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CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS:

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS

A compilation of news articles about charter schools which have been charged with, or are highly suspected of, tampering with admissions, grades, attendance and testing; misuse of funds and embezzlement; engaging in nepotism and conflicts of interest; engaging in complicated and shady real estate deals; and/or have been engaging in other questionable, unethical, borderline-legal, or illegal activities. This is also a record of charter school instability and other unsavory tidbits.

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WHAT REPORTERS COVERING CHARTER SCHOOLS NEED TO KNOW...

...about miracle schools, vouchers and all that educational flim-flam. In other words, be skeptical and always follow the money.

CROSS REFERENCING

• **Managed by Achievement First (2)
• **Managed by Advantage Schools (1)
• **Managed by American Indian Model (2)
• **Managed by American Quality Schools (1)
• **Managed by Ashe Culture Center (6)
• **Managed by Believe High School Network (4)
• **Managed by Brighter Choice (3)
• **Managed by Capital One New Beginnings Charter School Network (1)
• **Managed by Clackamas Charter Alliance (2)
• **Managed by Concept Schools (5)
• **Managed by Confluence Academy schools (2)
• **Managed by Cosmos Foundation (8)
• **Managed by Eagles Peak Charter School (2)
• **Managed by Ed Futures (1)
• **Managed by Edison Schools or EdisonLearning(12)
• **Managed by Educational Administrative Services(1)
• **Managed by GEO Foundations (3)
• **Managed by Grace Institute (1)
• **Managed by Green Dot (2)
• **Managed by Gulen movement (44)
• **Managed by ICEF Public Schools (1)
• **Managed by IDEA Public Schools (2)
• **Managed by Imagine Schools (14)
• **Managed by K12 (2)
• **Managed by KIPP (16)
• **Managed by Leona Group (1)
• **Managed by Lighthouse Academies (1)
• **Managed by Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (1)
• **Managed by McKeel Charter School System (1)
• **Managed by Mexican American Community Services Agency (1)
• **Managed by Mosaica Education (2)
• **Managed by National Heritage Academy (6)
• **Managed by Public Academy Inc. (1)
• **Managed by ReNEW (1)
• **Managed by Richard Allen Schools (2)
• **Managed by Rylie Family Faith Academies (1)
• **Managed by School of Excellence in Education(2)
• **Managed by Sonoran Science Academy schools(1)
• **Managed by Success Charter Network (1)
• **Managed by Summit Academy Schools (1)
• **Managed by TeamCFA-Challenge Foundation Academies (2)
• **Managed by UNO Charter School Network (1)
• **Managed by Victory Schools (3)
• **Managed by White Hat Managemenent (1)
• **Managed by White Hat Management (1)
• **Managed by Young Women's Leadership Network (1)
• *Alaska (1)
• *Arizona (21)
• *Arkansas (6)
• *California (70)
• *Colorado (24)
• *Connecticut (2)
• *Delaware (3)
• *Florida (49)
• *Georgia (6)
• *Hawaii (5)
• *Idaho (5)
• *Illinois (12)
• *Indiana (12)
• *Iowa (1)
• *Louisiana (16)
• *Maryland (4)
• *Massachusetts (11)
• *Michigan (9)
• *Minnesota (22)
• *Missouri (12)
• *Nevada (5)
• *New Hampshire (1)
• *New Jersey (25)
• *New Mexico (7)
• *New York (66)
• *North Carolina (10)
• *Ohio (42)
• *Oklahoma (4)
• *Oregon (6)
• *Pennsylvannia (32)
• *Rhode Island (1)
• *South Carolina (7)
• *Tennessee (4)
• *Texas (35)
• *Utah (11)
• *Virginia (2)
• *Washington D.C. (14)
• *Wisconsin (4)
• 1997 (2)
• 1998 (1)
• 1999 (6)
• 2000 (4)
• 2001 (5)
• 2002 (7)
• 2003 (7)
• 2004 (13)
• 2005 (14)
• 2006 (24)
• 2007 (62)
• 2008 (36)
• 2009 (45)
• 2010 (228)
• 2011 (182)
• Abandoned start-up (1)
• Abrupt closure (16)
• All Children Matter PAC (1)
• Altering documents (2)
• Assault (4)
• Attendance deception (3)
• Attendance tracking problems (5)
• Authorizer accountability (3)
• Bizarre (4)
• Bribing public officials (3)
• Charter school research (3)
• Child molestation/sexual misconduct or assault(37)
• Child pornography (3)
• Closure trauma (2)
• Code violation (2)
• Conflict of interest (16)
• Conspiracy (2)
• Corrupt approval practices (1)
• Corrupt management practices (4)
• Cover ups (1)
• Credential deception (1)
• Debt: $1.2M (1)
• Debt: $1.65M (1)
• Debt: $100K (3)
• Debt: $101K (1)
• Debt: $114K (1)
• Debt: $117K (1)
• Debt: $142K (1)
• Debt: $150K (1)
• Debt: $162K (1)
• Debt: $177K (1)
• Debt: $1M (2)
• Debt: $2.42M (1)
