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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 7, 2024 |
| Parents of private voucher students spent over $1 million of public money buying Lego sets |
| Legos are allowable expenses under the state's ESA program, but the volume and type of sets is controversial. |
| Source: www.12news.com |
| June 6, 2024 |
| One hundred thousand Twin Cities lives ruined by school segregation |
| Twin Cities school segregation is at its very worst in the large and growing charter school sector. |
| Source: www.startribune.com |
| June 3, 2024 |
| After a 7-year experiment, New Orleans is an all-charter district no more |
| The closely watched experiment is coming to an end. New Orleans Public Schools will now act both as a charter school authorizer and an old-fashioned sch... |
| Source: www.route-fifty.com |
| May 29, 2024 |
| Former CEO of Indianapolis Tindley charter network faces federal fraud charges |
| Former Tindley Accelerated Schools CEO Brian Metcalf is accused of fraudulently billing the school for goods and services he and two other defendants allegedly never intended to deliver. |
| Source: www.chalkbeat.org |
| May 20, 2024 | In Pennsylvania, A Cyber Charter School Builds A Real Estate Empire |
| A new report shows Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools amassing a large stockpile of assets. The Education Voters of PA report shows that the four largest cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania in 2018 had net assets and fund balances totaling $566,858; in 2022, that total had grown to $486 million. |
| Source: forbes.com |
| May 13, 2024 |
| A $132 million loophole in Minnesota’s anti-corruption laws |
| The retiring superintendent of Noble Academy, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, received a multimillion-dollar contract, without competitive bidding. How do charter schools award contracts? |
| Source: sahanjournal.com |
| May 3, 2024 |
| Inside the ‘astonishing’ salaries at N.J. school empire. Taxpayers foot the huge bill. |
| The founder of the public charter school network earns nearly $700,000, and six others make more than $209,000. |
| Source: www.nj.com |
| April 29, 2024 | Lena Pope to shut down Fort Worth charter school in August | Fort Worth Report |
| Chapel Hill Academy has been open since 2008. A shrinking enrollment, funding woes and more competition led to the school’s planned closure. |
| Source: fortworthreport.org |
| April 22, 2024 |
| Charter School Founders Accused Of Massive Fraud |
| Prosecutors are accusing three men of bilking Oklahoma out of millions of dollars in public school funds through a charter school plan that one of the defendants told a state district court prioritized income. |
| Source: www.zerohedge.com |
| April 13, 2024 |
| A charter school in Las Vegas faces closure if more than $800K in taxpayer funds are not repaid |
| A newly opened Las Vegas charter school is facing allegations of misuse of taxpayer funds and could close if the money isn't paid back, documents said. |
| Source: www.8newsnow.com |
| March 29, 2024 |
| Epic schools founders never reported millions on tax returns |
| An auditor from the state testified that Epic Charter Schools’ co-founders never claimed on tax returns $144 million in student Learning Funds they now contend were their "private funds." #oklaed |
| Source: tulsaworld.com |
| March 27, 2024 |
| Research from pro-charter school group makes case for halting the approval of new charters |
| Data from new Fordham Institute research indicates that charter schools consistently underperform traditional schools in reading and math |
| Source: ncnewsline.com |
| March 22, 2024 |
| Parents Accuse Diddy's Charter School of Being Violent and Dysfunctional Place for Kids |
| A recent report from 'The Cut' reveals numerous issues with the East Harlem charter school Capital Prep. |
| Source: www.complex.com |
| March 12, 2024 | State Charter Schools Review Board declines to renew charter for Gaston County school |
| The state Charter Schools Review Board on Monday voted unanimously to not renew the charter of Ridgeview Charter School in Gastonia due to poor academic performance. Ridgeview is a K-9 school that serves some of Gaston County’s poorest children. |
| Source: ncnewsline.com |
| February 29, 2024 |
| Five people charged with defrauding the Arizona ESA program |
| Five people are being accused of fraudulently receiving money from the Arizona ESA program by creating "ghost students" through fake birth certificates. |
| Source: www.abc15.com |
| February 27, 2024 |
| Hmong College Prep teacher charged with sexual abuse of student |
| The school asked any student or family member with concerns about the former teacher to contact them or law enforcement. |
| Source: www.twincities.com |
| February 27, 2024 | In dozens of Minnesota schools, entire classes are failing to meet minimum state standards - Minnesota Reformer |
| Most are public charter schools ... Most of the schools with extremely high failure rates — 59 of the 78 — are public charter schools [ed note: There are about 180 charter schools in MN and about 2,500 public schools. So 59 out of 180 charters have extremely low scores, and 19 out of 2,500 public schools have them] |
| Source: minnesotareformer.com |
| January 29, 2024 |
| Exeter charter school closing amid investigation into alleged fraud and embezzlement |
| Families in the Seacoast rallied around the alternative school when it opened in 2022, but some say they saw warning signs of mismanagement early on. |
| Source: www.nhpr.org |
| January 26, 2024 |
| New info on multi-million dollar education fraud after recent charter school-related indictment |
| Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana released more information about a recent indictment brought forward in a multi-million dollar education-related fraud scheme. |
| Source: fox59.com |
| January 25, 2024 |
| Virtual charter school trio federally indicted |
| INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana alleges that three operators of a pair of virtual charter schools defrauded the state of Indiana for tens of millions of dollars by inflating the number of students learning from home sitting before keyboards. From 2016-2019, the federal indictment claims that Thomas Stoughton, Phillip […] |
| Source: fox59.com |
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