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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:
| June 12, 2019 |
| Inside the Charter School Empire Prosecutors Say Scammed California for $80M - Voice of San Diego |
| The indictment against the leaders of A3 Education lays out a complex organizational structure with two top leaders and several lieutenants who led the charge to enroll thousands of summer school students, who did not actually take classes. Several superintendents, knowingly or not, helped fuel the network’s growth. And untold coaches, students and parents were roped in to help boost enrollment. |
| Source: www.voiceofsandiego.org |
| June 12, 2019 |
| Orleans school board considers revoking charter over grade-inflation, altered public records |
| Because of the grade irregularities, Kennedy was forced to hold graduation ceremonies last month without any diplomas, and only half the class got them last weekend. |
| Source: www.wwltv.com |
| June 11, 2019 |
| Charter High School for Architecture and Design agrees to close after next year |
| The school board is expected to vote Thursday on the agreement, which contemplates the district continuing to operate an architecture-focused school program. |
| Source: www.inquirer.com |
| June 11, 2019 |
| Parents react to sudden closure of Kent charter school |
| Families are scrambling to pick up the pieces - and figure out what went wrong - after Excel Public Charter School and Destiny Charter Middle School, both part of the multi-state Green Dot charter chain, announced they are shutting down this month due to low enrollment . |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| June 10, 2019 | Convicted Charter School Operator Hit With Racketeering Suit - Law360 |
| A former charter school operator convicted of defrauding Florida schools out of millions of dollars is being sued for racketeering by schools that he and his business associates ripped off by using shell companies to sell them school supplies at grossly inflated prices. |
| Source: www.law360.com |
| June 10, 2019 |
| Graduation gone bad: Salutatorians rip their Detroit charter school |
| Two top students at a Detroit charter school used their graduation ceremony speeches to blast their new alma mater for what they said was an inferior education and a culture of secrecy. |
| Source: www.freep.com |
| June 8, 2019 |
| A second Tacoma charter school will close for good. Low enrollment and money woes cited |
| Destiny Middle School in Tacoma will close its doors at the end of the month, Green Dot Public Schools announced Friday. |
| Source: www.kiro7.com |
| June 5, 2019 |
| Churn & Burn: Charter Teachers Challenged by Working Conditions, Lower Pay | Capital & Main |
| Federal data show that charter-school teachers leave charters at higher rates than at public schools. |
| Source: capitalandmain.com |
| June 5, 2019 |
| Monument Academy Public Charter School leadership votes to close facility at end of academic year |
| The board of Monument Academy Public Charter School voted Tuesday evening to close the school at the end of the academic year "” a stunning turn for a weekday boarding campus that has attracted big named-donors and received national attention for its approach to educating students who have extensive learning and emotional needs. |
| Source: www.washingtonpost.com |
| June 5, 2019 |
| Charter school honcho Eva Moskowitz leaked student’s disciplinary record after his mom criticized repeated suspensions, federal investigators find |
| The May 31 letter from the U.S. Department of Education came in response to complaints from Fatima Geidi, whose son Jamir was suspended multiple times from a Success Academy in the Upper West Side. The Brooklyn mom criticized the school’s suspension policy in the Daily News in 2013, when her son was only 7 years old. |
| Source: www.nydailynews.com |
| June 1, 2019 |
| Charter school audit cites illegal payments |
| “The arrangement between the management company and the school appears to be a violation of (Ohio law) as the management at the school has an interest in the affairs of the management company, " the audit documents say. |
| Source: www.daytondailynews.com |
| May 31, 2019 | An embattled Memphis charter school shuts down, forcing 150 students to make choices - The Daily Memphian |
| Now that Gateway is officially closed, parents and students are left to find a new high school. Many are headed to their zoned neighborhood schools; others are still searching. |
| Source: dailymemphian.com |
| May 30, 2019 |
| East County Superintendent Charged in State-Wide Charter School Scandal |
| A network of charter schools in California stole more than $50 million from the state by creating phantom institutions that enrolled unwitting students it found through other schools and youth programs... |
| Source: www.nbcsandiego.com |
| May 29, 2019 |
| Former charter school director fired following sexual harassment complaint |
| News, issues, and events from Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties in western North Carolina. |
| Source: www.smokymountainnews.com |
| May 29, 2019 |
| Charter school CEO ran side businesses out of building while teachers missed paychecks |
| Art Fuller, the top official at Knowledge Academies, was fired last month after the board said it learned of financial and academic problems. |
| Source: www.tennessean.com |
| May 29, 2019 | Charter school board chair plans meeting with parents after half its students fail |
| Charter school board chair plans meeting with parents after half the school fails |
| Source: www.wbrz.com |
| May 29, 2019 |
| Online charter schools in L.A. and San Diego counties to close after indictments |
| The charges include conspiracy and personal use of public money. |
| Source: www.latimes.com |
| May 28, 2019 |
| Teen arrested after six classmates in Bronx charter school sickened by pot brownies: cops |
| Cops and medics were called to the Charter High School for Law and Social Justice on University Ave. in Morris Heights about 12:15 p.m. after the students "” all girls between 15 and 16 "” complained of stomach pains and feeling ill after eating the tainted brownies. |
| Source: www.nydailynews.com |
| May 28, 2019 |
| Utah charter school teacher faces felony charge after slamming student into wall |
| A gym teacher at Rockwell Charter High School became physically violent with a 14-year-old student when the student didn't follow his instructions, police said. |
| Source: www.deseretnews.com |
| May 28, 2019 |
| Charter school addressing 30 audit findings |
| An Albuquerque charter school entered into a $5.5 million lease purchase agreement without an appraisal. It paid $50,000 to the employer of its foundation president... |
| Source: www.abqjournal.com |
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