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A virtual charter school ‘divorce’ leaves 2,400 students caught in the middle
More than 2,400 students are caught in the middle of a fight between one of North Carolina’s two virtual charter schools and the for-profit education company that receives millions of dollars a year to manage the school.
Former Employee Sues Olive Grove Charter School, Alleging Wrongful Termination
A wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by a former Olive Grove Charter School employee alleges the school’s leader misused public funds, had a romantic relationship with a school contractor, improperly hired one of her daughters, and changed another daughter’s grades.
St. Louis College Prep charter school to close after attendance investigatioN
The closure follows an investigation into falsified attendance records and a resulting drop in state funding. The school has some of the lowest test scores among St. Louis charter schools, with 24 percent of students proficient or advanced in English and 15 percent in math.
Singleton charter violated special education law again, school district says
The Orleans Parish school district has issued its most severe warning to James M. Singleton Charter School for the third time this school year for again violating federal and state special education law, officials say.
St. Louis charter school to close
St. Louis College Prep, which operates a public charter middle school and high school, will close at the end of the current academic year.
Embattled charter schools face new allegations from ex-teacher
A former teacher has sued Richard Allen Schools and their former management company, saying they withheld paychecks while “fraudulently” blaming the state, and failed to pay insurance premiums causing coverage to lapse, among other allegations.
Syracuse may get 2 more charter schools as district sweats over costs
Two new charter high schools have been proposed in the Syracuse City School District, which says growth of the independent, publicly funded schools is hurting its finances.
A new story of school segregation in North Carolina: A private white-flight academy is turning charter
Last summer, the North Carolina legislature passed legislation permitting four towns with mostly white populations to create their own charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated.
Acclaimed BASIS charter schools nearly $44 million in the red, audit shows
The international charter chain, whose first campus opened in Tucson in 1998, lost nearly $12 million in net assets last fiscal year alone, according to an analysis from Arizonans for Charter School Accountability. BASIS rejects the report’s findings.
Teachers Say DC Charter School Is Closing Over Union Efforts
Teachers at the only unionized charter school in Washington, D.C., say the charter network is closing the school as retaliation against their unionization efforts.
The Washington Post reports the teachers filed a complaint Wednesday with the National Labor Relations Board about the planned closure of Chavez Prep Middle in Columbia Heights.
Sackler family opioid fortune backed CT charter schools
Jonathan Sackler, one of the eight defendants listed in Healey’s lawsuit, donated millions to local charter schools and charter school advocacy groups, dating back at least 15 years but predominantly since 2013, through his private family foundation he has with wife, Mary Corson.
Utah charter school ‘pillaged’ by fees after pursuing unusual path for financing
School board bond discussions are typically boring, but not when the person who handles all of Utah’s money drops a bomb.
State Treasurer David Damschen recently addressed the Utah State School Board. He told the members, when referring to a charter school who recently received a $12 million bond to buy its building it was leasing, “just right down the line, a little bit of a pillaging.”
At Arizona charter schools, parents with complaints or objections find nowhere to turn
The athletic director inappropriately touched their son, they said. And the school suspended Evan without proof he had been vaping, even though their son’s only prior disciplinary issues were for wearing torn jeans and chewing gum, they said.
Nashville charter school closing leaves 158 students without school, parents scrambling
Thursday afternoon, parents picked up their children from New Vision Academy Charter School in Nashville for the last time.
It’s closing leaves more than 150 students without a school in the middle of the year, and many parents scrambling for a new plan.
A new divide between charters and traditional public schools? | Editorial
Charter schools can be viewed through multiple lenses when comparing them to traditional public schools: academics, innovation, cost.