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Ethical questions raised around Cornerstone charter schools’ real estate deals
On a bitter morning last month, the board for Cornerstone Madison-Carver Academy met to hear from the school network’s founder, Clark Durant, about a plan aiming to reinvigorate funding for the schools.
Florida charter schools: From innovators to pariahs | Dockery
After charter conversions became a reality, the next step was to establish charter schools operated by nonprofit organizations with expertise in an area that addressed a special need of students. Then the charter school movement expanded to nonprofits without a specialty. And, of course, that eventually led to for-profit charter schools.
Oklahoma Watch: Epic Charter School grads less likely to enroll in college
In a five-month investigation, Oklahoma Watch found that fewer than 1 in 5 of Epic’s 2019 graduates enrolled in a public Oklahoma college or university last fall. Its rate was lower than rates for all of the state’s 10 largest school districts, according to an Oklahoma Watch analysis of education data.
Fraud investigator will comb through Easton charter school finances
The Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter School board hired a fraud investigator Thursday to review the school’s finances.
Board President Michelle Zattoni said Fraud Forensic Investigations LLC will perform a comprehensive review of the school’s ledgers.
Students at Colorado Springs charter school walk out to protest safety concerns
Airing several complaints, a group of students at CIVA Charter Academy walked out of classes Wednesday and called for an outside investigation of operations, finances and practices.
Public oversight of Michigan charter schools inadequate, report says
Public oversight of Michigan’s charter schools needs to be strengthened to ensure tax dollars are spent productively and that students are well-served, says a new report by a nonprofit public affairs research group.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.