political chicanery."
Source: www.azcentral.com

February 19, 2019
Arizona charter school chain racked up big debt to expand. Now 5,600 kids face uncertainty
Edkey, a charter school chain that helps low-income kids, took on $93 million to expand. Now it has major financial challenges.
Source: www.azcentral.com

February 18, 2019
State’s lawsuit against KC charter school accused of stealing millions quietly settled | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two years ago, the state of Missouri took a local school to court, accusing them of stealing nearly $4 million in taxpayer money.
Source: fox4kc.com

February 18, 2019
R.I. charter school Times2 failing to deliver, state finds
The Providence school has until June 30 to address a list of shortcomings, says Department of Education.
Source: www.providencejournal.com

February 18, 2019
State finds 'financial distress' at Blackfoot charter schools
A lack of "strong internal controls" of finances has fueled cashflow challenges at the schools, according to an investigation by the Idaho Public Charter School Commission.
Source: www.idahoednews.org

February 17, 2019
Bridges Public Charter School Dismisses Well-Loved Teacher Who Spoke Out
“It sends a message to other teachers that they need to be quiet and comply, " says one parent.
Source: www.washingtoncitypaper.com

February 16, 2019
Costs mount amid flurry of lawsuits over Las Vegas charter school
Joshua Kern, the receiver appointed to take over the Quest Preparatory Academy in 2015 after an audit detailed conflicts of interest and costly contracts at Quest, has been embroiled in six lawsuits since then.
Source: www.reviewjournal.com

February 16, 2019
A top D.C. charter school faces federal review over discipline practices - The Washington Post
The Education Department is investigating BASIS DC over alleged racial discrimination.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

February 16, 2019
State pulls charter of troubled Little Rock school
The state Board of Education on Friday voted to immediately revoke Covenant Keepers College Preparatory School's state-issued charter after learning that unauthorized withdrawals from the school's bank account had left the school's sponsor without enough money to operate.
Source: www.arkansasonline.com

February 15, 2019
Boston: Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Breaking Point
When striking Los Angeles teachers won their demand  to call for a halt to charter school expansions in California, they set off a domino effect, and now teachers in other large urban districts are making the same demand.
Source: schottfoundation.org

February 15, 2019
Action expected today on failing charter school in SWLR, with possible move out of neighborhood it was supposed to serve
The state Board of Education is almost certain to act on an emergency basis today to revoke the charter of the financially and academically reeling Covenant Keepers charter school and allow the Friendship Aspire Academy to be allowed to open a year early to take its students.
Source: www.arktimes.com

February 14, 2019
Camden Academy student told to remove Nigerian head wrap
A student at Camden Academy Charter High and her mother are enraged after the school told the girl to remove her Nigerian head wrap because it was in violation of the school's uniform...
Source: www.fox29.com

February 14, 2019
Vote to close Nevada City Charter School | TheUnion.com
Nevada City Charter School is closing.The Nevada City School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to not renew the charter, thereby closing the 24-year-old school after the end of
Source: www.theunion.com

February 14, 2019
Surprise: Add missing money to woes of problem-plagued charter school once run by Valerie Tatum
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports today that a would-be charter school operator in Little Rock says his job's been made more difficult by the discovery that Valerie Tatum, the former leader of Covenant Keepers College Preparatory Charter School had, in recent days, drained more than $188,000 from an account necessary to operate the school.
Source: www.arktimes.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