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Monday, February 13, 2012

Democurmudgeon: Charter Schools fail to block public, ordered to reveal how they spent taxpayer money!

Democurmudgeon: Charter Schools fail to block public, ordered to reveal how they spent taxpayer money!:

Charter Schools fail to block public, ordered to reveal how they spent taxpayer money!


Charter schools are trying break free from the chains ofpublic accountability, by claiming taxpayer money is theirs once paid, and thereforewhat they do is no longer public.

And conservatives complain about how our public schools andteachers aren’t accountable? Again, this is another warning, and only the startof our journey down the road to the for profit takeover.
EducationWeek: An Ohio judge has ordered afor-profit charter school company to turn over a wide range of financialdocuments to a group of schools it operates, ruling that "public moneymust be accounted for."

A collection of schools in the Cleveland and Akron area havebeen seeking to have the company, WhiteHat Management, turn over records pertaining to the management of