Bronx charter school accused of skimming placed on probation
The Bronx charter school accused of rigging its admissions procedures to admit successful students has been put on probation.
The news, reported today in the New York Times, comes after Anna Phillips broke the story on GothamSchools in May that teachers and parents at Academic Leadership Charter School said the school tests students for admission. State law mandates that charter schools admit students through a lottery.
The testing allegations weren’t borne out in the city’s investigation, possibly because city officials did not speak
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