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In wake of test cheating scandal, CEO of Singleton Charter School steps down to move organization forward
The CEO of the James M. Singleton Charter School and Dryades YMCA is stepping down after the state voided dozens of standardized tests at the school for suspected cheating and other irregularities.
SAIL teachers focus on students amid turmoil
Many parents remain supportive of the school and its administration and board, but some have organized protests outside the school and voiced their concerns to governing board members over the changes. Teachers such as Moose and Daniele have tried to shut out what they call “noise” from their classrooms.
D.C. Charter School Board Investigating Senior Employee For Alleged Alt-Right Links
The D.C. Public Charter School Board, which oversees the city’s charter schools, says it is investigating allegations that one of its employees anonymously wrote blog posts that critics say are aligned with the “alt-right,” an amorphous political movement that is associated with white nationalism.
Dallas charter school CEO faces federal charges in kickback scheme
The head of a South Dallas charter school is accused of taking at least $5,000 to steer a technology contract toward a specific provider under a federal program that’s been tangled up in other controversies.
Former charter school director pleads guilty to stealing money
An Atlanta charter school founder has pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than half a million dollars from local public school systems. The former principal at Latin Academy, Chris Clemons, pleaded guilty to over 50 counts of theft and five counts of forgery after a hearing and sentencing that lasted about two hours.
ECOT closing: Sponsor votes to shut online school after state rejects settlement offer
The vote, which shutters a school so politically-connected it was once thought untouchable, came just two hours after the Ohio Department of Education rejected an offer from the school that would keep it open through the end of the school year.
The mess in Arizona’s charter school sector
The pro-school-choice Center for Educational Reform ranks Arizona as the state with the fewest regulations and restrictions for charter schools in the country.
Trenton’s $17M International Academy charter school faces potential shutdown
A $17 million charter school on Perry Street that promised to offer high-quality education when it opened last September is now at high risk of being shut down.
New Mexico’s education chief blasted for linking charter schools with ‘Manifest Destiny’
New Mexico’s education chief is being blasted for linking the growth of charter schools to the controversial 19th-century idea of American expansion known as Manifest Destiny. Even after he apologized to American Indian leaders, criticism of his remarks has persisted.
Los Angeles Deserves to Know More About Ref Rodriguez’s Role as Charter School Landlord
The recent revelation that the campaign money-laundering case against Los Angeles school board member Ref Rodriguez has expanded to include separate allegations of conflict of interest reveals a hard truth: the public knows far too little about how our money is being spent on charter schools.
Charter school teachers fired for violating alcohol abuse policy
Imagine West Gilbert, a K-8 charter school, fired six teachers for violating its alcohol abuse policy on campus during school hours, according to spokesperson Rhonda Cagle.
Montini: Why charter schools get to cheat
I asked around and was told that students enrolled in Arizona’s many charter schools are severely punished if they are caught cheating. Weird. Because for the people who own and operate charter schools, it’s just the opposite.
A charter school owns condos. Can students use the hot tub?
Since 2011, Accelerated has purchased two pricey condos in high-end neighborhoods – one in Houston, and one in Dallas – while paying its teachers below-average salaries and housing its fewer than 300 students in structures resembling portable trailers, some without windows.
Texas charter schools struggle with classroom overcrowding
An annual report suggests that several charter schools in Texas have some of the state’s largest class sizes. The Texas Education Agency report said most of the state’s roughly 8,700 public schools had about 22 students per teacher during the 2016-2017 school year. More than half the schools averaging at least 30 students per classroom were charter schools.
Charter school advocates get down and, some say, dirty
Caroline Ayres just wanted to hear about her kids’ school system. What she got was the hybrid of a political rally and a revival meeting. “It was,” she recalls, “an attempt at conversion via emotional outreach.