US Ed Dept. notified Ohio it must “refrain from drawing down any Charter School Program funds” until state provides audited information about charter performance, transparency and accountability.
The next big challenge: remedying funding inequities between charters and public schools.
In Milwaukee and Youngstown, OH, educators, parents and residents are teaming up to keep their schools under local control.
This week: OH charters, the Holyoke, MA turnaround plan, CA members lobbying the Congressional Black Caucus and a plan in MI to restore tax credits for working families.
Ohio’s growing charter school crisis, long a subject of local news interest, appears to be morphing into an issue that could flatten Kasich’s presidential campaign.