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I was a teacher at a charter school for a year. Here’s why you shouldn’t believe the hype that Betsy DeVos is trying to sell.
I was an English teacher at a New York City public school from 2005 to 2009 — until I got burnt out and decided to quit.
UPDATE: District moves to close troubled Wellington charter school
Palm Beach County public school leaders are moving to shut down Eagle Arts Academy, saying the controversy-plagued Wellington charter school is hemorrhaging money and that its executive director last year steered tens of thousands of dollars from the school into one of his companies amid the school’s financial woes.
‘Newpoint scam’ trial heading to jury Friday
Deliberations are scheduled to begin Friday in the trial of an Ohio businessman accused of defrauding charter schools in Pensacola and other parts of the state out of nearly $1 million in public funding.
One of the city’s oldest charter schools is so broke that it can’t make payroll
The finances of one of the first charter schools in the nation’s capital have grown so dire that its survival is threatened and its ability to pay teachers in doubt, a financial analysis shows.
Fraud investigator, School Warehouse manager take stand at Newpoint trial
According to court documents, School Warehouse sold items like desks and iPads at inflated prices to charter schools run by Newpoint Education Partners.
For charter schools, recently it’s been bad news galore
For charter schools across the state, the news has been relentlessly bad in recent months: A Western Massachusetts principal fired after a drug arrest. A Dorchester school placed on probation amid allegations of financial mismanagement.
Publicly funded charter school system in ‘state of chaos,’ SC senator says
A public feud between the state’s publicly funded charter-school district and four of its low-performing schools is drawing pointed criticisms from lawmakers, asking whether charter schools, granted more freedoms in exchange for better results, are working.
State ethics lawyer says charter school leader or her relatives should be fired for breaking nepotism laws
A lawyer for the state Board of Ethics asked a panel of judges last week to order the firing of Doris Roché-Hicks, CEO of Friends of King Schools, for violating nepotism laws. If not, the lawyer said her son-in-law and sister should lose their jobs.
In debt, with too many unlicensed teachers, Indiana College Preparatory School loses charter
Roiled by unsustainable debts, a disintegrating school board, and violations of state requirements, Indiana College Preparatory School lost its charter and will close at the end of the school year.
Executive director of Colorado Springs-based charter school placed on administrative leave
Richard Mestas, executive director and principal of GOAL Academy High School, the state’s largest alternative-education program, has been placed on paid administrative leave during an internal investigation, says the school’s attorney, Dustin Sparks of Monument.
Michael Feinberg, a Founder of KIPP Schools, Is Fired After Misconduct Claims
KIPP, one of the country’s largest and most successful charter school chains, dismissed its co-founder on Thursday after an investigation found credible a claim that he had sexually abused a student some two decades ago, according to a letter sent to the school community.
Snyder signs law to let charter schools get tax revenue
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a change allowing charter schools to receive revenue from certain voter-approved property tax hikes. The taxes go to counties’ traditional school districts on a per-student basis, on top of their state funding. The new law lets charters get a share of the extra local funding.
2 Nevada charter schools face possible closure over student performance
Nevada Virtual Academy, an online K-12 charter school, and Quest Preparatory Academy, a K-6 charter school in Clark County, were both issued “notices of intent to terminate” by the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority.
How a loophole let charter schools ‘buy’ buildings and still collect rent from state
Like many charter schools, Executive Education Academy spends a good chunk of its budget on rent, some of which is later reimbursed by the state. That’s allowed, as long as the school doesn’t own its building, which Executive Academy doesn’t — technically.
Stung by loss of funding, Syracuse district wants to halt charter school expansion
The growing number of charter schools in Syracuse are draining the school district’s finances and hampering efforts to improve city schools. Those are some of the reasons the district may ask the state to temporarily ban additional charter schools in Syracuse.