Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Troubling Links Between Imagine’s Failing Charter Schools in St. Louis and Florida | Scathing Purple Musings

The Troubling Links Between Imagine’s Failing Charter Schools in St. Louis and Florida | Scathing Purple Musings:


The Troubling Links Between Imagine’s Failing Charter Schools in St. Louis and Florida

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Elisa Crouch writes that Imagine’s sponsor is pulling the plug on two of the company’s six city schools. The mayor wants all six closed.
James French, chairman of Missouri Baptist University’s education division, notified each school’s governing board by letter. At the school year’s conclusion, the university will revoke the charter that Imagine Academy of Academic Success and Imagine Academy of Cultural Arts operate under. Closures may come sooner if the two schools do not address student safety issues by