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11/29/2023 - Statewide task force meets in San Diego following record-breaking charter school fraud case

The task force was formed as a result of a 2019 San Diego case, which found 11 people defrauded the state of $400 million.

11/29/2023 - School Choice And The Broken Promise Of Accountability

One could argue whether or not that pledge was ever kept. A tiny number of charter schools were ever shut down for failing to deliver, and in some states they were barely regulated.

11/28/2023 - Report: Cyber Charter schools drain local tax dollars for worse education outcomes

Report: Cyber Charter schools drain local tax dollars for worse education outcomes

11/27/2023 - California’s new anti-fraud charter school task force will convene for the first time in San Diego Monday

The task force was ordered by San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert Longstreth in September as part of the years-long A3 charter school case, which is the largest case of charter school fraud prosecuted in California in recent years.

11/27/2023 - State Law Enforcement Division (SC) confirms investigation into former Florence charter school

The investigation was started after Florence County Solicitor Ed Clements requested on Nov. 2 that the agency look into allegations of embezzlement, according to Director of Public Information Renée Wunderlich.

11/27/2023 - This online charter network pays tens of millions of public dollars to one for-profit company. Teachers are pushing to learn what it’s paying for.

A California network of online charter schools that pays tens of millions of public dollars a year to one for-profit company is under pressure from its teachers union to explain exactly how that money is being spent.

11/22/2023 - Court documents: OK AG concerned Epic co-founders still have access to taxpayer dollars

Oklahoma State Auditor, Cindy Byrd previously told KFOR that over the years the complicated financial scheme cost taxpayers more than $22 million dollars, following an October 2020 investigative audit into Epic Charter Schools. More than a year after the trio’s arrest and the State Attorney General has brought into question whether the co-founders still have access to the money.

11/20/2023 - Oklahoma AG worries Epic Charter Schools founders still have taxpayer money

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office is going after Epic Charter Schools’ student funds, which apparently are still in the possession of the school founders who are facing criminal charges in a massive racketeering and embezzlement case.

11/12/2023 - Letters: Duval public schools, not charters, should keep all funds from sales surtax

Charter schools appear to be using these funds to build new school facilities when taxpayers wanted the money to renovate existing neighborhood school buildings.

11/12/2023 - The governor’s voucher ‘scam’: $10,500 in taxpayer subsidies without accountability

Welcome to accountability at so called public charter schools in Texas, where the only thing public about the schools is the taxpayer money that funds them. Otherwise, what happens mostly happens behind closed doors. The public and media are met, metaphorically, by a Keep Out sign.

11/09/2023 - 24 Nevada charter schools are underperforming

Two dozen charter schools have been flagged as academically underperforming after the state issued its first ratings since the onset of the pandemic.

11/07/2023 - Receiver accuses Florence charter school of illegally using funds despite court-ordered shutdown

A superintendent in the Pee Dee is asking the 12th Circuit Solicitor to investigate a school that he says is illegally distributing taxpayer dollars.The Palmetto Youth Academy has changed its name to Palmetto Promise and is still running despite being court-ordered to shut down. A sign that previously said Palmetto Youth Academy is now blank, but a News13 reporter saw students outside Monday in uniforms who appeared to be at recess.