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Editorial: Should troubled SC charter schools escape scrutiny? Legislators think so.
And there’s been plenty of that going on, according to investigations by The Post and Courier and Columbia’s State newspaper, which have uncovered questionable business practices by the Erskine Institute and the shady history of Pinnacle Charter School Management Group, which operates several schools and has close ties to the Limestone Charter Association.
Has Mike Miles illegally moved Texas taxpayer dollars to his Colorado Third Future Charter Network?
Today, Community Voices for Education (CVPE) called for a federal criminal investigation into allegations that Mike Miles siphoned millions of taxpayer dollars from Texans to his private charter school company based in Colorado. CVPE also called for Miles’ resignation and the reversal of TEA’s HISD takeover.
New Data Shows Charter Schools Increase Segregation
Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation is a growing problem in U.S. schools—and charters are a big reason why.
Should The Success Academy SPRINT Program Be Investigated?
It is well known that Success Academy used to not have a very high percent of students requiring special education services. My sense was that Success Academy did not want many students requiring special education services because those students would require attention which could take away resources from their test prep gaming system.
Quest Charter Academy in Peoria likely to close after appeal denied at state level
Quest had met only three of the 11 criteria set forth in the charter agreement and that the hearing officer had “inexplicably” decided to rule in favor of the school after saying that it wasn’t in line with staffing requirements.
PA’s unregulated cyber charter schools spent $21 million on advertising fees and gift cards
A new report highlights how much money Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools spent on advertising fees, gift cards and more. $68,750 spent on advertising with minor league sports teams. $220,000 spent on search engine optimization. $1.1 million spent on “Thank You” grocery gift cards.
Comparing public, charter and private schools is ‘apples to pineapples’ | Tom Campbell
The data doesn’t prove charters are educating our children better….especially since charters pick and choose who they admit.
In Pennsylvania , A Cyber Charter School Builds A Real Estate Empire
The Education Voters of PA report shows that the four largest cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania in 2018 had net assets and fund balances totaling $566,858; in 2022, that total had grown to $486 million.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy was ordered to close. Here’s where it stands.
These included allegations of fraud, misappropriating public funds, giving vendor contracts to companies owned by high-ranking Pinnacle employees, failing to provide legally required services to some of a school’s neediest students and other issues.
Indiana Charter School Board revokes charter for Indy STEAM Academy
The board’s vote to revoke Indy STEAM’s charter matched a recommendation from the charter authorizer’s staff, who cited problems with receiving financial information from the K-7 school, compliance concerns from the Indiana Department of Education, and the resignation of all but one of the school’s board members in February.
Parents, teachers, students calling for a Fulton County charter school’s board to resign
The State Charter Schools Commission approved RISE to operate under a state charter last May, but this year, on May 10, the state put the school on probation, “based on concerns regarding the governing board’s ability to provide appropriate financial oversight.”
Charter school critics derail comp plan hearing
“Removing land from the tax rolls and allowing a private school to be built there would result in a double whammy for taxpayers,” said Claudette Bianco of Baiting Hallow, who was the first to speak during the hearing’s the public comment period.
Quest Charter Academy will not pursue judicial appeal of state decision to close school
The board made the decision after Quest failed to meet mutually agreed upon goals and had not reached the necessary percentage of certified teachers.
Charter schools scam and disempower parents
Most objectionable is the false hope charters hold out to parents of something special, an American disease of looking for an advantage over others. If charters did — although they don’t — offer a superior education, all students would be entitled to that level of learning. “Separate but equal” is unconstitutional under the facts of Brown v. Board of Education and “separate but unequal” is even more so.
Las Vegas charter school’s future remains in doubt as state agency accuses it of misusing taxpayer dollars
The State Public Charter School Authority accuses Eagle of owing the Nevada Department of Education $837,000 and of giving them incorrect and inflated budget numbers.