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12/06/2024

J.K. Haynes charter school in Baton Rouge to close at the end of the year

“As a result of the deteriorating building conditions and safety concerns, the administration is recommending the immediate relocation of students and employees housed at the J.K. Haynes Teacher Prep and Leadership Academy site,” according to a memorandum from Superintendent LaMont Cole.

12/06/2024

Rocketship to consider merging Fort Worth campuses as charter faces financial challenges

Rocketship Texas proposed merging its two Fort Worth campuses as the charter school operator faces “severe financial pressure,” according to officials.

12/06/2024

More details emerge months after the abrupt closure of Eagle Academy Charter School

“Somewhere along the lines the DC Public Charter School Board the Eagle Academy School Board dropped the ball,” said Ward 8 councilmember Trayon White, during a council oversight hearing on the closure Thursday. According to district leaders several red flags were missed or ignored.

12/03/2024

Former staff members of northeast Columbus charter school claim kids were locked in classrooms

WBNS 10TV pressing Cornerstone Academy for why children were locked inside classroom.

12/02/2024

A whistleblower is suing a cyber charter, alleging it improperly billed school districts

A former cyber charter school business administrator is suing the school, alleging that it was improperly billing school districts, including for students who weren’t logging on to the charter’s lessons.

12/02/2024

Cyber charter schools waste taxpayer money, with little results

Our property taxes should go exclusively to support our community schools. But state law forces our local schools to pay for cyber charter schools that charge far more than they cost, that the Auditor General does not hold accountable, and that don’t even have valid charters.

11/29/2024

Digging into some new numbers on charter schools in North Carolina and beyond

“The market works great for a Starbucks. It works great for, you know, a Walmart or, or as CVS,” Burris said. “But parents expect permanence when they enroll their child in school. Schools are human enterprises in which community is very important. Children make friends, children develop attachments to teachers and principals and bus drivers, and to have that suddenly yanked away from them is very disruptive.”

11/29/2024

Why Efforts To Break Down Separation Of Church And State In Schools Could Backfire

People who support the government exercising this sort of control over religion might imagine that the power will never be used against them. History suggests they are fooling themselves.

11/26/2024

CRCSD estimates enrollment in new charter schools will cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars

Some families have enrolled their children in local charter schools, mistakenly believing they were part of the Cedar Rapids Community School District. The increased enrollment in charter schools will cost the district approximately $855,120 in our FY25 budget.

11/25/2024

Charter school regulators refuse to turn over records involving troubled Minnesota schools

Nonprofits that oversee charter schools argue that they don’t need to comply with state law requiring disclosing public records.

11/24/2024

What’s behind one of Chicago’s largest charter school’s decision to shutter seven campuses

Facing declining enrollment and rising labor costs, Acero Schools says it has to close seven of its 15 campuses next June. But the charter network also has tens of millions of dollars in the bank.

11/24/2024

As it dissolves, Erie Rise charter school settles lawsuit over ‘hostile work environment’

The former Erie Rise Leadership Academy Charter School has settled an employment discrimination lawsuit as it winds down its financial affairs as part of its court-monitored dissolution.

11/24/2024

Controversial HSE charter school plan dropped; Teachers, opponents declare victory

Critics claimed a subsidized private vocational school would suck money from HSE, which already offers career training.

11/22/2024

Financial challenges force HISD charter school Mount Carmel Academy to shut down in December

Mount Carmel Academy, an independent charter school partnered with Houston Independent School District, will permanently close at the end of the year due to financial challenges.

11/21/2024

Mount Carmel Academy, charter school partnering with Houston ISD, closing at end of 2024

Dwindling enrollment and related financial woes are leading to the closure of the charter school, which has operated in southeast Houston since 2008.