Joel Warner, of Capital & Main reports on efforts to make charter schools in California more accountable and transparent to the public. He refers to two reports co-authored by Public Advocates on problems in the schools.
The Fight to Bring Transparency to California’s Charter Schools
by Joel Warner of Capital & Main
Excerpt:
…Last year, a report by the Center for Popular Democracy, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Institute and Public Advocates Inc. concluded that charter school fraud and mismanagement had already cost California taxpayers more than $81 million. And last month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and Public Advocates reported that more than 250 California charter schools – one-fifth of the state’s total – violated state law by excluding low-performing and other potentially undesirable students. In both reports, authors concluded that because of minimal oversight, such misconduct findings are likely to be “just the tip of the iceberg.”
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