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How Charter Schools Promote ‘Development Off the Backs of Children’
When charter schools are used as “a tool for economic development,” kids and communities suffer.
As Indy charter struggled, ex-CEO’s school credit card shows charges for steakhouses, wine, StubHub
Thousands of dollars in alcohol, travel, restaurant, and entertainment expenses were charged to the company credit card of a leader of an expanding Indianapolis charter school network who was terminated in February, according to school records.
‘Money in the pockets of administrators’: California charter school network steers millions in taxpayer money to opaque firm tied to execs
Elite charter schools’ close relationship with a third-party provider raises questions about transparency and potential conflicts of interest.
Split US Supreme Court blocks taxpayer-funded religious charter school
Opponents have said religious charter schools would force taxpayers to support religious indoctrination. Establishing them also could undermine nondiscrimination principles, they argued, because religious charter schools might seek to bar employees and even students who do not adhere to doctrinal teachings.
Families say tough goodbyes to two Fulton elementary schools set to close
The Fulton County school board Board of Education voted in February to close the schools, meaning hundreds of students will attend other schools next year. Some families have opted to stay in Fulton. Some families have opted to go to the school they’re now zoned for. Others will attend charter or private schools. Others have moved.
Specialized charter schools need to ensure inclusive practices, report says
Charter schools focused on serving students with disabilities enroll more White students and fewer Black students than charter schools overall, according to an analysis of data by the Center for Learner Equity.
Charter school leaders balk at telling parents Minneapolis elementary closing at end of year
The guild is not renewing the school’s contract because students have consistently posted substandard test scores and its leaders have demonstrated “poor financial management and stewardship of public funds,” the guild said in a May 2 letter to school leaders.
Louisiana treasurer and New Orleans charter schools spar over ‘questionable’ spending
State Treasurer John Fleming has issued in recent weeks a series of press releases flagging “questionable expenditures” made by schools, including $17,563 spent at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant and a $2,000 political donation by the Orleans Parish School Board.
Santa Clara County’s First Charter School to Close All Campuses, Laying Off 100 Staff
Downtown College Prep announced in January that it would close its two middle schools and one high school in June due to decreasing enrollment at its campuses and in San José’s public schools. The decision came less than a year after DCP abruptly closed its Alum Rock High School last spring, giving families just a few months’ notice. DCP has a budget deficit of $4.5 million, according to public documents.
Longtime Pueblo charter school with financial woes to close after losing state appeal
The board voted 7-1 to reject Chávez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy’s request to overturn the Pueblo 60 district’s January decision to end the charter contract because of what the district officials described as ongoing fiscal mismanagement at the school.
Minnesota’s Charter School Fraud Crisis is Part of a Nationwide Pattern
In the state where charter schools were first legally authorized, ‘school choice’ schemes have given rise to graft and mismanagement.
Public Money, Private Control: Inside New Orleans’ Charter School Overhaul
What began as a response to disaster became a blueprint for disruption. Teachers were fired, unions were broken, and entire communities lost control over neighborhood schools. Millions of public dollars have since flowed through charter management organizations with limited oversight, while families continue to navigate a maze of enrollment lotteries, inconsistent services, and school closures.
If Approved, Religious Charter Schools Will Shift Yet More Money from Traditional Public Schools
If the court allows churches to operate religious charter schools, the public education system, as Americans know it, will take on an entirely new face and set of financial challenges.
DC families feel stranded as second charter school closure disrupts education
7News looked into the challenges the families are facing with charter schools and who will be held accountable for charter schools taking millions of public dollars, then shutting down operations.
Letter: Limit public funding for cyber charter schools
For private cyber school corporations that drained off $1 billion in tax dollars from our school district’s budgets in 2023-24, not so much.