National Center for Charter School Accountability
NCCSA
The National Center for Charter School Accountability provides research and recommendations on increasing transparency and accountability for charter schools.
Part I: Decline is the first installment of a three-part series report on the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. It presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures of what was once a promising school reform movement. The report dispels the myth of unmet demand for new schools, identifying under-enrollment as the primary reason for charter school failure.
Public Schools First NC Launches New Report
In its new report, North Carolina Charter Schools: Undermining Quality Education for All, Public Schools First NC analyzes the charter school landscape of North Carolina.
The report identifies and analyzes four concerning aspects of charter schools: increased racial segregation, exclusionary student discipline, high rates of school closures, and weakness in financial management.
This report has revealed how charter schools are worsening existing disparities and drawing resources away from public schools… and are failing to serve all students equally.
Public Schools First NC is a statewide, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused solely on pre–K–12 public education issues. It collaborates with parents, educators, business and civic leaders, and communities across North Carolina to advocate for one unified system of public education that prepares every child for productive citizenship.
Education Week: “So what changed? Politics, according to Burris. “It depends on the legislature. Charter schools have become a cause of the Republican Party,” she said. When Montana had a governor who was a Democrat, the state “rejected charter schools,”
Colorado Skies Academy, a Centennial-based charter school with a focus on aviation and aerospace education, abruptly announced its closure on Friday, just 16 days before the start of the school year. The announcement, which came in an email on Friday at 8:17 p.m., leaves parents scrambling to find alternative schools for their children.
New Orleans charter operator used over $ 2 million of taxpayer funds for “personal expenses,” according to an audit. According to a New Orleans City Business report, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reported that Education Explosion’s CEO, Chakesha Scott, diverted more than $1.5 million of the charter school funds to an account she controlled under Friends of Impact Charter School. Additional monies were diverted to other accounts, and over $71,000 in cash payments were not deposited.
