CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Imagine Schools, Inc.

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Imagine Schools, Inc.

Imagine Schools, Inc.

by The Perimeter Primate

Imagine Schools is the nation's largest for-profit charter school management company operating 71 public charter schools, and enrolling more than 36,000 students nationwide. Imagine's Web site lists its schools operating in the following 14 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, DC.

The company was founded in 2004 by its current president Dennis Bakke and his wife, Eileen. Bakke is a leader