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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:

May 9, 2022
Colorado Springs Charter Academy accused of financial, ethics violations
Peters issued a cease-and-desist order to the Colorado Springs Charter Academy on April 22, alleging that the school’s board committed several violations of the Colorado Charter School Institute’s School Compliance Policy.
Source: gazette.com

May 4, 2022
Lafayette city and school officials critical of charter school plan
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Lafayette officials are skeptical of a plan to open a charter school in the former New Community School building on Elmwood Avenue.
Source: www.wlfi.com

April 30, 2022
IDEA assistant principal accused of punching 5-year-old boy who struck her
The boy admitted that he punched her, after which the assistant principal pushed him...
Source: www.expressnews.com

April 29, 2022
Audit: NC charter school falsified student records, misused school funding
A new investigative report from the Office of the State Auditor states a North Carolina charter school falsified student records and misused school funding.
Source: www.wral.com

April 18, 2022
An East Tampa charter school offered an alternative. Now it’s closing.
Envisioned as an option for families at a nearby F school, East Tampa Academy succumbed to rocky finances.
Source: www.tampabay.com

April 15, 2022
Business-backed charter schools wouldn't answer to local school boards under proposal - Louisiana Illuminator
Business-backed charter schools in Louisiana wouldn't answer to local school boards under a proposal in the Legislature.
Source: lailluminator.com

April 13, 2022
State shuts down Three Rivers Academy - The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald | The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
That decision was reached on Jan. 6 during a meeting of the State School Board and were based on findings that Three Rivers Academy failed to meet standards of student performance, as well as for ongoing and longstanding violations of federal and state law, for violations of the provisions of its charter, and for failure to provide required oversight and accountability over the school’s Education Management Organization (EMO).
Source: www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com

April 9, 2022
School buses that disappeared from Lycée Francais charter school were repossessed, not stolen | Education | nola.com
An hour before they were set to pick up students to take them home on Thursday, three school buses disappeared from where they were parked in front of the Lycée
Source: www.nola.com

April 9, 2022
NC charter school poses 'immediate threat,' must close, State Board of Education determines
That means students must find a new school for the final weeks of the school year.
Source: www.wral.com

April 7, 2022
EHT charter school founder allegedly misrepresented contracts to his own company
The founder of an Egg Harbor Township charter school is accused of misrepresenting contracts that paid his business $115,000.
Source: breakingac.com

April 5, 2022
MAHS charter revoked, school to close in may – FOX13 News Memphis
The decision follows allegations of former school administrators misspending school money, accused of misappropriating nearly $800,000 in funding. “At least six years of mismanagement, and it’s hard to un-ring that bell,” said a member of the state charter school board.
Source: www.fox13memphis.com

March 31, 2022
State investigating abuse, neglect allegations within Longview ISD charter school system
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is investigating allegations of child abuse or neglect within East Texas Advanced Academies.
Source: www.news-journal.com

March 29, 2022
Ann Arbor charter school: Management firm made up student count
The school's authorizer did no investigation of the claims, which are now part of dueling lawsuits.
Source: amp.freep.com

March 25, 2022
Former Charter School Board President Found Guilty of Embezzlement and Wire Fraud
On March 23, 2022, following a week and half-long trial, a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida found Jimika I. Williams, a/k/a Jimika Mason, guilty of two counts of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and 18 counts of wire fraud.
Source: justice.gov

March 24, 2022
Critics want 1,100 charter schools to repay more than $1 billion in PPP loans to government
Critics say charter schools, with most losing no money during the pandemic, should repay $1 billion in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Source: www.usatoday.com

March 23, 2022
Inside the chaotic charter schools run by a for-profit company - NationofChange
Former teachers and board members say charters run by Accel Schools are designed to fail.
Source: www.nationofchange.org

March 23, 2022
How the Minneapolis Foundation Bankrolls the Destruction of Public Schools
With hopes of creating an education “marketplace,” the business foundation floods the city with charter schools while vilifying teachers' unions.
Source: racketmn.com

March 21, 2022
Did charter schools game the system? Many cashed in on forgiven PPP loans they didn't actually need
Nearly all U.S. charter schools lost no money during the pandemic, but they got a $1 billion windfall from the government forgiving their PPP loans.
Source: www.yahoo.com

March 21, 2022
Students walked out of Newark charter school to protest treatment of Black faculty
Hundreds of students walked out of one of the campuses of North Star Academy charter school in Newark on Friday and held a rally outside City Hall. They said some Black teachers who felt disrespected have left the school.
Source: newark.chalkbeat.org

March 21, 2022
Nevada charter schools got millions in PPP loans - Nevada Current
They’re ‘public schools when it is convenient and something else when it’s not,’ NSEA says
Source: www.nevadacurrent.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