Texas Charter School Status Questioned
State Board of Education meetings are a little like Austin City Limits — know where to look and there's sure to be entertainment. At this week's gathering, the most bizarre and controversial scenes won't be in the full meetings, but unexpectedly in the Committee on School Initiatives where two Imagine International charters will make their case to receive charter contracts.
The company has a history of contentious school management and questionable non-profit status — the charter school community's nightmare. As both state and federal policymakers push for more charter schools, the Imagine case stands in stark contrast to ...
Comments (3)
Joe
Where is the original reporting in this story? It appears to be little, if anything, more than a rewrite of a Dallas Morning News story.
eamartinez
Excellent report.
Hogan
That right there is some great kneejerk reporting. If you research the facts, real estate costs average less than 20% of per-pupil funding for Imagine's schools. This is a whole lot less than the interest that tax payers pay on the bonds for traditional public schools . . . but that does not come out of per-pupil funding, it is in addition to it. So, they are spending less on real estate and then doing more with 80% of the funding. Easy to criticize when you copy and paste for other peoples shotty reporting.
Oh, and also, much like the rest of the article, you got 50% of the CFO's name right. His name is Barry Sharp . . . Barry White was a musician that died seven years ago.