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State Auditor sends report on Hmong school’s hedge fund investment to prosecutor’s office
The Office of the State Auditor on Monday released an investigative report finding that a St. Paul charter school’s $5 million investment with a hedge fund violated state law and the school’s own investment policy.
Parents say a Duluth charter school ignored a racially hostile environment for years
Katelyn Hansen happened to be waiting at the front office at Duluth Edison Charter Schools’ (DECS) Raleigh Academy when she says she saw a teacher forcefully pulling her ten-year old daughter down the hallway.
Parents sue Minnesota charter school alleging racist behavior
The parents of several Black and biracial students are suing the operator of a Minnesota charter school on behalf of their children, alleging that the school failed to prevent “racist, unfair, hurtful and at times dangerous interactions” at the hands of both students and staff.
District accuses Singleton Charter School of rehiring employee who failed background check
The parents of several Black and biracial students are suing the operator of a Minnesota charter school on behalf of their children, alleging that the school failed to prevent “racist, unfair, hurtful and at times dangerous interactions” at the hands of both students and staff.
Students question new policy that prohibits clubs at Great Hearts charter schools
One of Jack Miller’s favorite parts about high school has been participating in his school’s Key Club. The 17-year-old has been part of student group focused on public service ever since his freshman year at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy, a Great Hearts Academies charter school.
Charter school commission overrides Metro Schools, approves new school
One of Jack Miller’s favorite parts about high school has been participating in his school’s Key Club. The 17-year-old has been part of student group focused on public service ever since his freshman year at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy, a Great Hearts Academies charter school.
After hedge fund fiasco, Hmong charter school may keep superintendent
In the wake of a $4.3 million loss from an illegal hedge fund investment, Hmong College Prep Academy’s school board appears to be standing by its superintendent.
The board on Friday appointed a transition team whose tasks will include searching for a new authorizer by June. The current authorizer, Bethel University, has said it no longer wants to do that job beyond 2023.
This Massachusetts school lost all but 3 of 23 teachers; See the 50 school districts with the lowest percentages of teacher retention
In February 2020, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to renew the school’s charter through June 30, 2025, and placed the school on probation with conditions. The board also at that time voted to consolidate that school with City on a Hill Charter Public School Dudley Square. Before the 2020 meeting, the board of trustees voted to surrender the City on a Hill New Bedford charter.
In East Texas, Cleveland ISD Needed Money. The State Sent Charter Schools Instead.
Instead of offering funding and flexibility to the public schools, he said, the state fast-tracked the expansion of charter schools that aren’t held to the same standards of community accountability or required to find a seat for every student regardless of ability or disciplinary status.
Tuition-free Minneapolis charter school closes a month after opening
A brand new Minneapolis charter school announced on Wednesday it is closing its doors immediately, just weeks after it opened.
In a post on its website, the Minneapolis School of New Music’s founder Bart Johnson writes the school will be shutting down permanently just as the school year gets underway. Johnson blames a shortage of staff that forced the decision to close the school on Thomas Avenue North in Minneapolis’ Camden neighborhood.
Special ed questions on charter school apps violate federal law, complaints allege
Advocates have filed civil rights complaints against more than two dozen Colorado charter schools alleging that questions on their application forms about whether prospective students receive special education services violate federal law.
Why charter schools are not as ‘public’ as they claim to be
Proponents of charter schools insist that they are public schools “open to all students.” But the truth is more nuanced. As an education policy researcher – and as author of a new book about charter schools I wrote with fellow researcher Wagma Mommandi – I have discovered that charter schools are not as accessible to the public as they are often made out to be.
OPSB seeks to subpoena records from charter school financial contractors
The Orleans Parish School Board has filed a motion in Civil District Court seeking permission to subpoena records from two accounting firms and a financial management firm working for the Dryades YMCA — which runs James M. Singleton Charter School — following an audit that said the nonprofit charter operator owes money to the school.
OPINION: Fund public schools, forget charters
Mater Academy, Inc., a South Florida charter school company, was granted permission and funding by the Hillsborough County School Board on Sept. 21 to open an elementary and middle school in unspecified Hillsborough locations.
Hillsborough County shouldn’t build more charter schools, which often take advantage of taxpayer dollars to the deficit of students. It should instead focus on improvements to the Hillsborough public education system.
New Lawsuits Show the Tentacles of A3 Charter Scandal Reached into Other States
If money-sucking scams are like vampire squids, then the A3 charter scandal had its tentacles all over California. Nineteen online charter schools pulled in thousands of students (some real, some not) from counties up and down the state. With each student came dollars — roughly $400 million of them.
But new lawsuits reveal the money didn’t stop flowing at California’s border.