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Memphis charter school leader fired after internal investigation
Wilkins declined to tell Chalkbeat what the investigation revealed or why Johnson was fired. Chalkbeat attempted to reach Johnson Wednesday, but the phone number was disconnected.
Newark charter school subpoenaed over $10M building markup after NorthJersey.com investigation
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed a Newark charter school seeking information on the purchase by its nonprofit support group of two former public school buildings that were flipped at a markup of close to $10 million.
Charter school run by former Utah lawmaker faces allegations of mismanagement
Phil Faulkner couldn’t believe what his bosses were asking him to do. So he didn’t do it. Instead, he blew the whistle.
Up until last September, Faulkner was an employee of Charter Solutions, a charter school management company, and he was assigned to Utah Military Academy, a public charter school.
Most Philly charter schools failed to test water for lead –– and city gave them a pass
Two years after Philadelphia officials pledged to crack down on lead in drinking water at school buildings, most city charter schools still haven’t tested for the dangerous neurotoxin. The lapse was not caught until now because the city agencies tasked with oversight have failed to enforce Philadelphia’s post-Flint-crisis water quality standards.
What can we learn from Washington’s recent charter-school closures?
Two years after Philadelphia officials pledged to crack down on lead in drinking water at school buildings, most city charter schools still haven’t tested for the dangerous neurotoxin. The lapse was not caught until now because the city agencies tasked with oversight have failed to enforce Philadelphia’s post-Flint-crisis water quality standards.
State board deals a blow to IPS by backing charter operator
The Indiana State Board of Education dealt a blow Wednesday to a last-minute effort by Indianapolis Public Schools to retain control of three schools poised to be wrested away and handed to a charter school operator.
State appeals court rules lawsuit against former leader of defunct Kinston Charter Academy can proceed
The Indiana State Board of Education dealt a blow Wednesday to a last-minute effort by Indianapolis Public Schools to retain control of three schools poised to be wrested away and handed to a charter school operator.
One A3 charter school defendant pleads guilty to conspiracy
One of 11 people indicted for the alleged A3 charter school scheme has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit a crime.
The defendant, Troy Kukahiko from Hawaii, is now scheduled to be sentenced on May 4.
R.I. education chief recommends 5-year renewal for failing charter school
The commissioner of education has recommended a five-year renewal for a charter school despite at least four years of failing academic achievement, low graduation rates and a poor track record for placing graduates in construction jobs.
These charter schools couldn’t find startup cash. So they got it from Chinese nationals
Like most of the 45 states with charter schools — taxpayer-funded campuses operated largely by private businesses — North Carolina provides no money to new operators for start-up or capital costs.
So Lakeside struck a devil’s bargain of sorts. It entered an agreement with an Arizona company to renovate a former church building, funded, in part, by a federal program that allows private companies to raise money by essentially selling green cards to wealthy foreign nationals.
IPS superintendent: Charter Schools USA fails to meet partnership standards
The facts are that CSUSA’s tenure at Emma Donnan is littered with high staff turnover, declining enrollment and a proposed future governance structure that was not clearly communicated or understood.
Most virtual charter schools’ students don’t graduate
In a state where the average graduation rate is 83%, just 40.2% of Epic’s students graduated on time last year, according to recently released school assessment data from the state Department of Education.
Parents of City on a Hill charter school call for CEO to resign amid layoffs
Parents panicked in wake of layoffs and restructuring at City on a Hill Charter Public Schools are organizing against administrators and calling for the schools’ CEO to resign.
City on a Hill charter school to close New Bedford campus and lay off staff at its Roxbury sites
Once a shining star in the Boston charter school world, City on a Hill is facing a massive financial crisis, prompting trustees on Monday to enact a series of dramatic budget cuts: They will soon lay off 23 teachers, administrators, and other staffers at their New Bedford school and two Roxbury schools and will close the New Bedford campus in June.
Judge orders charter school principal back on the payroll
Ivey-Price filed suit against the school claiming that she was fired because she spoke to Alabama State Department of Education officials about wrongdoing occurring at LEAD. Her lawsuit made a number of startling claims — none more shocking than claims that LEAD administrators had sought to prevent learning disabled students from attending the charter school and also encouraged special needs students to transfer out of LEAD.