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School Committee calls for state investigation into financial pact between OSV entities, proposed city charter school
Worcester Public Schools leaders gathered on the fourth floor of the Durkin Administration Building to call for an investigation into the financial arrangement between Old Sturbridge Village, Old Sturbridge Academy, and the proposed Worcester Cultural Academy.
Buffalo Collegiate Charter School closing in June
The Buffalo Collegiate Charter School announced Monday that its board of trustees voted unanimously to withdraw its charter renewal application to the State University of New York, forcing the school to close in June. The decision will put 300 rising fifth-through-ninth graders into other Buffalo Public Schools and other charters in September.
Charter school reform has become like ‘Groundhog Day’ in Pa., advocates say
School leaders and advocates called for more accountability and transparency from these independently operated public schools as well as a different funding system to avoid what they see as overpayments by district schools to charter schools.
Oʻahu charter school faces closure after commission vote, long string of violations
The State Public Charter Schools Commission voted 5-1 on Wednesday not to renew Kamalani Academy’s contract, which would force the Wahiawa public charter school to shut down at the end of this school year.
Not providing substantial educational benefits’ | 2 Fulton County charter schools lose district funding
Not providing substantial educational benefits’ | 2 Fulton County charter schools lose district funding
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter Owners And Operators Get Rich While Students Receive Poor Education
Pennsylvania is a cyber charter haven. It may be our beautiful landscape, or it may be that this is a cyber-friendly state, an excellent place to make big money in the cyber charter racket. In 2021, cybers took in almost $1 billion taxpayer dollars.
EDITORIAL: Scrutiny of charter schools out the door
Our position is that the recent approval of a charter school in Wellen Park is an example of a lack of oversight
Charter school fight continues
Opponents of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to make way for more charters in New York City showed up outside her office in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon to protest the push — a sign of the next big battle between the governor and left-leaning lawmakers, advocates and the teachers unions.
Letter: Transparency for Public Schools, But Not Charter and Private Schools
Sen, Justine Wadsack (LD17), Sen. Jake Hoffman and other charter school supporters voted against the lifting the spending cap for the schools. They said no because they demanded more financial and academic transparency about how public school were funded, what subjects are taught, and how teachers were paid.
State charter schools in Bibb County flagged in state report
Two state charter schools in Bibb County are working to address recent findings flagged by the State Charter Schools Commission in its annual statewide performance review of charter schools.
State votes to revoke Kansas City school’s charter, but fight isn’t over
A Missouri commission votes to revoke the charter that allows a Kansas City charter school to operate.
Mass. DESE won’t confirm if state’s investigating misconduct at Worcester charter school
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) would not confirm or deny if the state agency is investigating Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School for alleged misconduct among its cheerleading staff.
Catholic Church in Oklahoma seeking government sanctioning, taxpayer funding for first religious charter school in U.S.
Catholic Church in Oklahoma seeking government sanctioning, taxpayer funding for first religious charter school in U.S.
UPDATE: Education leaders can’t stop Sunnyvale school closure
Santa Clara County education leaders are questioning the probable closure of a charter school in June as parents scramble to find a new place for their children.
Carol Burris: Running a charter school for profit should be illegal
From insider deals to real estate flips, the problems with charter schools run by for-profit corporations can’t be ignored. And growth in this sector is accelerating as operators use lax regulations and complicated corporate schemes to harvest public dollars from publicly funded charter schools.