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Arizona charter school operators agree to pay back $180K spent on sports tickets, personal care
A married couple who run financially struggling East Valley charter schools have agreed to repay the state $180,000 after using those funds on tickets to professional sporting events and other personal expenses.
Somerset Prep DC Public Charter School accused of inflating school grades to pass students
Nearly 400 middle and high school students finished their last month of classes at Somerset Prep DC Charter School.
Some of the people teaching them to believe a large number of those students didn’t deserve to graduate and accuse their own principal of inflating their grades.
Special counsel report finds problems at Mason Classical Academy
What is going on behind closed doors at Mason Classical Academy?
A report from the School District of Collier County special counsel found a lack of financial oversight, Sunshine Law violations and mismanagement by some administrators.
Sex offender working at Springdale school arrested
Mark Joseph Sullivan, 27, had been working at the Don Tyson School of Innovation, which teaches students in grades six through 12, the TV station reported. He’d reportedly gotten a cleaning and maintenance job through Labor Finders, an employment agency.
Parents vent charter school frustrations after many students retained
Angry parents spoke their minds Tuesday evening at a public feedback meeting held at Advantage Charter Academy. Three weeks ago, the parents of about 100 students were notified they would be retained but the school quickly reversed their decision.
Parents react to sudden closure of Kent charter school
Families are scrambling to pick up the pieces and figure out what went wrong after Excel Public Charter School and Destiny Charter Middle School, both part of the multi-state Green Dot charter chain, announced they are shutting down this month due to low enrollment.
Charter school operator under fire as it arrives in Nashville
Noble Education Initiative could soon emerge as a key player in the Nashville charter school market, but the Florida-based nonprofit will first have to overcome immediate opposition.
Commencement speech goes viral for criticism of charter school & what happened next
Posted by a former teacher, a viral video shows the moment a student speaker criticized the charter school at a commencement speech, and how the school took action immediately after.
Charter School Scandal Suspects Appear in San Diego Court
A network of charter schools in California stole more than $50 million from the state by creating phantom institutions that enrolled unwitting students it found through other schools and youth programs, prosecutors said.
A low-performing virtual charter school seeks permission to grow
Should a charter school that’s performed poorly be allowed to grow?
That’s the question State Board of Education (SBE) member James Ford asked Wednesday during a board discussion about N.C. Virtual Academy’s (NCVA) request to increase its enrollment by 20 percent next school year.
Leadership of troubled D.C. public boarding school votes to close campus
The board of Monument Academy Public Charter School voted Tuesday to close the school at the end of the academic year — a stunning turn for a weekday boarding campus that has attracted big name-donors and received national attention for its approach to educating students who have extensive learning and emotional needs.
State: Foundation act as alter ego for allentown charter school and must respond to information to morning call
In a case that could set a precedent for how charter school foundations operate, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records has ruled that an Allentown charter school must provide The Morning Call with information the newspaper requested regarding the cost of construction of its 1,600-seat gymnasium that opened this year.
Charter School Honcho Eva Moskowitz Leaked Student’s Disciplinary Records After His Mom Criticized Repeated Suspensions, Federal Investigators Find
Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz violated federal guidelines when she released a young student’s disciplinary record in 2015 as part of a public relations war over the charter school’s suspension policies, federal education officials found.
He’s out. Easton Arts Academy charter school announces ‘departure’ of controversial administrator
An administrator accused in a lawsuit of rigging grades and criticized by teachers for creating a toxic work environment no longer works at Easton Arts Academy, according to an email sent to parents.
Pa. charter-school students lag in math, with cyber results ‘overwhelmingly negative,’ study says
Compared with their counterparts in traditional public schools, Pennsylvania charter school students are making similar progress in reading but faring worse in math, according to a Stanford University study supplying the latest data in the years-long debate over charter performance.