#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
Lake Wales High School principal hires labor attorney to fight what she calls ‘systemic harassment’
Lake Wales High School Principal Donna Dunson has retained a labor attorney, claiming she has endured what she characterizes as “the systemic harassment that has been in play for over a year,” by the Lake Wales Charter School System Board.
Most Nevada charter school students administered by one Florida company
Lawmakers on the interim legislative committee on education received an informational presentation on Wednesday about “education management organizations,” or EMOs — the private companies that receive millions of dollars in public funds each year but often go unscrutinized by the public and legislators alike.
Kindezi Academy, charter school and IPS partner, to close at end of the school year
Families of Kindezi Academy students received some difficult news Friday afternoon: After six years, the school is closing.
Bethlehem charter school pushes back against claims the administration has been ignoring reports of sexual assault and discrimination
Students at a Bethlehem charter school say the administration has been ignoring reports of sexual assault and discrimination.
How Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
Parents say their children’s education suffers when career and technical education programs are tailored to the needs of corporations.
Tennessee bill speeding up application process for charter schools has school board member worried
House Bill 2833 and Senate Bill 2168 are identical bills that would speed up the application process for charter schools. It would allow applicants to go directly to the state Public Charter School Commission for approval, rather than the current method of approval by local school boards.
Not all charter schools bus kids or provide free and reduced-price meals
At least 11 of Idaho’s brick-and-mortar public charter schools don’t bus their students to school, an EdNews analysis found, and at least 22 don’t participate in the federal free and reduced-price meals program for their most impoverished students.
The lack of services impacts the schools’ ability to diversify their student populations.
Upset over a new charter school in Baker, city leaders petition public, consider lawsuit
They especially object to state leaders’ reliance on a law that allows charter applicants to bypass local school districts if those districts have D or F academic letter grades. The public schools in Baker, located just north of Baton Rouge, have a D.
Charter commission orders online school to close permanently
An online school that serves some 500 K-12 students will have to close for good this summer.
Charter commission orders online school to close permanently
An online school that serves some 500 K-12 students will have to close for good this summer.
The Idaho Public Charter School Commission voted unanimously Friday to not renew Another Choice Virtual Charter School’s performance certificate, which means the school must start the process of closing its doors by June 30, 2022.
Is it time to end the all-charter school experiment in New Orleans?
Experiments in education are written into Louisiana state law to allow for charter schools, and innovative ways to improve education. But a 2021 Legislative audit and 2016 Stanford study show charters in New Orleans have failed to prove those experiments work.
Cyber charter school funding must change
An inequitable and blatantly unfair funding formula for cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania has inflated the amount of money they receive — at the expense of other public schools.
Charter school proposal roils South Coast
An increasingly acrimonious debate over a proposed grade 6-12 charter school serving students in New Bedford and Fall River. In recent days, opponents have taken the fight to the streets, picketing a local bank whose president was slated to serve on the charter school board of directors and showing up unannounced at the law office of an attorney who had submitted a letter to the state education department in support of the charter application.
SoHo nonprofit The Door settles for $12.9M over fraudulent cost reports
Prosecutors said The Door “knowingly overstated” its number of medical visits and received millions in excess state and federal funding.
Burnsville charter school director takes leave of absence following fraud allegations in Feeding Our Future investigation.
FBI search warrants accuse Abdiaziz Farah, the founder of Gateway STEM Academy, of using child nutrition funds to purchase a Porsche and a $575,000 house. Gateway STEM Academy has not been accused of wrongdoing.