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Three of 10 XQ Schools Have Failed, Despite a Promise of $10 Million Each to “Reinvent” High School

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 15, 2019November 26, 2020

August 15, 2019November 26, 2020071

A few years ago, billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs pledged $100 million to launch 10 super new innovative schools, which she dubbed XQ schools. Each would...

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Delaware: Another Charter School Votes to Join the Union

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 19, 2018November 26, 2020

October 19, 2018November 26, 2020048

Kevin Ohlandt reports that a second charter school in Delaware voted to join the Delaware State Education Association. This is sure to make the Waltons,...

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Delaware: Betsy DeVos Gives State $10.4 Million to Expand Charters, Despite Lack of Demand

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 16, 2018November 26, 2020

October 16, 2018November 26, 2020056

Mercedes Schneider noticed a curious fact about Betsy DeVos’s latest handout to charter schools in Delaware. DeVos gave the state $10.4 million to expand charters...

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Kevin Ohlandt: Delaware Charter School Closes Immediately, Students Out of Luck

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 26, 2018November 26, 2020

September 26, 2018November 26, 2020055

Kevin Ohlandt reports that the “Delaware Academy of Safety and Security” has closed down effective immediately. The school leader has had problems with “ghost students”...

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Delaware: Charter Principal Sentenced to Jail for Theft

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 8, 2018December 6, 2020

April 8, 2018December 6, 2020045

The former principal of the Academy of Dover, a charter school in Delaware, was sentenced to prison for embezzling school funds. “Noel Rodriguez, the former...

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Delaware: A Team of Money Grubbers Join to Sell Social Impact Bonds

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 25, 2018December 6, 2020

February 25, 2018December 6, 2020053

Kevin Ohlandt writes about the team that has assembled to sell social impact bonds, perhaps to take advantage of the Trump administration’s desire to...

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Delaware: Charter Leader Sentenced to Federal Prison for Embezzlement

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 10, 2017December 6, 2020

December 10, 2017December 6, 2020048

The former leader of Family Foundations Academy was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzlement. He confessed that he was suffering from “‘a...

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Kevin Ohlandt: The Death of a Beloved Teacher in Delaware, a Hero Teacher

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 7, 2017December 6, 2020

December 7, 2017December 6, 2020046

Kevin Ohlandt, the author of the blog Exceptional Delaware, here pays tribute to teacher Laurie Howard and names her as the Hero of the Year...

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Kevin Ohlandt: Another Charter Scandal in Delaware

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 29, 2017December 6, 2020

November 29, 2017December 6, 2020051

Kevin Ohlandt reports that the former principal of the Academy of Dover (Delaware) pled guilty to stealing from the school, using several of its credit...

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Leader of Delaware XQ Super School Ousted by Charter School Board After Winning $10 Million Compeition

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 25, 2017December 6, 2020

September 25, 2017December 6, 2020054

The board of the Delaware Design-Lab High School sent out a notice to parents that the Head of School Joseph Mock was out, and the...

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