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As issues arise around the country, charter schools are facing a moment of reckoning. usatoday.com/story/news/edu…
In New Jersey, charter schools are getting tax payer money while making investors rich. northjersey.com/in-depth/news/… 
In a year-long investigation, @northjersey found millions of dollars disappeared into the state's flawed charter school experiment.
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In Arizona, operators of several charter schools have also found ways to turn taxpayer money into private profits, an @azcentral investigation found. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
In Memphis, six new charter schools could face legal trouble after they agreed to a morality clause as part of a lease for classroom space from the Catholic Diocese of Memphis. The district’s legal expert is reviewing the clause. commercialappeal.com/story/news/edu…
Ohio's largest charter, with 12,000 online students, shut down last winter after a crackdown on its suspicious attendance figures. To help pay state fines, the school auctioned off everything from pens to a singing Big Mouth Billy Bass wall plaque. cincinnati.com/story/news/pol…
Meanwhile, as charter schools close, vulnerable students hop from school to school, losing much-needed stability. projects.jsonline.com/news/2018/10/5…
