Friday, October 1, 2010

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Harlem Success Academy charter schools

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Harlem Success Academy charter schools

Harlem Success Academy charter schools

LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOLS LIKE HARLEM SUCCESS IS BIG BUSINESS AS MILLIONS ARE POURED INTO MARKETING, October 1, 2010, NY Daily News

The image of hundreds of black and Latino parents packed in an auditorium desperately hoping their child would "win" the lottery and get into a local charter school has assumed mythic status in media reports on education reform.

Two new two documentaries, "The Lottery" and "Waiting for Superman," made such events the emotional climax of their narratives. The former centered on Harlem Success, the charter networkSchools Chancellor Joel Klein hails when he points to the demand for more charter schools.

But a Daily News review of Harlem Success financial reports suggests the network's huge backlog