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School board member denies role in embezzlement case
A member of the Albuquerque Public Schools education board on Wednesday denied any role in the alleged embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a troubled charter school that she helped to establish.
New York’s Greatly Hyped Success Academy Tainted by Racist Board Members and Radical Right-Wing Money
Yet another Success Academy Board member has a long history of making incendiary racial comments.
Nashville charter school network to pay $2.2M to settle lawsuit over ‘spam’ text messages
A Nashville-based charter school network has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by parents who objected to a series of mass text messages they received from the charter organization promoting enrollment at its schools.
New charges against Atlanta charter school founder brings alleged theft total to $1.3 million
The criminal charges against an Atlanta charter school founder have grown to 55 counts of forgery and theft of at least $1.3 million after a Fulton County grand jury indicted him on seven additional charges.
Baton Rouge charter school principal suspended after allegations he locked 5-year-old in closet
The principal of a Baton Rouge charter school is accused of punishing a 5-year-old girl by locking her in a school closet where she said spiders and roaches crawled over her, according to police.
Keller Uncovers Likely Fraud, Embezzlement At New Mexico Charter School
The Risk Review found about half a million dollars were diverted from the School into a former employee’s personal bank account between June 2010 and July 2016.
Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores why they aren’t at all like pizzerias.
TEA accuses former charter school leader of burglary
Officials from the Texas Education Agency have filed a police report alleging that the former board president of the now-defunct San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity stole tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of electronic equipment from school property.
Daniel Loeb, a Cuomo Donor, Makes Racial Remark About Black Leader
The hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, a prominent supporter of charter schools and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused the African-American woman who leads the Democrats in the New York State Senate of having done “more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.”
Close bad Philly charter school; it isn’t fit to educate city’s children
The fact that there is any chance the Khepera Charter School in North Philadelphia may reopen underscores a broader problem regarding oversight of all charters.
Charleston Charter School for Math and Science gets 10th principal in 9 years
The Charleston Charter School for Math and Science is starting a new school year Aug. 17 with its 10th principal in nine years. The new principal is Mary Carmichael, who previously served as executive director of the Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina.
Operators of new West Park charter school linked to accusations of theft from Florida, Ohio schools
Cambridge Education Group, the operator of 19 Ohio charter schools and of a new school about to open in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood, is distancing itself from recent fraud and racketeering charges in Florida against founder Marcus May.
Clay County charter school to close after consecutive F grades
An Orange Park charter school will close after receiving two consecutive F school grades. The Clay County School District terminated its charter with Orange Park Performing Arts Academy at the direction of the state, officials said.
No summer pay for teachers at closed Detroit charter school
Teachers at Michigan Technical Academy, a Detroit charter school that closed in June, learned this week they won’t get paid this month and likely not next month either, a reversal of what they’d been told in May.
Is the Head of Phoenix Charter School Metro Arts Institute Getting Too Creative With the Rules
The photograph is hard to look at. In it, a middle-aged man wearing a hooded black cape kneels before a teenaged girl. In one hand, he clutches a cloth; his other hand rests on the girl’s feet. She looks sad, and a little scared.