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Letter: A duty to NVUSD
River’s admissions policy was unlike that of any public school in Napa. My daughter had to fill out an application, write a letter, go through an interview and construct an art project. Parents had to agree to volunteer a certain number of hours per month — if they didn’t, their child could be ejected from the school.
Research from pro-charter school group makes case for halting the approval of new charters
The report, “Do Authorizer Evaluations Predict the Success of New Charter Schools?”, looks at the performance of North Carolina charter school authorizations between 2013 and 2019 to determine whether ratings and votes from the Charter School Advisory Board were predictive of charter school academic performance. But rather than making a convincing case for modifying North Carolina’s charter approval process, the data make a stronger case for reinstating the cap on new charter approval.
Letters: Charter schools ruining public education
Public schools should be well-funded, but those funds must be spent carefully so that they benefit students as much as possible, without an expectation of benefit to the opportunists that see children as a commodity and corporate profit as an entitlement. Free and appropriate education should be available to every child and democratically controlled. Subverting voters’ power in the name of “choice” or profit is a mistake that society cannot afford.
San Jose charter school closes as Bay Area districts face declining enrollment and million dollar budget deficits
More than 200 students at DCP Alum Rock High School, a small charter school in San Jose, will have to transfer when the campus closes this summer — a victim of declining enrollment and a hefty budget deficit it cannot overcome and keep the campus open.
Epic embezzlement case: ‘Learning fund’ examined in preliminary hearing
To that end, Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s assigned prosecutors spent Monday and Tuesday asking a series of witnesses how Harris and Chaney — simultaneously the owners of Epic Youth Services, a management company that received 10 percent of the Epic schools’ state funding — handled money, including millions of dollars deposited into the EYS “learning fund.”
Epic Charter Schools: A decade of investigation
Then-Governor Mary Fallin requested the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation look into allegations of fraud. However, the probe remained in the investigation stage for a decade.
Many Houston charter schools are violating state transparency laws. Here’s why it’s an issue
Many Houston-area charter schools are violating state transparency laws designed to make school governance and financial decisions open to the public, a pattern that has drawn minimal scrutiny from state officials. Nearly 85 percent of the 39 charter school networks based in Harris County did not have all their up-to-date transparency records posted online as required by state law, the Houston Landing found this month after reviewing their sites.
Evidence, testimony by CFO expected at weeklong preliminary hearing for Epic founders
“largest abuse of taxpayer funds in the history of this state”
The ‘dark money’ behind the lobbyists opposing a Colorado charter school accountability bill
Pro-charter school organizations don’t agree with this legislative effort to increase accountability as they believe this bill would “kill” charter schools. Republicans have been especially vocal in their opposition to this bill, even though the bill promotes increased local control over charter schools. The pro-charter organizations hired over 30 lobbyists to oppose the bill. Lobbying can be expensive, but the organizations opposing the bill have connections to several billionaire-funded foundations.
It’s definitely painful’: One of Colorado’s oldest charter schools is closing
GLOBE Charter School, one of Colorado’s oldest charter schools, will close its doors upon the conclusion of the 2023-24 schoolyear. The school’s board president Doug Hering sent out a letter to parents and guardians March 20 informing them that the board had voted to close the school. “The news has been, I don’t want to use the word ‘devastating,’ … but it’s definitely painful,” Hering said.
Opinion: Accountability for charter schools is just good government
In her March 17 guest commentary, Stephanie Hancock claims that House Bill 1363 is a “brazen” and “mean-spirited” effort to harm charter schools. As a former lawmaker and public school teacher, I would argue the bill is a common-sense effort to place the same accountability and transparency requirements on charter schools that are demanded of traditional public schools.
Is science for everyone? Not at this Denver charter school
Sixth grade science teacher Savannah Perkins described a surprise meeting with her school principal in early January. He told her that she would no longer be teaching science because too many students were reading below grade level, she said. Her job would “pivot” to reading intervention for second semester.
Tougher oversight, more transparency: Report recommends sweeping changes to California charter school laws to prevent future abuses
The report, which was developed by the Legislative Analyst’s Office and the state’s education fiscal auditing agency, represents perhaps the largest set of recommendations for changes to charter school laws and regulations since the A3 charter fraud scandal five years ago. In that fraud case — the largest in California’s recent history — charter operators manipulated student attendance records and funding to bilk the state of $400 million in public school dollars.
Arizona school may close after board moves to revoke charter
The State Board for Charter Schools voted unanimously Monday to issue a notice of intent to revoke the charter contract of ARCHES Academy, which enrolls just under 50 students in Apache Junction, citing financial mismanagement and poor record-keeping practices. ARCHES did not meet six of nine operational performance measures.
Parents Accuse Diddy’s Charter School of Being Violent and Dysfunctional Place for Kids
Now adding to the mounting controversy around the Bad Boy Records founder, a new report from The Cut reveals many issues with Capital Prep, including the accusation that Diddy had no involvement with the school beyond photo ops, guest appearances, and the school’s grand opening in 2016. Fourteen sources told The Cut about alleged frequent violence at Capital Prep, along with “unstable” leadership, and frequent teacher resignation.