#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
Audit finds possible financial fraud at Blue Oak Charter School
A former Blue Oak Charter School administrator is alleged to have used school credit cards to purchase weapons, movies and clothing, according to an audit conducted by the Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team.
Naalehu charter school could get shut down
The state Public Charter School Commission on Tuesday voted to issue to Ka‘u Learning Academy a “notice of prospect of revocation” — the first step in the process of revoking its charter — alleging issues found in the school’s fiscal year 2017 audit potentially violate provisions of its charter contract.
OPSB Sues Einstein Charter Schools Over Transportation Policy
Unlike almost every other public school in Orleans Parish, Einstein’s four schools do not provide yellow bus transportation for students. Parents are expected to drive their children to school or pay for private van service.
Leaders at D.C. charter school are out of jobs after teacher’s sex-abuse case
Leaders of a vaunted D.C. charter school failed to assure the safety of students after educators raised concerns about inappropriate behavior by a teacher, according to a report that has led to the ouster of top school officials.
Feds raid offices, home of Philly nonprofit CEO
Universal Companies, a nonprofit that for decades has reshaped Philadelphia schools and neighborhoods, suspended its president and CEO after federal agents raided his home and office and notified him he’s the target of an investigation.
Faking the Grade
The latest School Performance Scores for the state of Louisiana are in. And that makes now a pretty good time to finally come to terms with the fallacy of the miracle in New Orleans.
Illinois charter school teacher, 28, charged in sex romp with teen boy student
A former teacher at a charter school on Chicago’s southwest side was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old student, officials said.
Former Academy of Dover principal pleads guilty in fraud case
A former Dover charter school principal could serve up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal program theft regarding an embezzlement investigation that started in 2014.
In emails, Dan Loeb scolded top black de Blasio official over City Hall’s treatment of black children
Two months to the day before Dan Loeb accused an African-American politician of doing more harm to people of color than the Ku Klux Klan, the billionaire hedge fund manager was scolding Richard Buery, one of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s most senior black officials, about his apparent ignorance of the obstacles faced by black children in New York City.
South suburban school chief suspected of looting low-income lunch program to fund lavish lifestyle
Court records made public this week show that Strain is suspected of using the small, nonprofit school she founded in 2005 to loot as much as $2.7 million in funds over a seven-year period, including money from federal school lunch subsidies and other grants designed to provide nutritious food to low-income children.
How religious sectarian school voucher extremists made useful idiots of the charter movement
At the Heritage Academy, a publicly funded charter school network in Arizona, according to a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, high school students are required to learn that the Anglo-Saxon population of the United States is descended from one of the lost tribes of Israel.
Poconos charter school founder violated ethics law, commission finds
The embattled founder of a now-closed Monroe County charter school has been ordered to pay restitution after the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission found he violated ethics laws by recommending jobs and a raise for family members.
Small Houston charter school pays top dollar to leader, owns luxury condo
For more than a decade, the leaders of Accelerated Intermediate Academy have run their small Houston charter school on a lean budget, paying teachers below-average salaries and educating kids in modest facilities resembling portable trailers. At the same time, the school’s superintendent, Kevin Hicks, has drawn an annual salary of about $250,000 – a seemingly outsized sum given its roughly 275 students and 20 employees.
As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers — but founder’s company charged it millions
One of Indiana’s largest high schools ended this past school year with almost 5,000 students, but no desks and no classrooms. The school also had very few graduates — 61 out of more than 900 seniors graduated last year.
Former KIPP Academy school counselor now charged with 2nd sex crime
A former KIPP Explore Academy counselor has been charged with two additional counts of indecency with a child in Harris County, and authorities are concerned there are even more victims.