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Voucher School Scam$ - Network For Public Education #SchoolVoucherScam$ is now an interactive research tool. Scandals can be sorted by category/state and searched with keywords.

July #SchoolVoucherScams we found over 20 scams

Some highlights
👉 Indiana spends $497 million on private school vouchers. Report shows who gets the money
👉 Researchers release yet another damning report on NC’s school voucher program
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Charter Scandals - Network For Public Education #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal is now an interactive research tool. Scandals can be sorted by category/state and searched with keywords.

July #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal 👉 20+ scandals.
👉 Colorado charter school closes 2 weeks before start of school year
👉 Highlands Community Charter & Technical Schools audit shows $180M in wrongly received funds, wasteful spending & nepotism
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In 2023–24, 903 charter schools served fewer than 100 students, and 52 had zero.

That's not demand. That’s decline.

Read our new #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...

There is no Charter School “million-student waitlist.”

There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted

Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.

Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...

Our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning documents the 50 schools that shut down or
announced imminent closures during the first half of 2025, nearly half had received
a combined total of $102 million in CSP funds for start-up or expansion. Learn more here networkforpubliceduc...

One school. 23,000 students. 4.7% math proficiency.
Meet Commonwealth Charter Academy—America’s largest cyber charter.
Public dollars. Dismal results.
#TooBigToSucceed

Read more in our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

Pinecrest Collegiate Academy, part of the for-profit Academica chain, has never enrolled more than 14 students since opening five years ago. In 2023–24, it served just six. To learn more read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Thanks and Thanks Again @murray.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov Senator Capito, and Chair Collins for your strong support of federal funding for education!

$500 million a year.

That’s how much federal money is flowing into a shrinking charter school sector.
Growth is flat. Closures are rising.

Why are taxpayers still paying?

Find our more in out new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Jeb Bush is wrong about charters. They are gutting Florida’s public schools | Opinion

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One school. 23,000 students. 4.7% math proficiency.

Meet Commonwealth Charter Academy—America’s largest cyber charter.
Public dollars. Dismal results. #TooBigToSucceed

Read more in our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Charter CEOs are getting rich.
One pocketed $700K from a side job—while his school failed its students.

Where’s the oversight for mega-charters?
#CharterGrift

Read our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...

Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

In 2023–24, 903 charter schools served fewer than 100 students, & 52 had zero.
That's not demand. That’s decline.

Read our new #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...

From 2010 to 2011, the U.S. added 421 new charter schools.

From 2023 to 2024? Just 12.
The boom is over. But the federal funding goes up. Where’s DOGE?
#CharterSchoolDecline

Learn more in our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Jeff Bryant How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education

@jeffbinnc.bsky.social - How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education. With the help of the U.S. Supreme Court and congressional Republicans, Trump is turning public education into the great unequalizer. www.nationofchange.o...

Of the 50 charters that closed in early 2025, 54% cited low enrollment.
Under-enrollment is killing charters—not lack of space.
#CharterMythBusted

Learn more in our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

In 2023–24, 903 charter schools served fewer than 100 students, and 52 had zero.
That's not demand. That’s decline.

Read our new #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...

Of the 50 charter schools that announced closures in the first half of the school year, 54% cited low enrollment as the reason-debunking McMahon’s claim there are a million students on charter school wait lists. Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

U.S. Secretary of Ed McMahon claimed in Senate Budget Hearing, “We’ve got about a million students on charter school waiting lists.” Welner & Miron debunked that claim over a decade ago. Read more in our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Federal investment has not resulted in meaningful growth for charter schools. Charter school expansion has been slowing, even as more federal tax $ have been allocated to charter
school expansion. To learn more read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

Part I of our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning documents the growth & decline of the charter school movement & explores the question: Has the charter market reached
its saturation point? Read our new report here networkforpubliceduc...

New Report Reveals Little Growth in the Charter School Sector Despite Years of Increasing Federal Investment NEW YORK, July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Charter School Accountability (NCCSA), a project of the Network for Public Education, has released the first in a three-part report series titled Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost. Part I: Decline presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector. The report documents that in the first half of 2025, 50 charter schools announced closures, many without warning, adding to the 218 charter schools that closed or never opened between 2022 and 2024. Meanwhile, new school openings have dramatically slowed, with a net gain of only 11 more charter schools between 2022-23 and 2023–24— a stark contrast to the hundreds added annually in prior decades.

New Report Reveals Little Growth in the Charter School Sector Despite Years of Increasing Federal Investment
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A text graphic in a rounded blue frame states: "The Myth of a Million-Student Waitlist is Not Just Misleading – It's a Deliberate Distraction from a System in Decline." Below that, it reads, "Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost describes the decline of the once-promising charter movement." The logo of the NCCSA (National Center for Charter School Accountability) is at the bottom.

There is no Charter School “million-student waitlist.”
There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year.
Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.
#CharterSchoolReckoning #CharterMythBusted
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Image with text stating federal investment in charter schools has ballooned to half a billion dollars annually, funding schools that never open, quickly fail, or operate with minimal oversight. The text is attributed to a 'Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost' report by the National Center for Charter School Accountability (NCCSA)

$500 million a year.
That’s how much federal money is flowing into a shrinking charter school sector.
Growth is flat. Closures are rising.
Why are taxpayers still paying?
#CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceducation.org/charter-scho...
@network4pubed.bsky.social

New Report Reveals Little Growth in the Charter School Sector Despite Years of Increasing Federal Investment NEW YORK, July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Charter School Accountability (NCCSA), a project of the Network for Public Education, has released the first in a three-part report series titled Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost. Part I: Decline presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector. The report documents that in the first half of 2025, 50 charter schools announced closures, many without warning, adding to the 218 charter schools that closed or never opened between 2022 and 2024. Meanwhile, new school openings have dramatically slowed, with a net gain of only 11 more charter schools between 2022-23 and 2023–24— a stark contrast to the hundreds added annually in prior decades.

New Report Reveals Little Growth in the Charter School Sector Despite Years of Increasing Federal Investment #CharterSchoolReckoning ktla.com/business/pr...

Although the top 50 mega-charters represent less than 1% (0.006) of all charter schools, they enrolled 7% of all students in charters in the 2023-24 school year. Low-quality $$ -making operations.

Learn more in our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Pinecrest Collegiate Academy, part of the for-profit Academica chain, has never enrolled more than 14 students since opening five years ago. In 2023–24, it served just six.

To learn more read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

Of the 50 charters that closed in early 2025, 54% cited low enrollment.

Under-enrollment is killing charters—not lack of space. #CharterMythBusted

Learn more in our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

From 2010 to 2011, the U.S. added 421 new charter schools.
From 2023 to 2024? Just 12. #CharterSchoolDecline

The boom is over. But the federal funding goes up. Where’s DOGE?

Read more in our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...

In 2023–24, 903 charter schools served fewer than 100 students, and 52 had zero.

That's not demand. That’s decline.

Read our new #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...