#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
More Memphis charter schools could face closure after state’s failed turnaround effort
Several of Memphis’ lowest performing schools face an uncertain future — and possible closure — as their charter agreements with Tennessee’s turnaround district near expiration.
More Accountabiltiy for Cyber Charter Schools Is Good—Abolishing Them Would Be Even Better
Pennsylvania pays more than $1 billion every year for its 14 cyber charter schools.And overpays them by more than $450 million each year.
Now – after half a decade of legislative shenanigans – a new bill actually has the possibility of being passed to hold these types of schools accountable.
Opinion: Recent Test Scores Should Concern Parents Considering San Diego Charter Schools
Whether you agree with me or not on any of these points, you may however wish to carefully take a look at recent test score data right here in San Diego. Why? Because San Diego test score data should particularly concern parents.
Cyber Charter Reform Could Finally Be Coming To Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has long been a wild west for cyber charter schools, but there could soon be a new sheriff in town. The House has passed a bill to put major reforms in place for how the Keystone State handles cyber charters.
North Valley Military Institute struggles to secure lease, may close this fall Hopes to lease from LA Community College District, but institute faces allegations of financial mismanagement
North Valley Military Institute, a charter school with about 800 largely low-income middle and high school students in the San Fernando Valley, may be unable to operate this fall after its effort to lease classroom space from the L.A. Community College District stalled amid concerns over alleged financial mismanagement.
A Rochester charter school sued to stay open. It lost, and 400 students are affected.
A Rochester charter school sued to stay open. It lost, and 400 students are affected.A state Supreme Court judge declined to intervene, and now the school is closed. Urban Choice students must find new places to continue their learning.
A Lowcountry Charter School’s charter revocation is moving forward after a new step in the legal battle with the district that oversees it.
A Lowcountry Charter School’s charter revocation is moving forward after a new step in the legal battle with the district that oversees it.
Charter Schools Fail And Close Every Week
Nonstop disinformation from charter school promoters that charter schools are amazing and successful is belied by the failure and closure of charter schools every week.
St. Louis charter school founders ‘double-dipped’ from public school tax dollars
State officials are looking into the financial dealings of Kairos Academies charter school, where three current and former executives received nearly $600,000 in back pay dating to several years before the school opened in 2019.
Houston Chronicle: Lax charter school laws allow splashy land buys, profits for leaders
In other cases, charter schools collected valuable real estate at great cost to taxpayers but with a tenuous connection to student learning.
Court ruling will block state approval of Mayacamas charter school in Napa
Trustees criticized what they called petitioners’ too-rosy financial and enrollment predictions, as well as skimpy arrangements for teaching English learners and special-needs children — and argued the school would offer little that is not already offered at existing schools.
SCOTUS Lets Stand Decision Ensuring ‘Publicly Funded Charter Schools Are Not Above the Law’
“Girls at public charter schools have the same constitutional rights as their peers at other public schools—including the freedom to wear pants,” said the ACLU Women’s Rights Project director.
Former central Pa. school principal sentenced in tuition fraud case
Leonard Hart, 50, the former head of Lincoln Charter School
in York, was charged in August of 2022 after federal
prosecutors said he stole funds by faking that he was
enrolled in university courses and then seeking
reimbursement from his federally-funded school.
2 North Las Vegas charter schools receive notices of concern from state board
The vote comes after the Nevada State Public Charter
School Authority’s board reviewed the annual financial audits
from both schools and found that they failed to meet
standards in some areas by a “significant margin.”
A Toxic Mess in the Valley: The North Valley Military Institute (NVMI)
With this background, let’s cut to the chase. Under the catchy name of the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI), there is a charter school so toxic that even the LAUSD Board couldn’t take it anymore and declined to give them an OK.