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05/18/2017

Charter school founder arrest: $200,000 in charges of embezzlement, money laundering, public funds misuse

The founder and director of a now-defunct South Los Angeles charter campus and her son were arrested Thursday for allegedly funneling about $200,000 from the school to a shell company she controlled.

05/18/2017

South Florida charter school in deplorable conditions, parents say

Parents who have children at one charter school in South Florida said the school has become a nightmare. “It’s just disgusting. It smells like urine throughout the hallway,” Senieca Malcolm said.

05/09/2017

11 ways Chicago is the beating heart of the disastrous charter school agenda

Chicago’s public school system has become a showcase for the negative effects of K-12 privatization, according to a new report that tracks how the city replaced struggling local schools with dozens of charters that didn’t perform better, yet deprived traditional schools of funds, students and public accountability.

04/28/2017

Under federal investigation, Celerity charter schools are in danger of losing their accreditation

Los Angeles charter schools that are part of a network currently under federal investigation have been put on notice that their accreditation is in jeopardy.

04/20/2017

Brooklyn charter school deleted video showing students sexually assaulting girl on bus: lawsuit

A Brooklyn charter school is in hot water with the parent of one of their former students who says the administration maliciously deleted video that showed their child was sexually assaulted by older kids aboard a school bus, according to a lawsuit.

04/06/2017

National City charter school could be forced to shut down

A National City charter school could close if it doesn’t shape up, and the national school district is demanding to see change. The principal of Beacon Classical Academy says when they returned from spring break this week she had an email saying they were just a couple weeks away from being shut down.

03/30/2017

Ex-Oakland charter schools director charged with grant application fraud, money laundering

Ben Chavis, the controversial former director of three Oakland charter schools, collectively known as the American Indian Model Schools, was charged with mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the schools’ applications for federal grant funds, federal authorities announced Thursday.

03/29/2017

Nashville’s charter school industry is unraveling

It was just a matter of time before the wheels came off Nashville’s charter school industry. This year, it’s finally happening.

03/24/2017

New concerns surface as Vineyard charter school reports on probation status

Last month, the state charter school questioned whether the school should continue to operate due to concerns of student safety, operational dysfunction and financial mismanagement, and gave Franklin Discovery administrators until June to resolve those concerns.

03/20/2017

Livermore: Charter schools pull petition from county; district cites more violations

Two Livermore charter schools pulled their charter petitions for renewal from the Alameda County Office of Education, as the school district that oversees the charters cited more violations.

03/06/2017

Inside Celerity charter school network, questionable spending and potential conflicts of interest abound

At a time when charter school advocates are determined to increase the number of such schools in L.A., the story of McFarlane and the Celerity schools offers a case study of the growing difficulty of regulating them.

02/24/2017

Report: How Charter Schools Are Used to Hide Dropouts and Game the Educational System

ProPublica reports that Sunshine High, an alternative charter school located in a strip mall just 5 miles from Olympia, takes in “cast-offs” from Olympia and other Orlando high schools in a “mutually beneficial agreement.”

02/23/2017

Lake Forest charter school board member resigned after $120,000 deal with school

A former board member of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School said he “made a mistake” by selling dirt from his company’s land for a school construction project, which would violate state ethics law.

02/22/2017

Struggling Confluence charter schools are renewed for five more years

St. Louis’ largest charter school network got a five-year renewal Tuesday even though it has not met state performance expectations in its almost 14 years of operation.

02/18/2017

Del Paso Heights adult charter school under investigation for allegedly overcharging state

Highlands Community Charter School is under investigation for allegedly enrolling adult students in primary grades, double-charging the state and claiming a full year of funding for students who attended for a shorter period of time.