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Southfield charter school closes shocking students, staff
How can school be out for summer when there is three weeks to go in the year? Students and teachers at Taylor International Academy in Southfield said their goodbyes sooner than expected Wednesday.
Charter school criticized for mismanagement
PUC Achieve Charter School in northeast Rochester rang up a $470,000 operating deficit in its first year, while its board members and local employees had ceded control of the finances to its national operator, according to an audit from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Nicholas Dean, New Orleans Charter School Principal Caught Wearing Nazi Rings and Appearing on ‘White Genocide’ Podcast, Removed From Campus
Nicholas Dean has been fired from his position at Crescent Leadership Academy. “He will not return as the Principal or be associated with Crescent Leadership Academy,” the charter school’s parent group and board said in a statement Thursday.
Parents, Teachers, and Students at Oakland Charter School Accuse Leadership of Mismanagement
Dozens of students walked out of the American Indian Model Schools’ downtown campus this morning, joining parents and teachers to protest what they say is the mismanagement of one of Oakland’s largest charter schools.
Charter school in Tennessee’s turnaround district relocating out of neighborhood it signed up to serve
When officials at Memphis Scholars Raleigh-Egypt Middle School learned that another school on the same campus could get extra help for its students, they made a big decision: to pick up and move.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.