by David Safier Last week the Republic broke a story about students at Joy Christian, a private school, using the services of Sequoia Choice, and online charter school, to furnish coursework for its students at taxpayer expense. That's a major violation of ethics, and possibly the law, by both schools. Now, Joy Christian has kicked … Read more
by David Safier It looks like the former superintendent of Tolleson Union High School District was misusing a district credit card issued to him by the district. (The story is in the subscription-only Arizona Guardian). It also looks like 41 employees were given stipends for cell phones without the supe getting consent from his school … Read more
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. I looked through the financial data on charter schools at the AZ DOE to get a sense of how Imagine Schools here spend their money. … Read more
by David Safier A recent article in the Republic revealed that a charter school, Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning, has been getting state money — the per pupil dollars charters get to educate kids — to furnish courses for students at Joy Christian School. This is wrong, and most likely illegal, in a few ways. … Read more
by David Safier An article by Amanda Soares in the AZ Guardian, which you need a subscription to read, discusses the Jeb Bush talk with legislators in more detail. The bottom line: if we want to do some of the things Florida did in education, it will take more money. Chuck Essigs, a veteran education … Read more