Neither the Will Nor the Mechanism Exists in Florida to Put Charter Schools Through Proper Scrutiny
Its been a rough week for Imagine school CEO Dennis Bakke. After receiving a request from Missouri’s education commissioner for him to close his St. Louis schools, comes word that one of its schools will close in Kansas City. Imagine took over the school in 2007 and operated under the name, Renaissance. Mara Rose Williams writes in the Kansas City Star:
The K-12 charter school, which opened in 2007 with two campuses, has been plagued with management problems and low student achievement from its start, said Deb Carr, who coordinates charter schools for the University of Missouri, the sponsor for Renaissance.
“The issue was performance,” said Dana Cutler, an attorney for the school. “Test scores were low