• Debt: $21M bond debt (1)
• Debt: $250K (1)
• Debt: $26M (1)
• Debt: $3.2M (1)
• Debt: $300K (3)
• Debt: $341K (1)
• Debt: $400K (2)
• Debt: $425K (1)
• Debt: $450K (1)
• Debt: $500K (1)
• Debt: $516K (1)
• Debt: $5M (1)
• Debt: $600K (1)
• Debt: $71K (1)
• Debt: $750K (1)
• Debt: $7M (1)
• Debt: $80K (3)
• Deceptive enrollment practices (4)
• Diploma/graduation problems (4)
• Discrimination against SpEd students (6)
• Drug issues (1)
• Embezzlement (20)
• Ethics investigation (1)
• Excessive compensation (7)
• Excessive legal costs (3)
• Excessive school day (1)
• Extensive legal battles/costs (1)
• Extreme administrative and/or teacher attrition (3)
• Extreme student attrition (8)
• Extreme student retention (1)
• Extreme teacher attrition (10)
• Failure to implement program (17)
• Financial mismanagement (54)
• Flawed formula for funding (1)
• Fraud and misrepresentation (18)
• Funds unaccounted for (2)
• Governance problems (36)
• Grade tampering (3)
• Grand Theft (15)
• H1B visas (2)
• Harassment of public official (1)
• Hindering desegregation (1)
• Illegal lobbying (1)
• Inadequate food service (1)
• Inadequate oversight (10)
• Inc. (1)
• Lack of compliance (1)
• Lack of enrollment (24)
• Lack of regulation (2)
• Lack of superior performance (1)
• Lack of transparency (1)
• Lawsuit (45)
• Limited academic performance (3)
• Low teacher salaries (1)
• Lying on public form (1)
• Misspent funds: $1.9M? (1)
• Misspent funds: $100K (1)
• Misspent funds: $10K (1)
• Misspent funds: $28K (1)
• Misspent funds: $300K (1)
• Misspent funds: $330K (1)
• Misspent funds: $350K (1)
• Misspent funds: $400K (1)
• Misspent funds: $476K (1)
• Misspent funds: $500K ? (1)
• Misspent funds: $700K (1)
• Misspent funds: $750K (1)
• Misspent funds: $79K (1)
• Misspent funds: $90K (1)
• Mistreatment of teachers (3)
• Misuse of funds (40)
• Money-laundering (1)
• Nepotism (32)
• Not paying employees (5)
• Obstructing official business (1)
• Occupancy conflicts (1)
• Overcompensation (1)
• Poor academic performance (72)
• Preferential treatment (2)
• Privatization mutation (1)
• Problems with site (3)
• Profiteering (6)
• Purchasing politicians (2)
• Questionable church/state barrier (25)
• Questionable discipline practices (37)
• Questionable enrollment practices (42)
• Questionable financial practices (98)
• Questionable hiring or termination practices (56)
• Questionable instructional practices (7)
• Questionable miscellaneous practices (52)
• Questionable real estate practices (26)
• Questionable safety practices (10)
• Questionable school meal practices (2)
• Record keeping (14)
• Refusal to disclose information (9)
• Religious instruction (1)
• Retalliation against teachers (1)
• Safety violations (2)
• School violence (1)
• Scientology (2)
• Screening potential students (7)
• Segregation (6)
• Selective enrollment (10)
• Stolen: $1.428M (1)
• Stolen: $1.4M (#1) (1)
• Stolen: $1.4M (#2) (1)
• Stolen: $100K (1)
• Stolen: $105K (1)
• Stolen: $14K (1)
• Stolen: $18K (1)
• Stolen: $195K (1)
• Stolen: $200K (3)
• Stolen: $20K (1)
• Stolen: $240K (1)
• Stolen: $25K (1)
• Stolen: $28K (1)
• Stolen: $300K (1)
• Stolen: $30K (1)
• Stolen: $3K (1)
• Stolen: $400K (1)
• Stolen: $454K (1)
• Stolen: $47K (1)
• Stolen: $48K (1)
• Stolen: $490K (1)
• Stolen: $4K (1)
• Stolen: $5.5M (1)
• Stolen: $500K (1)
• Stolen: $50K (1)
• Stolen: $5M (1)
• Stolen: $6.25K (1)
• Stolen: $64K (1)
• Stolen: $674K (1)
• Stolen: $69K (1)
• Stolen: $710K (1)
• Stolen: $72K (1)
• Strained co-locations (2)
• Student-labor abuses (1)
• Students used for political purposes (2)
• Suppressing parent voice (1)
• Tampering with gov't records (1)
• Teachers fear retribution (3)
• Testing irregularities and cheating (25)
• Unauditable records (5)
• Unpaid debts (1)
• Unstable leadership (1)
• Using public money to benefit a church (3)
• Violating master plan of community (1)
• Violating teachers' rights to organize (5)
• Violation of open governance (9)
• Violation of state policies (4)
• Violations of regulations (1)
• Virtual charter school (4)

"...MINIMAL REGULATION AND MINIMAL OVERSIGHT."

“But charters have now become a stand-in for vouchers because they accomplish the same goal of getting the government out of public education and turning public dollars over to private control with minimal regulation and minimal oversight.”

Diane Ravitch, February 18, 2011 @ 46:33.

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