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Secret board meetings, noncompliance threaten Cirrus Academy, employees say
The governing board of Cirrus Academy met in secret last month and approved a new board member whose background raised red flags among school leaders.
The Charter School Building Boom Hits The Valley
The Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) is building a new facility despite not having met its enrollment target for the last three years.
Charters undermine system; drain others’ lifeblood
Let’s be clear: Charter schools are not the panacea they’re made out to be. While they may boast about their supposed innovation and choice, the reality is far bleaker. By siphoning off funds that should rightfully go to traditional public schools, charter schools are draining the lifeblood from our education system.
NC lawmakers seek to put pants-wearing charter school girls back into skirts. Here’s how
Following a court ruling that said it is unconstitutional for North Carolina’s taxpayer-funded charter schools to make girls wear skirts in school instead of pants, some North Carolina lawmakers want to exempt charter schools from respecting the Constitutional rights of their students.
MSCS board denies seven of nine charter school applications after lengthy discussion
MSCS administration was recommending that all nine applications be denied. Only one of the schools, it asserted, had met the Tennessee Department of Education’s charter application criteria. And all of them had failed to meet the board’s criteria.
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.