The Institute for Excellence Charter School *WINSLOW CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDER INDICTED;* Feb. 28, 2011; Courier-Post (NJ) The founder of Camden County's only suburban charter school has been accused of attempting to defraud the school in an indictment handed down Wednesday by the state grand ...
Crescendo charter schools (six schools) *L.A. UNIFIED BOARD VOTES TO SHUT DOWN CHARTER SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF CHEATING*; March 1, 2011; LA Times (CA) The Los Angeles Board of Education voted to shut down six charters schools that were accused of widespread cheating on last year's standardized ...
Columbus Academy of Literacy and Mathematics *LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOL WITH BUDGET TROUBLE CLOSES TODAY*; February 18, 2011; The Columbus Dispatch A Columbus charter school that has been open only a few months will close its doors for good today. It simply can't afford to stay open any longer. ...
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology *VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW PUSH STATE TO MONITOR GWINNETT SCHOOLS CHARTER LOTTERY, DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED AT GWINNETT SCHOOL*; February 15, 2011; Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) For the second time in four years the state is investigating the ...
Summit Charter School *ORLANDO-AREA SUMMIT CHARTER SCHOOL MUST FIX PROBLEMS OR CLOSE;* April 08, 2008; Orlando Sentinel (FL) A Maitland charter school paid four administrators more than $520,000 last year and, even though the school was deeply in debt, allowed lavish ...
Dakota Academy *JUDGE'S RULING PERMANENTLY CLOSES DAKOTA ACADEMY: THE JUDGE SAID THE SPONSOR TERMINATED ITS CONTRACT CORRECTLY AND THAT IT HAD "GOOD CAUSE" TO DO SO*; August 27, 2007; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) A Burnsville charter school will permanently ...
Origins Montessori Charter School ***DISTRICT PROBE CLOSES ORANGE CHARTER SCHOOL: THE FACILITY WAS MISMANAGED AND LACKED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, OFFICIALS SAY*; July 04, 2007; Orlando Sentinel (FL) The Orange County school district has shut down a charter school after officials ...
Cornerstone Prep *LAUSD TO RECOMMEND CLOSING OF CHARTER SCHOOL*; February 24, 2011; LA Times (CA) Officials will recommend the rare closing of a Los Angeles charter school for poor academic performance, the L.A. Unified School District has confirmed. Cornerstone ...
Seven Hills Charter School *SEVEN HILLS CHARTER SCHOOL FAILS TO MEET BENCHMARKS, FACES PROBATION*; February 26, 2011; Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) WORCESTER — The state commissioner of elementary and secondary education has recommended that Seven Hills Charter School ...
Tubman Village Charter School *THE FIGHT OVER A FIRED CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER*; December 3, 2010; Voice of San Diego (CA) The San Diego teachers union plans to fight the firing of a teacher who spearheaded union efforts at Tubman Village Charter School, where teachers became ...
Stanford CREDO study: Serious quality challenge in national charter school sector *NEW STANFORD REPORT FINDS SERIOUS QUALITY CHALLENGE IN NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL SECTOR;* June 15, 2009; CREDO Press release *Report Recognizes Robust Demand, Supply and Exceptional Charters, Faults Quality Controls, Authorizers and Charter Caps* ...
UCLA’s Civil Rights Project study: charter schools movement a civil rights failure *CHOICE WITHOUT EQUITY: CHARTER SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND THE NEED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS STANDARDS*; January 2010; The Civil Rights Project of UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies The charter school movement has been a major political ...
Mathematica study: Charter schools show no significant overall impacts on achievement CHARTER SCHOOL STUDY SHOWS NO SIGNIFICANT OVERALL IMPACTS ON ACHIEVEMENT: MATHEMATICA’S EVALUATION FINDS WIDE VARIATION IN ACHIEVEMENT IMPACTS ACROSS SCHOOLS; June 29, 2010; Mathematica Media Advisory Issue: Charter schools are an important and ...
Minnesota 2020 study: Majority of charter schools do not follow basic financial guidelines *CHECKING IN ON CHARTER SCHOOLS*; June 15, 2009; Minnesota 2020 study Seventeen years after the first charter school opened in Minnesota, this examination of fiscal year 2007 charter school financial audits shows that the vast majority of charter ...