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Audit Finds Millions Misused At Los Angeles Charter School
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District is moving to close a charter school after allegations that the former principal stole or misused up to $2.7 million. A district audit released...
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Study: More Students ‘Left Behind’ At Calif. Charter Schools
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Take note, Compton officials: charter schools don’t automatically translate into scholastic success, at least according to one public education researcher. A new report assessing...
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Parents File Suit Against Compton Schools
COMPTON (AP) — Several parents in Compton are suing the school district over school reform. The lawsuit against the Compton Unified School District , filed by six parents and their children, claims...
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Compton Parents Vow To Continue Charter Battle Despite Petition Rejection
COMPTON (AP) — A group of Compton parents is vowing to continue a drive to force the local school district to convert a struggling elementary school to an independent charter despite the school board’s...
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El Camino Real High Approved For Charter Conversion
WOODLAND HILLS (CBS) — Los Angeles Unified School District is losing possibly its best school to the charter school movement. El Camino Real High School, a U.S. Academic Decathlon Champion with top...
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Compton School Board Rejects Recommended Charter School Operator
COMPTON (AP) — The Compton Unified school board has rejected a charter school operator a parents’ group had recommended to take over a failing elementary school. The board Tuesday night voted 5-1...
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9-Member Team From Granada Hills Charter High School To Compete In US...
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A nine-member team of students from Granada Hills Charter High School will compete in the U.S. Academic Decathlon, which begins Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. The competition will...
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Parents Vote Against Petition To Take Over Elementary School
ADELANTO (CBS) — Parents of an under-performing elementary school in Southern California Tuesday night voted against a petition to take over the school using the new Parent Trigger Law. More than 100...
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Signatures On A ‘Parent Trigger’ Petition Debated In Adelanto
ADELANTO (CBS) — A school board in Adelanto Wednesday night debated the signatures of a petition that would convert a school to a charter under the state’s so-called “parent trigger” law. About 50...
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Mojave Desert Parents Return To Court Over Charter Proposal
LOS ANGELES (AP)— A parents’ organization plans to return to court to force a Mojave Desert school district to accept a charter conversion proposal for a failing elementary school. The petition will be...
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Charter School In Pasadena Likely ‘Total Loss’ Following Structure Fire
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — An early morning fire damaged a charter school in Pasadena. The blaze at the Opportunities For Learning Charter School on West Montana Avenue near Lincoln Avenue broke out at...
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Parents Claim Families Breaking Residency Rules To Enroll Kids In Popular...
STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — Some parents claim families are breaking residency rules in order to enroll their children in a popular Studio City charter school. KCAL9’s Art Barron said Carpenter...
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Granada Hills Charter HS Wins California Academic Decathlon 3rd Year In A Row
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The nine-member Academic Decathlon team from Granada Hills Charter High School Sunday was named winner of the 2013 California competition, for the third year in a row. The...
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4th Grade Class In Beverly Hills Donates 3,000 Books To Another School In Need
WESTCHESTER (CBSLA.com) — A very special donation made its way to an elementary school in Westchester. A 4th grade class at Hawthorne Elementary in Beverly Hills collected nearly 3,000 gently-used...
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Compton Teacher Charged With Sexually Abusing 3 Teenage Students
COMPTON (CBSLA.com) — A teacher at a Compton charter school could face up to six years in state prison after he was charged with sexually abusing three female students. The District Attorney’s Office...
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Bill Will Require Private, Charter Schools To Keep Possibly Concussed...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will require private and charter schools in California to keep student athletes off the field if there is a concern that they received a...
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LAUSD Charter School Forced To Find A New Home
DEL REY (CBSLA.com) — An LAUSD charter school in Del Rey will soon find itself without a home after the district informed Citizens of the World (CWC) Mar Vista that it can no longer remain on an...
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KCAL9 Gets A Look Inside The Highest Ranked Charter School In The LAUSD
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — By the year 2020, KIPP LA Schools hopes to expand to 20 campuses similar to that of the highest-ranking charter school in the LAUSD, KIPP Empower Academy. On Wednesday,...
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California Continues To Lead Nation In Charter School Growth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new study shows that California continues to far outpace the rest of the nation in charter school enrollment and growth. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported...
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Students Feel The Love After Singing Rendition Of ‘The Lion King’
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20150612222150910AA.mp4 SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Under a bridge in South L.A., in a reclaimed mortuary, is a small charter school that’s coming alive...
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Woman Whose Son Has Special-Needs Proposes New Charter School
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Southland mother is determined to make sure her son with a disability gets a good education. Ivey Steinberg says her 12-year-old named Jack is a straight-A student despite...
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‘Family Ties’ Actress Joins Fight To Keep Chino Charter School Open
CHINO (CBSLA.com) — Parents in Chino are outraged that their child’s charter school might be forced to close. Former child actress Tina Yothers, best known for playing Jennifer Keaton, the youngest...
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New Charter School Helps South LA’s Most Vulnerable Kids Outside The Classroom
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A new charter school has opened in South L.A. to serve a set of students who some may say are underserved. CBS2’s Jo Kwon reports how the nonprofit academy also...
View ArticleSouth LA Charter School Robbed For Second Time
SOUTH LA (CBSLA) — Someone robbed a South LA charter school for the second time. Computers that helped low income and homeless students were swiped. But as KCAL9/CBS2’s Jo Kwon reports, the thieves...
View ArticleCharter School Says It Will Not Recite The Pledge Of Allegiance
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS Local) – An Atlanta charter school is sparking controversy over its decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School announced on Aug. 7 that...
View ArticleTeacher, Student Hurt In Shooting Near CHAMPS Charter School In Van Nuys
VAN NUYS (CBSLA) – Police have arrested two male suspects in a shooting that wounded two people across the street from a Los Angeles charter school. CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts in Van Nuys...
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