CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: White Hat Management

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: White Hat Management

White Hat Management

by The Perimeter Primate

h/t C.G. & K.M.
White Hat Management has been accused of bribing public officials and corrupt financial practices. In May 2010, the boards of ten White Hat-managed charter schools in Ohio filed suit against their parent company.
White Hat is the largest for-profit charter school operator in Ohio and third largest nationwide. It operates more than 50 schools in six states under the auspices of three separate educational ventures.

• DELA (Distance & Electronic Learning Academies) schools are “home-based distance learning model” schools located in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
• HOPE Academies are tuition-free and are open to students in grades K-8 throughout the state of Ohio.
• Life Skills Centers are alternative education charter schools serving students between the ages of 16 and