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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.
How Many More Years of a Failed Reform Must Orleans Parish Endure?
It has been said that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
Well, NOLA Public Schools must be certifiably insane; because here we are — 17 years deep into a so-called education reform movement; and this year’s recently released school performance scores continue to reveal the what we have long known — this reform was and is a farce and a failure.
WATCH: Investigation into four administrators at southern Colorado charter school
Parents of students at Liberty Tree Academy received letters from the school in recent weeks. They say the school’s appointed board is investigating claims of unchecked nepotism, favoritism and an unprofessional and hostile work environment, backed by a dozen people.
Urban Prep loses charter agreement for last Chicago campus
After months of controversy surrounding Urban Prep Academy, the Illinois board of education ended the charter school’s agreement for its downtown campus Thursday, citing enrollment declines.
The move marks the latest blow to the nationally recognized charter network that specializes in serving Black boys on Chicago’s South and West Sides.
What you don’t know about the UW System’s new charter schools should worry you
The UW System’s Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO), created by the Wisconsin Legislature in 2015, is well on its way to overseeing more K-12 schools than the superintendents of most of Wisconsin’s 423 school districts.
Currently, the OEO, the UW System’s charter school authorizer, lists 10 independent charter schools it has authorized on its website. Three more schools haven’t opened yet but have signed contracts with the office. With 13 schools, the OEO has enough schools under its umbrella to be one of Wisconsin’s 20 largest school districts. Yet there is not much publicly available information about how the office is choosing to approve new charters, or even which schools it has already approved.
Local charter schools share teachers as shortage continues
For three periods a day at Momentum Academy Tower Grove South certain classes aren’t being taught by the teacher physically in the classroom, but by a teacher a couple miles down the street at Live for Life Academy.
Muskegon Heights Academy board gives charter school company new deadline to fix staffing issues
The Muskegon Heights Academy board says the Detroit-based charter management company hired to help run the school system breached its contract by failing to fill critical staff vacancies.
The board approved a motion last week to give New Paradigm for Education a 30-day notice to correct the ongoing staffing issues, vice president Joseph Warren told MLive/The Muskegon Chronicle.
A Denver charter school focused on Indigenous education is fighting to stay open
The American Indian Academy of Denver opened in 2020 during the height of the pandemic with a goal of educating Indigenous students, who have long been among the most underserved in the district.
But the school is now struggling with low enrollment and a lack of funding, two factors that have doomed other Denver charter schools.
Charter school ‘gets creative’ to boost enrollment and pay off pricey lease
Underwater on a pricey lease on its facility, a charter school official in Plaquemine said he decided to “get creative” as they looked for ways to boost flagging student enrollment and generate enough money to pay the school’s landlord.
In a report released last week, outside auditors hired by the state to look into Iberville Charter Academy questioned both the onerous terms of the lease and how the school went about increasing its enrollment.
Why is the UW System working with the controversial Hillsdale charter school network?
Controversy surrounding Hillsdale charter schools led the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University in Wisconsin to threaten to sever ties last month with Lake Country Classical Academy — Wisconsin’s first Hillsdale-affiliated charter school. The tribe cited “inflammatory, derogatory, and racist comments captured by hidden camera” by the president of Hillsdale College, Larry Arnn. Arnn’s comments, which made headlines after they were leaked from a private meeting he had with Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee, also led to the collapse of a plan to launch several Hillsdale charter schools in that state.