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“Left Behind: The Unintended Consequences of School Choice”: Kids with toughest hurdles stuck in gutted schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 7, 2022February 8, 2022

February 7, 2022February 8, 2022015

Jennifer Hawes Berry of the Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, wrote this account of a Charleston high school struggling to improve and raise...

Discipline and Suspensions Harlem Success Academy New York City

Podcast: How Success Academy Charters Violate Their Students’ Rights

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 5, 2020December 6, 2020

December 5, 2020December 6, 2020053

Leonie Haimson is host of a weekly radio program on WBAI, a Pacifica radio station. In this podcast, she discusses “How Success Academy Charters Violate...

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Gary Rubinstein: Success Academy Pays $1.1 Million to Settle with Parents on “Got to Go” List

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 16, 2020November 26, 2020

August 16, 2020November 26, 2020053

Gary Rubinstein writes here about a lawsuit filed by parents of children on Success Academy’s “got to go” list. The celebrated charter chain settled for...

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Alexandria Millet: The Charter School-to-Prison Pipeline

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 31, 2019November 26, 2020

October 31, 2019November 26, 2020069

Alexandria Millet writes in The Progressive about the consequences of the harsh discipline at “no excuses” charter schools. She begins by telling the recent...

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Rhode Island: Achievement First Charter School Has One of the Highest Suspension Rates in State

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 27, 2018November 26, 2020

December 27, 2018November 26, 2020043

Achievement First is a Connecticut-based charter chain known for its no-excuses style, akin to schools of the late 19th century. Data released by the Rhode...

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Colorado: Charter School Principal Suspends Entire High School for Failing to Recite School Pledge

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 18, 2018November 26, 2020

November 18, 2018November 26, 2020055

Parents of students at a Colorado charter school filed a federal lawsuit claiming infringement of the atudents’ First Amendment rights after the principal suspended the...

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Newark: Charter School Network Accused of Disproportionate Suspensions of Students with Disabilities

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 10, 2018November 26, 2020

September 10, 2018November 26, 2020054

No excuses! Newark’s largest charter-school network suspends students with disabilities at a disproportionately high rate, violating their rights, according to a new complaint filed with...

Charter Schools Discipline and Suspensions New Jersey Newark

Education Law Center: Leading Newark Charter School Imposes Excessive Discipline on SPED Students

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 27, 2018November 26, 2020

August 27, 2018November 26, 2020046

One way that charter schools get high test scores is to get rid of students with low scores. The Education Law Center called out one...

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Do You Know Any Students Who Attended “No Excuses” Charter Schools?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 30, 2018November 26, 2020

July 30, 2018November 26, 2020060

I received the following request: A former charter school teacher,who was a strong advocate for the students, currently is working on her PHD. She’s wants...

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Why Was a 13-Year-Old Locked Up for Three Days in Bryan, Texas?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 7, 2018December 6, 2020

May 7, 2018December 6, 2020039

Bryan, Texas, has been under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education because black students are almost four...

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