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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 24, 2019 |
| Is sprucing up a Confederate cemetery an appropriate school project? |
| When a Fayette County dad glanced at a field trip permission slip from his daughter's charter school last week, he was stunned. The destination printed atop the form said "Confederate Soldier Cemetery," and the mission, according to his seventh grader, was to clean it. |
| Source: www.ajc.com |
| September 23, 2019 |
| Southwest Early College High's woes show flaws in the promises of charters |
| Southwest Early College High School is being lambasted by parents, and the school district is recommending that its charter be revoked. But lessons exist for all. |
| Source: www.commercialappeal.com |
| September 22, 2019 |
| Clark County charter schools receive D’, F’ on state report cards |
| Both charter school in Clark County did not improve on their 2018-19 report cards |
| Source: www.springfieldnewssun.com |
| September 22, 2019 |
| Florida grandmother outraged after 6-year-old arrested for ‘tantrum’ |
| ORLANDO, Fla. (CNN/WKMG) — A Florida grandmother was shocked to find out her 6-year-old granddaughter had been arrested Thursday for throwing a tantrum. Meralyn Kirkland says Kaia’s journey to the juvenile detention center by Orlando Police Officers began at Lucious and Emma Nixon Elementary charter school. “What do you mean she was arrested, he said […] |
| Source: www.wfla.com |
| September 19, 2019 |
| A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South |
| Amanda Johnson opened the Mississippi Delta's first rural charter school, Clarksdale Collegiate in Clarksdale, MS in the face of protest. |
| Source: hechingerreport.org |
| September 19, 2019 |
| Calls mount for investigation of Inspire charter schools |
| County superintendents and California's charter school association have both inquired about a state investigation of Inspire |
| Source: www.sandiegouniontribune.com |
| September 18, 2019 |
| Manipulating Data for the Benefit of Charter Schools |
| Instead of providing parents with information, The School Performance Framework (SPF) was doctored to serve the needs of charter schools. |
| Source: patch.com |
| September 18, 2019 |
| Anderson: Former CEO of Manatee County charter school stood to profit from contract |
| Eddie Hundley's business stood to make $1.4 million from the school he ran. |
| Source: www.heraldtribune.com |
| September 18, 2019 |
| Ex-San Diego Charter School Teacher Sentenced Two Years for Sex With Student | KPBS |
| Robert Ian Famania, 38, pleaded guilty in June to a single felony count of committing a lewd act on a child. |
| Source: www.kpbs.org |
| September 18, 2019 |
| Frustrated parents want under-performing charter school closed | WREG.com |
| Frustrated and disappointed parents are demanding that Southwest Early College High School, a charter school, be shut down. |
| Source: wreg.com |
| September 16, 2019 |
| A hurt that runs deep: Former Duluth Edison parent, liaison claim racial bias at school |
| Kali Proctor never imagined when she sent her son off to kindergarten at Raleigh Academy, a Duluth Edison Charter School, he would come home one day and tell his mom he didn’t want to be black anymore. |
| Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com |
| September 12, 2019 |
| LASD accuses Bullis Charter School of discriminatory enrollment practices |
| The Los Altos School District sent a strongly worded letter to the Santa Clara County Board of Education demanding that it prevent |
| Source: www.mv-voice.com |
| September 12, 2019 |
| Scottsdale charter school to shut its doors this Friday |
| Arts Academy of Scottsdale used it small class sizes as a selling point to parents. But the classes got too small for the school to stay open. |
| Source: www.azfamily.com |
| September 11, 2019 |
| Rowan County charter school placed on allotment restrictions’ amid financial, leadership concerns |
| The sanctions came after school leaders were unable to competently discuss the details of its more than $1 million budget with certainty or adequately explain why a convicted felon was added to the board of directors. |
| Source: pulse.ncpolicywatch.org |
| September 8, 2019 |
| The warnings about safety came for months. But regulators didn’t force Monument Academy to make changes. |
| Students at Monument Academy Public Charter School fought during the school day, routinely destroyed school property and simply left campus without permission. |
| Source: washingtonpost.com |
| August 29, 2019 | Coghill violated federal and state special education law, school district says | The Lens |
| The Gentilly Woods school must make up services to at least nine students. |
| Source: thelensnola.org |
| August 28, 2019 |
| Schools Tied to A3 Charter School Scandal Will All Close - Voice of San Diego |
| An online charter school empire whose leaders have been charged with enrolling fake students and misappropriating $80 million in public funds will be forced to close all of its schools across California. |
| Source: www.voiceofsandiego.org |
| August 28, 2019 |
| Jonetta rose barras: No justice for a 12-year-old DC girl who died by suicide |
| A few years before Stormiyah Denson-Jackson took her own life in her dormitory at SEED Public Charter School, Scott Pearson told the leader of FOCUS, a charter lobbying group, to ignore the mandates of the South Capitol Street Memorial Amendment Act |
| Source: thedcline.org |
| August 28, 2019 |
| Taught by substitute teachers, Michigan charter school students relied on YouTube |
| The Universal Academy in Detroit received notoriety in June when a video went viral of the co-salutatorians criticizing the value of their education. Concerns over schools’ reliance on subs remain. |
| Source: www.bridgemi.com |
| August 28, 2019 |
| Officials: Charter school served unsafe food to students |
| An audit showed Lincoln Memorial Academy was $500,000 in debt and had $780,000 in unpaid invoices. The School District of Manatee County says that’s why it revoked the Palmetto school’s charter in... |
| Source: www.fox13news.com |
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