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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Troubles continue to plague L.A. charters

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Troubles continue to plague L.A. charters

Troubles continue to plague L.A. charters

It's been a rocky year for charters in Los Angeles Unified, which hosts the most charter schools of any district in the nation—183 currently, with roughly another 20 slated to open in the fall. Besides financial mismanagement and the cheating scandal, a principal at another charter was sent to prison for embezzlement and another school was closed for a poor academic record. -- AP Wire


Deasy (L.A. Times)
Deasy approves charters despite cheating scandal

Things may be looking up for the six Los Angeles charter schools caught in a highly organized cheating scandal. LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has decided to keep the schools open. The LA Times reports:
[Deasy] was satisfied that the Crescendo charter school group had taken appropriate steps to deal with the problems on the South Los Angeles campuses.

ATLANTA:

State school board rescues 11 charter schools

Eleven charter schools whose operating agreements were voided by a state Supreme Court ruling got the final