October 7, 2022 8:51 pm
Audit of charter school program finds big problems
The U.S. Education Department’s Office of Inspector General has released a new audit of the federal Charter Schools Program that found some alarming results about how charter school networks have used millions of dollars in funding. Among other things, the audit found that charter school networks and for-profit charter management organizations did not open anywhere near the number of charters they promised to open with federal funding.