January 2012 ~ Chart School

Friday, 27 January 2012

Triad Math and Science Academy

Posted on 17:42 by Unknown

“Questions loom about group proposing Raleigh charter school.” Independent Weekly (NC), 1/25/2012, An accomplished charter school in Greensboro is eyeing the former Exploris Middle School in Raleigh for a new campus that could open this fall. But parents have raised questions about the quality of some of its teachers, many of whom are from Turkey. Those Turkish ties have also led to speculation that Triad Math and Science Academy (TMSA) could be part of a larger network of schools affiliated with the Islamic Gülen movement, an allegation that school...

Posted in **Managed by Gulen movement, *North Carolina, 2012, Questionable hiring or termination practices, Refusal to disclose information | No comments

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

K12, Inc.

Posted on 15:42 by Unknown

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Posted in **Managed by K12 Inc., 2011, Extreme student attrition, Poor academic performance, Profiteering, Questionable miscellaneous practices, Virtual charter school | No comments

Harmony charter school network (TX)

Posted on 15:36 by Unknown

“Harmony schools causing discord.” San Antonio Express-News (TX), 1/4/2012 The 36 schools that make up the Harmony charter school network are among the highest-rated in Texas.But despite its glowing academic record, Harmony has received a flurry of criticism for its business practices.In particular, the charter network's reliance on visas for Turkish-born staff and use of Turkish-owned businesses for construction and other contracts has raised questions about how it spends taxpayer money and whether it is too insular...Some Harmony critics...

Posted in **Managed by Cosmos Foundation, **Managed by Gulen movement, *Texas, 2012, Nepotism, Questionable hiring or termination practices, Record keeping | No comments

Florida charter schools (investigator observations)

Posted on 15:28 by Unknown

Posted in *Florida, 2011, Conflict of interest, Fraud and misrepresentation, Governance problems, Inadequate oversight | No comments

Online schools (poor academic performance)

Posted on 15:24 by Unknown

“Students of Online Schools Are Lagging.” New York Times, 1/6/2012 The number of students in virtual schools run by educational management organizations rose sharply last year, according to a new report being published Friday, and far fewer of them are proving proficient on standardized tests compared with their peers in other privately managed charter schools and in traditional public schools. About 116,000 students were educated in 93 virtual schools — those where instruction is entirely or mainly provided over the Internet — run by private...

Posted in 2012, Poor academic performance, Virtual charter school | No comments

KKK endorses charter schools because they increase segregation

Posted on 15:21 by Unknown

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) responds to “Segregated Charter Schools Evoke Separate but Equal Era in U.S.”, 12/28/2011 The kids in the article below seem to be happy. Parents have been given a choice as to where to send their children and without government interference, many have selected schools with a student population that reflects the race of those children. In addition, many of these schools satisfy the children’s longing to identify with their racial history by incorporating cultural studies relating...

Posted in 2011, KKK support, Segregation | No comments

Minnesota charter schools (increasing segregation)

Posted on 15:15 by Unknown

Posted in *Minnesota, 2011, Segregation | No comments

Harlem Success Academy 3

Posted on 15:10 by Unknown

“High Teacher Turnover at a Success Network School.”The New York Times SchoolBook, 10/19/2011 More than a third of the staff members at a Harlem charter school run by the Success Charter Network have left the school within the last several months, challenging an organization that prides itself on the training and support it offers its teachers.The unusually high turnover at Harlem Success Academy 3 and the network-wide issue of teachers quitting mid-year led the founder and chief executive of the Success Charter Network, Eva S. Moskowitz,...

Posted in **Managed by Success Charter Network, *New York, 2011, Extreme administrative and/or teacher attrition | No comments

Riverwood International Charter School

Posted on 15:08 by Unknown

Posted in *Georgia, 2011, Questionable financial practices | No comments

Tikun Olam Hebrew Language Charter High School

Posted on 15:02 by Unknown

“Rejected 3 Times, School May Still Open Soon, and With a Grant, Too.” New York Times, 1/8/2012 In the last couple of years, Sharon Akman, a real estate agent, applied to the state of New Jersey three times to open a new charter school in the Highland Park area, to be called Tikun Olam Hebrew Language Charter High School.Each time, she was rejected. Then on Oct. 6, one week after the state’s most recent rejection, the United States Education Department announced that it had approved a $600,000 grant to finance Ms. Akman’s proposed charter....

Posted in *New Jersey, 2012, Application deception, Inadequate oversight, Questionable church/state barrier | No comments

Academy of Learning and Academy of Design and Technology

Posted on 14:59 by Unknown

Posted in *Ohio, 2012, Authorizer accountability, Safety violations, Unauditable records | No comments

The Carden School of Tucson

Posted on 14:53 by Unknown

Posted in *Arizona, 2012, Fraud and misrepresentation, Grand Theft | No comments

Harmony Science Academy – Waco

Posted on 14:46 by Unknown

“Man sentenced in Waco for sex assault of teen.” ABC13 KTRK (TX), 11/21/2011WACO, TX -- A former Child Protective Services worker and Waco high school teacher has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl he met while they were acting in a play.The Waco Herald-Tribune reports 32-year-old Clifton Grasham-Reeves, a former English teacher at Harmony Science Academy who regularly performed in Waco Civic Theatre productions, was convicted of four counts of sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency...

Posted in **Managed by Cosmos Foundation, **Managed by Gulen movement, *Texas, 2011, Child molestation/sexual misconduct or assault, Questionable hiring or termination practices | No comments

Creative Studies Charter School

Posted on 14:41 by Unknown

“Accuracy of Charter School Applications Questioned; State denies Creative Studies' founder's bids for charters in Lacey and Voorhees.” LaceyPatch (NJ), 1/4/2012 The state has not yet released a detailed explanation of its decision to dismiss the Creative Studies Charter School proposal, but the veracity of the organization's founder's applications to the state have been called into question.Department of Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf cited "deficiencies" in denying founder Pamela Brown's applications for charter schools...

Posted in *New Jersey, 2012, Application deception | No comments

General John Vessey Jr. Leadership Academy

Posted on 14:37 by Unknown

Posted in *Minnesota, 2012, Abrupt closure, Lack of enrollment | No comments

Vitalistic Therapeutic Charter School

Posted on 14:34 by Unknown

Posted in *Pennsylvania, 2011, 2012, Abrupt closure, Debt: $87K, Misuse of funds, Record keeping, Violation of state policies | No comments

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