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Charter Schools Movement Sees a Growth Opportunity in Public School Funding Cuts The pandemic and school privatization schemes continue to bleed students and funding from public school systems. Viktorcvetkovic / E+ / Getty Images A promotional message on the website of the Minnesota Math and Science Academy (MMSA), a K-12 charter school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, boasts that since the school was founded in 2014, it has been “growing exponentially.” In the span of just a few years, the school has built up significant enrollment numbers. Currently, more than 500 kids attend MMSA, according t...

Tuesday, December 22nd 2020, 7:27 pm By: Storme Jones Former Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Chairman John Harrington is denying allegations of a conflict of interest launched by Epic Charter Schools. The school, accused of serious and possibly criminal financial mismanagement, filed a motion for summary judgement before the board asking they reconsider termination proceedings set in motion by a one vote margin in October. “We believe that because Mr. Harrington really drove the process for a motion to terminate our contract and was the third vote, and has a serious financial conflic...

Dec 21, 2020 State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd speaks at the Enid Rotary Club meeting at Stride Bank Center Ballroom on Monday. (Kelci McKendrick / Enid News & Eagle)Kelci McKendrick | Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. — State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd was the guest speaker at Enid Rotary Club’s meeting on Monday. At Stride Bank Center Ballroom, Byrd provided information about what the State Auditor and Inspector’s Office does, the different types of audits it conducts and how it conducts its business and her audit into Epic Charter Schools. The State Auditor and Inspec...

Ilea Shutler / Oklahoma Watch The money Epic Charter Schools leaders contributed to Joy Hofmeister’s campaign for state superintendent did have an influence.  But rather than curry her favor, Hofmeister told state auditors earlier this year the donations made her uncomfortable, according to records released Wednesday.  In 2015, just after Hofmeister had taken office, federal investigators were looking into Epic. Because Epic’s founders had supported her campaign, Hofmeister didn’t want to know details, according to records released by the state Auditor and Inspector. The Educatio...

Our reporters this year did what they do every year: They wrote the first drafts of history. They did it at protests and rallies. But they also did it in living rooms in front of grieving families and in graveyards as ancestors waited for peace. We asked each reporter and photographer at the Tulsa World to share their most memorable stories and photos. Today, we asked reporters to reflect back on their work. Next Sunday, it’s the photographers’ turn. It’s important to remember so we will never forget. — Editor Jason Collington Wife of Oklahoma’s first fatal case spea...