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Charter schools are by design a griftogenic environment, so operators are at their most creative in figuring out ways to benefit themselves:
| September 28, 2021 | Morning Report: A3 Charter School Scandal Extends Across State Lines |
| A3 Charter School Scandal Extends Across State Lines - San Diego, CA - Taxpayer funds were invested in charter school operations in other states, and the water we do have is getting more expensive. |
| Source: patch.com |
| September 23, 2021 |
| Board to probe Hmong school superintendent’s hedge fund loss, might pay her attorneys fees |
| Source: www.twincities.com |
| September 21, 2021 |
| Authorizer wants superintendent fired after Hmong College Prep loses $4.3M with hedge fund |
| A St. Paul charter school’s authorizer has placed the school on probation and recommended the board fire its superintendent after she lost $4.3 million of the school’s money investing in a hedge fund. |
| Source: www.twincities.com |
| September 17, 2021 |
| Two charter schools closing amid state investigation |
| There's no guarantee the state will recover millions of dollars the schools erroneously collected by inflating student enrollment reports. |
| Source: www.idahoednews.org |
| September 16, 2021 |
| Assault allegations surface at charter school in South LA |
| The shutdown of a South Los Angeles charter school got heated Monday as attorneys, parents and board members got involved. “It’s happening here because it's South Central," one parent said. |
| Source: www.foxla.com |
| September 14, 2021 |
| Charter schools are publicly funded "” but there’s big money in selling them |
| How private citizens make big money from selling publicly funded charters. |
| Source: www.msn.com |
| September 11, 2021 |
| California man accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars gets prison for charter school scam |
| The co-owner of a network of online charter schools who was accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars in California education funds was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison. Jason Schrock, 46, of Southern California and his business partner, Sean McManus, 48, of Australia, also were ordered to pay $37.5 million in […] |
| Source: ktla.com |
| September 10, 2021 |
| Charter Schools’ Scary Future |
| As Democrats withdraw support, we may see a future in which charters turn rightward "”while still getting federal funding. |
| Source: newrepublic.com |
| September 10, 2021 |
| Teachers College Press: How Charter Schools Control Access and Shape Enrollment | National Education Policy Center |
| What does “public " mean for a “public charter school "? The state charter school statutes that allow charter schools to exist invariably designate them as public schools. Major advocacy organizations like the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools trumpet the school’s public status. But the truth is that some charter schools are a lot less public than others. |
| Source: nepc.colorado.edu |
| September 9, 2021 |
| Michigan pandemic relief dollars went to for-profit cyber schools | COVID-19 | record-eagle.com |
| TRAVERSE CITY "” When the pandemic hit, academic life at Great Lakes Virtual Academy changed very little "” virtual learning systems repelled the wave of disruption that sent traditional school |
| Source: www.record-eagle.com |
| September 7, 2021 |
| Study: Competition Spurred By Vouchers Limits Long-Term Public School Performance |
| The study focuses on voucher participation and private school density around public schools, and uses eight years of state school choice and test performance data. |
| Source: www.wfyi.org |
| September 1, 2021 |
| Once a highly praised Hartford charter school leader, Michael Sharpe pleads innocent to four gunpoint sexual assaults |
| Sharpe’s appearance in Superior Court Monday — older, heavier, downcast and soft-spoken — was in contrast to the assertive educator who, two decades ago, took the high-performing Jumoke Academy charter school created by his mother and met with disaster trying to market it as the national answer to under-performing, inner city schools. |
| Source: www.courant.com |
| August 24, 2021 |
| Tennessee using $14.4M of $64M COVID education funds toward charter schools |
| Teachers unions and other critics view the efforts as a way to siphon money away from traditional public schools. |
| Source: www.newsweek.com |
| August 15, 2021 |
| Paulo Freire Charter School staff picket, file labor charges |
| CHICOPEE "” Unionized staff at the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School will picket Saturday in front of their school amid uncertainty over the coming school year after management’s decision to let go of over half of the school’s teachers this... |
| Source: www.gazettenet.com |
| June 21, 2021 |
| Messy Watkins Academy audit includes $31,896 in findings for recovery |
| Columbus — Auditor of State Keith Faber’s Office has released the 2016, 2017, and 2018 financial audit of Watkins Academy, a charter school in Montg |
| Source: highlandcountypress.com |
| June 21, 2021 |
| Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to "White Flight" Privatized Charter Schools and Contributing to the Re-segregation of Education? |
| Source: buzzflash.com |
| June 18, 2021 |
| San Diego charter school shutters doors |
| Suncoast Academy struggled for years with compliance issues |
| Source: www.sandiegouniontribune.com |
| June 18, 2021 |
| To replace Cedar Riverside Community School, first find out why it failed. Here’s what we discovered |
| Cedar Riverside Community School, a charter school serving primarily Somali and East African students in Minneapolis’ Riverside Plaza, is closing. The Minnesota Department of Education says anyone hoping to replace it would first have to find out what went wrong. Here’s what we found. |
| Source: sahanjournal.com |
| June 14, 2021 |
| Charter commission flags finances at four schools |
| Monticello Montessori Charter, Peace Valley Charter, Bingham Academy and The Village Charter each received notices of fiscal concern Thursday. |
| Source: www.idahoednews.org |
| June 12, 2021 |
| Former charter school operator owes nearly $1 million, New Orleans school district says in suit |
| The Orleans Parish public school district has sued the nonprofit organization that ran Mary D. Coghill Charter School for years until its charter was canceled, claiming the organization's board misappropriated |
| Source: www.nola.com |
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