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Submitted by Douglas Carswell "Saying no to charter-school applications in districts consistently given low grades means consigning those children to poorly performing schools," writes Carswell. With charter-school applications repeatedly being denied, it’s time to overhaul the approval process.
Instant Impact Global Prep will operate in Natchez, Mississippi beginning 2023-2024 school year. On Monday, the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board denied all but one application to open new charter schools in Mississippi. In all, four applications were denied. The one approval giv
The Mississippi Ethics Commission says charter school board members are subject to state ethics laws, which prohibit conflicts of interest that could lead to the misspending of public dollars. But several operators and advocates of Mississippi charter schools, which receive taxpayer funding, say they should be exempt from those laws. The conflict was brought to light by Ethics Commission opinions filed in 2020 after two charter schools were discovered to be spending their public funding with board membersâ employers. The revelations highlight long-standing tension between charter school ...