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Schools Matter: White Hat Management: "accountability chain is totally upside down"

Schools Matter: White Hat Management: "accountability chain is totally upside down"

White Hat Management: "accountability chain is totally upside down"

We have been posting about David Brennan's charter school profiteering scheme since April 2006, and it looks like the bribes and kickbacks might have finally run out. ht to Monty Neill. From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer:

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A group of Cleveland and Akron charter schools is in open rebellion against the for-profit management firm that runs the schools.


An unusual lawsuit brought Monday by 10 governing boards of Hope Academies of Cleveland and Akron and Life Skills Centers of Cleveland and Akron alleges that a 2006 state law passed by majority-party Republicans is unconstitutional and gives the for-profit company unchecked authority.