#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
Charter schools barely outperforming public schools in Providence
What do RIDE’s new report cards tell us about the presumed superiority of Achievement First and other charters in Providence?
Oklahoma could have nation’s first publicly funded Catholic charter schools
A Catholic charter school funded by taxpayer dollars is likely coming to Oklahoma soon, based on a recent ruling of the state’s outing attorney general, with support from the re-elected governor and newly elected state superintendent of public education.
Sovereign Community School survives closure threat, but future still uncertain
A Native American-focused charter school in Oklahoma City is at risk of closure over financial dysfunction and paltry academic results, but members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education appeared hesitant on Thursday to advance toward termination.
LCOO University severing ties with suburban charter school in 2023
The university is severing ties with the LCCA because its leadership decided not to meet conditions set by the university after learning of some troubling remarks by Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, the leader of the institution the charter school relies on for its classic education curriculum.
Michigan school board votes to seek financial transparency from charter schools
At a meeting Tuesday, the board voted 5-1, along party lines, to ask the Legislature to require every charter management organization to post audit reports of its use of public funds, including information related to salaries, benefits, and contracts.
SAISD revokes several charter programs as part of annual review
Six in-district charter programs in the San Antonio Independent School District were terminated following a unanimous vote at Tuesday’s board of trustees meeting.
The changes take effect July 1 and will affect students in the 2023-24 school year. Trustees will discuss three other programs recommended for probationary renewals at a January board meeting.
Abrupt notice of Rocklin charter school closure leaves families wondering where they’ll go
The school announced in an afternoon email that it’s shutting down – effective at the end of the school day on Dec. 15. The abrupt closure plans leave the families of more than 200 students wondering where to turn on such short notice.
New Data Reveals That Success Academy Attrition Is Worse Than Previously Reported
Success Academy had 315 Kindergarteners in 2008. The graduating class of 2021 had 110 students. Without this new data, it would seem that their persistence rate is about 35%. But this new data I received shows that only 69 of the graduating class had started with the school as kindergarteners. So a more accurate estimate is 69/315=22% which is a little lower than the 25% I had originally estimated.
Barred from teaching in Florida, an instructor was hired by two New Orleans schools
A woman barred from teaching in Florida because she had an inappropriate relationship with a student was hired by two New Orleans charter schools this year, exposing a flaw in the hiring system at a time when many schools have been scrambling to fill empty positions amid a national teacher shortage.
KIPP Columbus charter schools decline to recognize the union the staff is organizing
KIPP Columbus charter schools administration declined to voluntarily recognize KIPP Columbus Alliance for Charter Teachers and Staff (KIPP Columbus ACTS) — the union that teachers, social workers, paraprofessionals, intervention specialists and student life coordinators from KIPP’s primary, elementary, middle and high school on the Northeast Side are trying to organize, according to the Ohio Federation of Teachers.
Judge allows Muskegon Heights School District to remove members of charter school board
A preliminary injunction seeking to block Muskegon Heights School District from making changes to the board of the charter school it authorizes was denied Wednesday by a Muskegon County judge.
13 New Orleans schools tried to renew their charters. One failed.
ENCORE Academy will close at the end of the current academic year, after New Orleans public school officials decided not to renew the charter for the 11-year-old, art-based school in the 7th Ward.
State targets more than 100 schools statewide, including Brighton charter, as worst-performing
A charter school in Livingston County was named among the worst-performing schools in the state and targeted for aid from the Michigan Department of Education.
Kansas City charter school teacher under investigation for alleged racial slur
A University Academy high school teacher is on administrative leave pending an investigation with the school.
The teacher is accused of using the N-word in front of students and it was caught on camera two weeks ago.
MSCS recommends revoking charters for seven district schools; 3 of which are ‘priority schools’ two years in a row
Seven Memphis-Shelby County Schools are currently recommended to have their charters revoked after the Tennessee Department of Education designated them “priority schools.”
“Priority schools” are in the bottom 5% of schools across Tennessee for academic performance.