#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
Seven Texas charter schools will close next year, impacting 2000 students.
Seven Texas charter schools will close next year, impacting 2000 students.
Irreversible Robust Tempo of Charter School Failures and Closures
Charter schools are deregulated private entities that embrace “free market” ideology. They rest firmly on consumerism, competition, and the medieval view that every individual should fend for themselves.
Schools of Hope Threaten Florida’s Neighborhood Schools
According to the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE), charter schools “are public schools that operate under a performance contract, or a ’charter’ which frees them from many regulations created for traditional public schools while holding them accountable for academic and financial results.”
Orange County charter school shuts down this week, stranding 200 students
Orange County charter school shuts down this week, stranding 200 students
Timpanogos Academy under charter review after audit finds years of payroll errors
Timpanogos Academy under charter review after audit finds years of payroll errors
Charter school to close after nearly 25 years, leaving 200+ students searching for new schools
More than 200 students at Legends Academy Charter School are facing uncertainty after the school’s board voted to close the Orlando campus just weeks before students are set to return from winter break.
Struggling Forest Lake charter school fires executive for allegedly falsifying documents, signatures
North Lakes Academy Executive Director Cecelia Dodge was fired following a closed session of the school board, allegedly “due to the falsifications of applications for federal funds due to forging signatures of employees and insufficient enrollment,” school board officials said at the November meeting.
State probe targets Stevenson charter
The state has announced the second investigation in less than two years of the Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence in Georgetown, this one centering on declining enrollment and related financial troubles.
A Philly charter just laid off 17 employees. Students, staff, and parents say it’s a sign of troubling changes at the school
The school, a K-12 in Hunting Park, has seen changes in the past year, culminating with teacher layoffs this month. Now, Esperanza Academy Charter High School staff are attempting to unionize.
If You Build It, Will They Come?
New charter schools in North Carolina are struggling to enroll enough students to stay solvent. One High Point school’s mid-fall implosion shows the consequences for families.
East Side charter school to close after TEA denies renewal over low academic ratings
Essence Prep received a rating of F, D, F in its first three years, according to the TEA’s accountability overview. This measures how much students are learning in each grade and how ready they are for the next grade.
Limestone Charter School Association to close
Goucher Charter Academy is one of 17 charter schools from Limestone Charter Association that chose a new state authorizer before last week’s state deadline. The South Carolina Public Charter School District announced it approved Goucher Charter Academy transfer request on Dec. 11. The charter school district accepted the transfer of 14 charter schools from Limestone Charter Association for the 2026-27
Monroe Charter Academy ordered to close immediately
Monroe Charter Academy was ordered to shut down immediately this week after the North Carolina State Charter School Review Board determined the school had been operating illegally and failed to meet basic compliance requirements, leaving dozens of families scrambling for answers.
KIPP Charter School Network to Close Seven Campuses in Texas
KIPP Charter School Network to Close Seven Campuses in Texas
How the Charter School Industry’s Newest Scheme Could Be ‘the Death of Public Schools’
The letters started coming in October 2025. In the first wave, according to the Florida Policy Institute (FPI), “at least 22 school districts in Florida” got letters alerting them that charter school operators, including a for-profit charter school management company based in Miami, intended to use a state law recently enacted to open new charter schools on the campuses of existing public schools beginning August 2027.