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Man extradited from Spain faces charges in Santa Ana charter school embezzlement case
More than a decade ago, an audit uncovered that the executive director of a Santa Ana charter school had funneled millions in state funds to several businesses he owned.
After being extradited from Spain, Emilio Vazquez arrived in Orange County recently to face decade-old felony charges that include misappropriation of public funds, forgery and grand theft, the Orange County district attorney’s office said Wednesday.
PiSA charter school administrator Dan Neddo addresses dozens of allegations in Kuna
Close to 30 allegations ranging from inappropriate conduct to not fulfilling job duties have been brought up against a Kuna charter school administrator. Dan Neddo, who was put on administrative leave for a second time in December, addressed those allegations Thursday, Feb. 7, in a hearing.
SYVUHSD says charter school funding could bankrupt the district
One Santa Barbara County school district says keeping a local charter school open could cause them to go bankrupt.
California’s Department of Education recently decided the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District has to help fund Olive Grove Charter School, a public school with six different locations.
Arizona’s charter school board spends $4K a month on crisis PR expert
After a year of stunning revelations about charter school owners who are making millions off of their publicly funded schools, we now know how the state board that (sorta) oversees charter schools has responded.
Former Alma d’Arte employees and ex-business manager charged with embezzlement
Two former employees of the Alma d’Arte Charter High School were charged Monday with multiple felonies stemming from a New Mexico State Police investigation last fall into fraud and embezzlement at the school.
Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Brink
When striking Los Angeles teachers won their demand to call for a halt to charter school expansions in California, they set off a domino effect, and now teachers in other large urban districts are making the same demand.
Number don’t lie on charter schools
The argument that Alma is academically superior just doesn’t hold water; it is simply attracting and accepting students who require fewer resources while failing to teach them effectively and depriving our starving public schools of vital funding.
Pittsburgh Christian Academy Tries to Become a Charter School to Cash in on Taxpayer Funding
The line between public and private school is getting awfully thin in Pittsburgh.
City public school directors received a request from Imani Christian Academy, a religious school in the East Hills, to be allowed to transform into Imani Academy Charter School for the Fall term of 2019.
Charter Schools: The Issue is Not Student Scores on High-Stakes Standardized Tests Produced by Big Business
Charter school supporters and promoters have long been severely obsessed with comparing charter school and public school students’ scores on expensive curriculum-narrowing high-stakes standardized tests produced by big corporations.
Charter school parents press for details on director’s departure
Two weeks after the sudden departure of the Coastal Montessori Charter School director Nathalie Hunt, parents and staff asked the school’s board this week for details. About 30 people attended the charter board’s meeting.
Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools
Why do charter schools and their boosters insist on using the term “public”? Here’s what Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, told Emma Brown of the Washington Post as he argued that charters are public schools.
Charter reform? Bill to rein in charter operators has big exemptions for major players
Legislation introduced by an influential Republican state senator would require charter schools to disclose more about their finances. But the bill contains a large loophole that would allow the state’s biggest chains like Basis Charter Schools and Great Hearts Academies to avoid revealing how they spend their money.
Taken For a Ride: Charter school bus firms cutting corners to save money
Public records the station collected from 90 New Orleans area charter schools showed the independent charter school operators generally lack control over their school bus vendors, leading to major safety violations and disturbing incidents.
How Do Arizona’s Charter Schools Get Away With Swindling Students and Fleecing Taxpayers?
Do you know how many charter schools have come and gone over the past 25 years? Don’t feel bad; the State of Arizona doesn’t know, either.
Why aren’t Montgomery’s charter schools following the rules?
There is a process in place to approve charter schools in Alabama.
And somehow, Montgomery continues to get charter schools approved without following it.