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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:
| December 19, 2019 |
| Reporters faced resistance at every level when researching series on charter school waste |
| The five-part series showed the lack of accountability in real estate transactions by charter schools - from inflated rents to manipulation of subsidies |
| Source: www.northjersey.com |
| December 18, 2019 |
| Opinion | Problems continue for Montgomery’s first charter school |
| Montgomery’s first charter school remains a first-rate mess. As former LEAD Academy principal Nichole Ivey-Price prepares for another hearing in her ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit against the charter school, a number of current and former LEAD |
| Source: www.alreporter.com |
| December 17, 2019 |
| Marion Military Academy closes its doors |
| Charles deMenzes, chairman of the charter school’s board and major financial backer, said in a letter that financial struggles were the cause. |
| Source: www.ocala.com |
| December 16, 2019 |
| IDEA charter school’s newest expense: a private jet |
| As IDEA Public Schools rapidly expands throughout the southern United States, the charter district’s leaders have approved an efficient and expensive way of getting across the country: an eight-passenger private jet. |
| Source: www.houstonchronicle.com |
| December 14, 2019 |
| Utah Military Academy put on warning, director resigns after whistleblower reports questionable ethical practices’ "” including changing grades and paying former employees to keep quiet |
| The Utah Military Academy was placed on warning status Thursday "”and its director resigned "” after a whistleblower reported that the school was operating “with questionable ethical practices, " including inflating a cadet’s grades to get him into a prestigious Army training program. |
| Source: www.sltrib.com |
| December 13, 2019 |
| Utah school board votes to close charter school that lost $1 million after 1 year in operation |
| A northern Utah charter school that lost more than $1 million last year "” the first year it was open "” has been ordered to shut its doors. |
| Source: www.sltrib.com |
| December 11, 2019 |
| KIPP details assault, harassment claims against co-founder Feinberg |
| Feinberg has denied the allegations, and has since announced the creation of a new organization to help people start charter schools. |
| Source: www.chalkbeat.org |
| December 11, 2019 |
| Most Philly charter schools failed to test water for lead —— and city gave them a pass |
| The city agencies tasked with oversight have failed to enforce Philadelphia’s post-Flint crisis water quality standards. |
| Source: whyy.org |
| December 10, 2019 |
| State Charter School Board votes to close Capstone Classical Academy charter |
| The State Charter School Board voted unanimously Monday to close Capstone Classical Academy, a public charter school in Weber County, effective at the end of the academic year. |
| Source: www.deseret.com |
| December 10, 2019 | Failed charter schools cost federal government almost $505M in nine years |
| Charter schools that never opened or that have opened then closed between 2006 and 2014 have cost the federal government almost $505 million, according to a recent |
| Source: thehill.com |
| December 9, 2019 | Charter school leaders, founders linked to controversial Turkish cleric | Spring Hill Insider |
| Taxpayers contribute more than $60 million to charter school network in 2016. Schools linked to followers of Fethullah Gulen, who is fighting extradition to Turkey |
| Source: insiderfinancial.net |
| December 3, 2019 |
| Hartford charter school teacher arrested in New Hampshire after being accused of sexually assaulting student | FOX 61 |
| ENFIELD, NH -- A Hartford charter school teacher was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a student. Bloomfield police received a complaint in September from DCF, that said that a teacher was having sex with a 16 year-old student while in Bloomfield. |
| Source: fox61.com |
| December 3, 2019 |
| Trial canceled after former charter school teacher accepts plea deal for child abuse charges | Crime and Courts | heraldextra.com |
| A former Eagle Mountain teacher pleaded guilty on Monday to shoving an eighth-grade student against a wall and injuring him during gym class earlier this year. |
| Source: www.heraldextra.com |
| December 3, 2019 |
| Brooklyn mother sues charter school for negligence in daughter’s sexual assault |
| In a new federal lawsuit, Cherice Brown says her daughter was molested and harassed by a fellow student at Uncommon Charter High School in Brooklyn last year "” and school administrators proposed changing her schedule while letting her assailant keep normal school hours. |
| Source: www.nydailynews.com |
| December 3, 2019 |
| Troubled Chicago Virtual Charter School Expected To Close |
| A troubled school where we uncovered questionable spending and missing curriculum is expected to closing at the end of the school year. |
| Source: chicago.cbslocal.com |
| December 2, 2019 |
| Most virtual charter schools' students don't graduate | Local News | enidnews.com |
| Dressed in blue robes with gold-colored stoles around their neck, graduates of Epic Virtual Charter School walked across the stage at the Mabee Center arena in Tulsa earlier this year, |
| Source: www.enidnews.com |
| November 24, 2019 |
| Nearly half of New Orleans' all-charter district schools got D or F grades; What happens next? | Education | nola.com |
| The release of the state's closely watched school performance scores earlier this month offered an overall update on New Orleans schools that seemed benign enough: A slight increase in overall |
| Source: www.nola.com |
| November 23, 2019 |
| Turn in records, judge tells former head of Little Rock charter school |
| The former head of the defunct Covenant Keepers charter school has one week to return its missing financial records or answer to Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mary McGowan. |
| Source: www.arkansasonline.com |
| November 21, 2019 |
| Ohio charter school accused by state of misusing nearly $168,000 in taxpayer dollars |
| Shell vendor is alleged to have been used and the school’s leader had access and another person withdrew money and deposited into personal accounts. |
| Source: www.cantonrep.com |
| November 20, 2019 | Two New Orleans schools to lose charters this year after getting failing grades | Education | nola.com |
| Two New Orleans public schools are set to lose their charters this year after getting failing grades from the Louisiana Department of Education, parish school officials announced Tuesday. |
| Source: www.nola.com |
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