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02/24/2020

Exclusive: DC charter school administrator facing sexual abuse charge, placed on leave

According to court documents, an assistant principal at Rocketship Rise Academy in Southeast D.C. has been charged with felony sexual abuse, yet according to sources, he was working inside the school until Monday.

02/24/2020

Charter school employee pleads guilty of scam

Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Harold Cadiz pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 14, to reporting false student enrollment at the Bradley Academy of Excellence in Goodyear, also known as Discovery Creemos Academy.

02/24/2020

Budget turmoil at Philly’s second largest charter school

Philadelphia’s second-largest charter school has a large budget deficit, a CEO on leave, and some sort of problem related to the identification of special education students.

02/22/2020

OSBI to investigate Dove Charter Schools

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation will open an investigation into Dove Charter Schools officials, which have been accused of illegally accessing and sharing confidential student information.

02/20/2020

Our kids have become a piggy bank:EPIC Charter Schools

On top of a 10% cut of every dollar of revenue, Epic Charter Schools is paying its for-profit management company millions more in taxpayer dollars every year for school expenditures that are never audited and which Epic claims are shielded from public scrutiny.

02/20/2020

State board says City on a Hill Charter School could be put on probation, consolidated

The beleaguered City on a Hill Charter School, which closed its New Bedford location and reconfigured its two Boston locations midway through this school year, could now shrink even further and be placed on probation, per recommendations from the state education department.

02/19/2020

TEA closes Cleburne Charter School with one week’s notice.

Kauffman Leadership Academy was founded four years ago and has around 100 students enrolled.

State leaders said the school is failing both academically and financially.

02/19/2020

Chartered: Florida is No. 2 in the country for charter school closures

10investigates discovered charter schools are closing their doors just as fast as they are opening. As of 2019, 409 charter schools are closed.

02/18/2020

3rd Arizona charter school executive pleads guilty in $2.5M enrollment scheme

Joann Vega is the third executive at the now-closed Discovery Creemos Academy to enter a guilty plea for false reporting of student attendance that cost taxpayers $2.5 million. Vega faces up to 8.75 years in prison.

02/16/2020

Man Pleads Guilty For Charter School Theft

A Sherman Oaks man plead guilty on Friday, February 14 for what has been called the largest charter school theft in California history.

02/15/2020

Charter School Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Close To $2.2 Million From The Government

Harold Cadiz helped the Bradley Academy charter school in Goodyear create more than 450 fake students, in an effort to increase funding.

02/14/2020

Arizona charter school principal pleads guilty in $2.5 million enrollment scheme

Arizona charter school principal pleads guilty in $2.5 million enrollment scheme.

02/14/2020

State Board of Education directs closure of online charter school

The Colorado State Board of Education has directed the Douglas County School District to revoke the charter for HOPE Online Learning Academy Elementary School.

02/13/2020

Struggling NC charter school on ‘life support’; state officials could soon pull the plug

That assessment was directed at leaders of Essie Mae Foxx Charter School in the Rowan County town of East Spencer. The school has struggled on all fronts since it opened in August 2018.

02/12/2020

Two virtual schools defrauded Indiana of $68 million and funneled more to execs

A special investigation into malfeasance by Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy found that the schools inappropriately received more than $68.7 million collectively.