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Virtual school Boards of Directors, charter authorizers, and school leaders need to watch carefully to prevent recurrence of shocking fraud like this story describes (committed by A3 Education, whose Founder fled to Australia in May 2019 to avoid prosecution). Vality can help you! Please be in touch if you need our consulting, insights, and support.

Charter School Case Exposes Big Loopholes in How the State Funds Schools - Voice of San Diego Here are three vulnerabilities the alleged A3 charter school scam revealed in how California tracks attendance and allocates funding that could be exploited by bad actors.

The self-dealing, lies, and outright theft has GOT to stop among virtual schools, especially among vendors and Boards. An otherwise solid pedagogy that works for some children continues to be tainted by bad actors like A3 Education, ECOT, and greedy Education Management Organizations (EMOs) that put profits before children.

How an alleged charter school conspiracy netted $50 million A 235-page indictment says 11 people diverted state tax dollars using charter schools and shell companies

Important article from EdWeek yesterday, including the disturbing insight that large underperforming virtual charter schools are not being closed when they chronically fail to serve students at or above accountability standards.

Please read, and contact Vality to find out how we can help you improve your virtual school substantially. PM us if you need us to send you the full article.

Too Big to Fail? Why Large Cyber Charter Schools Rarely Get Shut Down Closing a school that enrolls over 10,000 students from across the state presents officials with a unique set of problems.

A fascinating (and short) history of the University of Pennsylvania, which yesterday celebrated the 267th anniversary of the first day of classes!

Overview of holdings, University Archives, University of Pennsylvania University Archives Penn was founded on unique grounds in the history of education. In Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin sought not only to create a local institution of higher learning, but also to provide an education that did not fit the models already established in New England and Virginia. In Europe and the colonies...

Virtual school governing boards and leaders: improve student academic outcomes results by keeping MORE of your student funding to invest in them. Call Vality today!

DeVos champions online charter schools, but the results are poor Pennsylvania's virtual charters have a 48 percent graduation rate.