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What will we learn from the TEA investigation into Great Hearts Texas?
When the Texas Education Agency (TEA) acknowledges that it is investigating Great Hearts Texas, a subsidiary of the Arizona-based charter school network that operates eight schools in Bexar County, it’s big news.
Metro school board denies charter school application after 10 years
“They have been within our school system for 10 years. However, they have not proven to be exceptional,” said board chair Rachael Anne Elrod. “I do not want mediocrity, I do want that them to be average, just like I don’t want us to be average.” The report also states there has been a drop in teacher retention and an increase in absent students.
Roughly 1 in 3 Indy charter schools have closed since 2001. Is weak oversight a problem?
Pedigo’s school is one of 31 in-person or blended-model charter schools that have closed in Indianapolis since 2001 — roughly a third of 91 such schools, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of school identification information from the state.
Metro school board turns down this charter school’s renewal request
The board voted not to renew the charter school application for Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary as school board members reviewed a team’s findings showing the school didn’t fully meet measures of academic success, operational stability, financial health and future planning.
Statewide task force meets in San Diego following record-breaking charter school fraud case
The task force was formed as a result of a 2019 San Diego case, which found 11 people defrauded the state of $400 million.
School Choice And The Broken Promise Of Accountability
One could argue whether or not that pledge was ever kept. A tiny number of charter schools were ever shut down for failing to deliver, and in some states they were barely regulated.
Report: Cyber Charter schools drain local tax dollars for worse education outcomes
Report: Cyber Charter schools drain local tax dollars for worse education outcomes
California’s new anti-fraud charter school task force will convene for the first time in San Diego Monday
The task force was ordered by San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert Longstreth in September as part of the years-long A3 charter school case, which is the largest case of charter school fraud prosecuted in California in recent years.
State Law Enforcement Division (SC) confirms investigation into former Florence charter school
The investigation was started after Florence County Solicitor Ed Clements requested on Nov. 2 that the agency look into allegations of embezzlement, according to Director of Public Information Renée Wunderlich.
This online charter network pays tens of millions of public dollars to one for-profit company. Teachers are pushing to learn what it’s paying for.
A California network of online charter schools that pays tens of millions of public dollars a year to one for-profit company is under pressure from its teachers union to explain exactly how that money is being spent.
Court documents: OK AG concerned Epic co-founders still have access to taxpayer dollars
Oklahoma State Auditor, Cindy Byrd previously told KFOR that over the years the complicated financial scheme cost taxpayers more than $22 million dollars, following an October 2020 investigative audit into Epic Charter Schools. More than a year after the trio’s arrest and the State Attorney General has brought into question whether the co-founders still have access to the money.
Oklahoma AG worries Epic Charter Schools founders still have taxpayer money
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office is going after Epic Charter Schools’ student funds, which apparently are still in the possession of the school founders who are facing criminal charges in a massive racketeering and embezzlement case.
Letters: Duval public schools, not charters, should keep all funds from sales surtax
Charter schools appear to be using these funds to build new school facilities when taxpayers wanted the money to renovate existing neighborhood school buildings.
The governor’s voucher ‘scam’: $10,500 in taxpayer subsidies without accountability
Welcome to accountability at so called public charter schools in Texas, where the only thing public about the schools is the taxpayer money that funds them. Otherwise, what happens mostly happens behind closed doors. The public and media are met, metaphorically, by a Keep Out sign.
24 Nevada charter schools are underperforming
Two dozen charter schools have been flagged as academically underperforming after the state issued its first ratings since the onset of the pandemic.