#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
Palmetto school smoke and mirrors
The school filed an appeal with the state after it lost its charter, and an administrative hearing was held last week. A judge is expected to rule on the appeal in the next 60 days.
State’s Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team Looking Into Inspire Charter
As NBC 7 Investigates has reported, critics have raised ethical concerns about Inspire. They say there is a lack of oversight on how public money is spent, and say teachers are not adequately reviewing the work of Inspire’s home school students. Inspire denies those allegations and says it has set up its funds to provide choices for families in how to best educate their children.
Epic Charter Schools promoting itself with multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, plus $9,000 per month shopping mall playground sponsorships
Turn on the television or radio, get online or even go to a shopping mall and you’re likely to see ads and promotions for the state’s largest virtual school, Epic Charter Schools.
How much is this back-to-school advertising blitz costing? Nearly $2.5 million.
What happens next for the 600 Nashville students enrolled at Knowledge Academies charter schools?
About 600 students could soon have to find a new school to attend after the city’s school board voted to close Nashville’s Knowledge Academies charter schools by December.
As a result, other nearby public schools in the Antioch area could see potential overcrowding if those students decide to enroll there.
Memphis charter school responds after parents, students voice concerns with first weeks
Parents, students and a former teacher at Southwest Early College High School voiced concerns about the school at a Shelby County School Board meeting Tuesday. They said students don’t have final schedules and the school is not properly staffed or fulfilling its commitment to providing students with an associate’s degree upon graduation.
School board votes to close Knowledge Academies charter schools
Parents, students and a former teacher at Southwest Early College High School voiced concerns about the school at a Shelby County School Board meeting Tuesday. They said students don’t have final schedules and the school is not properly staffed or fulfilling its commitment to providing students with an associate’s degree upon graduation.
Seeworth under audit, Sovereign gets new home, Epic faces second search
Over the past week, three charter school organizations have seen important developments, with one having its first day of classes today, another facing a new state audit and a third being searched for a second time by law enforcement during an ongoing investigation of embezzlement allegations.
White Pine Charter trustees secretly approved electioneering probe
White Pine Charter School trustees secretly agreed to investigate the fairness of a school board election — a decision that cost the school thousands of taxpayer dollars.
The school board never approved the probe — or mentioned tax dollars used to fund it — during an open meeting.
Adams County charter school with civil rights complaint history under investigation
A federal civil rights investigation has been launched at a local charter school with a history of civil rights complaints.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations of discrimination at Stargate School after parents complained their son had been repeatedly bullied because of his disability and sexually harassed by other students.
Critics Call Inspire Charter School Practices ‘Unethical’
Critics of Inspire accuse the charter of using unethical practices to entice parents and students to leave their current charter schools and go to Inspire. A spokesperson for Inspire says the criticism is the result of the charter school’s “incredible growth.”
Investigators raid online Oklahoma charter school’s vendor
The search warrant affidavit filed Wednesday raises new allegations of embezzlement, forgery and other violations against Epic co-founder and former superintendent David Chaney, chief financial officer Josh Brock, and two present and two former board members.
K12 Inc., Ga. Cyber Academy Contract Battle Brews
Students locked out of their school’s computer systems. Educators unable to get access to some students’ records. Parents receiving emails asking that they return their children’s laptops.
That’s the state of play as K12 Inc., a major for-profit provider of online education, is in the midst of an acrimonious split with the Georgia Cyber Academy. The school, which serves about 11,000 students, is one of the largest virtual schools in the country.
As they ask for more money, two Indiana virtual schools say they are all but closed
As two scandal-plagued virtual charter schools face losing their charters, their attorney appeared before an authorizing board Monday night and described the schools as effectively closed: Students have been told to wrap up their work this week. Teachers haven’t been paid. School bank accounts have been shuttered.
These Two Detroit Students Spoke Up And Now Their Diplomas Are Withheld
Instead of giving traditional farewells, the two salutatorians from Universal Academy’s Class of 2019 proclaimed the school — run by a for-profit management company — was putting profits over students, relying primarily on long-term substitutes who lack teaching certificates and a weak curriculum designed to let students easily pass.
San Jose’s Promise Academy won’t open this year
Plans for San Jose’s newest K-8 STEM-driven charter school have come to a halt and now the blame game is in full swing.
Promise Academy was scheduled to open this month, but those plans were dashed last week when officials with the San Jose Unified School District informed academy administrators that it would not be providing the school with space due to concerns over low enrollment.