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School Board, Mason Classical Academy to vote on settlement agreement following mediation
Disputes between the Collier County School Board and Mason Classical Academy, which peaked in June after the school district’s General Counsel Jon Fishbane concluded a yearlong investigation into the charter school, could end in a settlement.
A top D.C. charter school educates few at-risk students. Should it be opening a second campus?
In the District, about 46 percent of students are considered at-risk, which means they are homeless or in foster care, their families qualify for public assistance, or they have been held back more than a year in high school.
At Washington Latin, just 7 percent of middle school students are considered at-risk, and 16 percent of high school students meet the definition.
Indianapolis charter school for troubled youth closes days before school starts
A struggling Indianapolis charter school designed to serve the city’s most troubled youth will close just days before the beginning of the school year, officials said Friday.
Gureghian charter school cut corners ‘for money’s sake,’ N.J. ex-principal says in suit
A former New Jersey charter school principal says she was fired after raising concerns about illegal practices at the school, managed by Gladwyne entrepreneur Vahan Gureghian’s company.
Epic Charter Schools’ expansion into Texas in limbo amid new revelations about criminal investigation
Epic Charter Schools’ expansion into Texas has been halted just a few weeks before the start of the new school year.
‘A Classic Conflict of Interest’: Entangled Business Deals at Charter School Chain Learn4Life
An executive vice president at Learn4Life, a nonprofit network of more than 60 charter schools, discovered a way to collect not just one, but two paychecks from California’s cash-strapped public school system.
Feds open investigation of Lincoln Memorial Academy charter school, former officials
The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into possible fraud, bribery and other crimes connected to Lincoln Memorial Academy, a charter school in Palmetto, and its former principal, Eddie Hundley.
‘Trib Talk’: A recently closed charter school leaves unpaid debts and unanswered questions in its wake
The recent closure of the American International School of Utah — a public-private hybrid charter — has displaced more than 1,300 students and left potentially millions of dollars in unpaid debts, including hundreds of thousands of allegedly misspent special education dollars owed to, but unlikely to be repaid to, the state of Utah.
Coghill Charter School board member resigns amid scrutiny
The board of Mary D. Coghill Charter School accepted the resignation of board member Eric Jones at its Tuesday meeting, after scrutiny over reimbursements he received and a directive he issued to teachers not to issue F’s.
Another Charter School Funded by EB-5 Collapses
Another charter school funded by immigrant investors in the EB-5 program has collapsed amidst charges of financial chicanery.
We have previously suggested that these two lightly regulated programs are each dangerous in their own ways, but the combination is potentially lethal.
Charter Schools Cannot Be Prettified
A July 2019 “study” funded by the pro-privatization Walton Family Foundation, “Charter School Effects on School Segregation,” reports that charter schools intensify racial and ethnic segregation, but not by much and for reasons that are supposedly understandable and acceptable. The authors of the “study” want the public to believe that we should not be too concerned about the role of charter schools in increasing segregation. We are to believe that deregulated privately-operated charter schools are really not that bad.
Coghill Charter parents concerned after success program causes enrollment problems
In a plea deal with prosecutors, an author and former Oakland charter school director was sentenced to one year of federal probation for a charge of falsifying grant applications for his school.
Founder of now-shuttered charter school was charming, played loosely with rules
As the American International School of Utah (AISU) was preparing to open its doors, there was a quiet revolt going on inside the school’s board room. Sources tell Beyond the Books, that before the doors opened all but one of the original AISU board members had resigned, in part because of the school’s founder and executive director, Mike Farley.
Charter school violated enrollment rules, APS says
An Albuquerque Public Schools-authorized charter school was investigated by district officials after it gave preferential treatment to some students on its wait list.
Parents and students question two Indiana virtual schools following closure emails
There’s confusion over the future of two Indiana online charter schools after a teacher sent an email advising students to stop sending in assignments.
One mom reached out to FOX59 for help, because she now feels left in the dark. “How do you just suddenly close like that?” asked the concerned mother, who wants to stay anonymous due to the developing situation.