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A Closer Look: King Center Charter School administrative saga
In our weekly segment, “A Closer Look,” we feature a story from a BTPM NPR reporter. This week, Assistant Managing Editor Ryan Zunner sits down with Reporter Jamal Harris Jr. to discuss the ongoing administration battle at King Center Charter School in Buffalo.
Tallahassee Prep fails to open, leaving multi-million dollar Mahan Drive campus vacant
Tallahassee Preparatory Academy, a new private school that promised to serve 600 students this fall, failed to open as scheduled Aug. 11, leaving the taxpayer-funded campus on Mahan Drive vacant.
Local charter school won’t open for 2025-2026 school year, displacing prospective students
Officials with Dominus High School, which is marketed as “Pittsburgh’s first entrepreneurial high school,” announced the decision in a letter mailed to families and posted to social media.
The Lower 9th Ward’s only high school has closed. What comes next?
The Orleans Parish School Board decided last year to close the D-rated school due to its low test scores and dwindling enrollment, leaving the recently built campus empty this fall.
Is The Charter School Business Cooling?
A new study from the Network for Public Education argues that the charter school movement growth has stalled. Part I of Charter School Reckoning was released in July and depicts growth and decline of the movement.
Fresno area school founder charged for using public funds to pay lavish expenses
Fresno area charter school founder charged for using public funds to pay lavish expenses. $1.06 million in public funds were potentially misused between 2016 and 2020,
Charter school expansion slows amid closures, low enrollment, report says
A recent report alleges stagnating enrollment, underperformance and waste are among challenges the sector faces.
Long-running Prince George’s Co. charter school EXCEL Academy to close
Imagine finding out just days before the start of the school year that your child’s school is closing.
A Maryland charter school announces closure days before classes start –
Excel Academy leadership announced the school will not open for the 2025-26 school year, which starts Tuesday in Prince George’s County
Santa Rosa County’s Coastal Connections Academy closing after receiving ‘F’ grade
“We hate, absolutely hate that your school with an ‘F’ is associated with our school district in anyway,” said Barber. “But what we hate more than that is that this ‘F’ school is an indication that children were failed.”
‘We just want to be paid’: Teachers left in limbo after charter school shuts down
Several educators who taught over the summer say they have been waiting for a paycheck for more than a month. The now-closed school surrendered its charter to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on July 31, leaving teachers with unanswered questions and unpaid bills.
Charter Schools at a Crossroads: As the Promise Fades, the Reckoning Begins
A new report finds an industry in retreat, propped up by unchecked federal funding.
Public school advocates aim to reform CA charter system
Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, said charter school growth is out of control, and it’s hurting public education. “The growth in charter schools of late have been in what we call the ‘mega charters’ – very, very large charter schools, many of them online charter schools,” she said. “They have been really prone to some pretty outlandish scandals.”
DC parents frantically search for new schools after Eagle Academy Public Charter School closes
Just days before the first day of school in D.C., a public charter school in Southeast is closing its doors.This comes after years of financial mismanagement and declining enrollment at Eagle Academy Puclid Charter School in Congress Heights. Despite the school’s issues, parents are shocked at the decision to close.
Irvington Community Schools charter network restarts CEO search after staff absences, public protest
Irvington Community Schools will restart its search for a new CEO after pushback from staff, students, and parents over a hiring process that included the network’s board chair as a top candidate.