Today is the last day of school at Marcus Garvey Academy, a Cleveland charter school. The school is shutting down in response to state laws that close charter schools for poor academic performance. This is the same school where the Ohio Department of Education found evidence of “improper test-taking” in previous years. School leaders are encouraging [...]
The Ohio Department of Education formally revoked a Cleveland non-profit’s ability to sponsor charter schools. Until Friday, Ashe Culture Center sponsored seven charter schools in northeast Ohio. (Read the department’s letter to Ashe here.) The Ohio Board of Education had voted unanimously and with no discussion earlier this month to revoke the group’s sponsorship authority, [...]
With no discussion, the Ohio Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to revoke the charter school sponsorship authority of Ashe Culture Center. This was the first time the board has revoked a charter school sponsor’s authority. Ashe, a Cleveland non-profit, sponsors seven charter schools in northeast Ohio. A charter school sponsor’s main job is to [...]
Although the Ohio Board of Education is set to revoke Ashe Culture Center’s ability to sponsor charter schools today, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and other Ohio media outlets have been covering Ashe and its schools for several years. The timeline of stories and state press releases below, focusing in particular on three schools–Marcus Garvey Academy [...]
After two years, the Ohio Board of Education is ready to take away Ashe Culture Center’s ability to sponsor privately run charter schools. Ashe, a Cleveland non-profit, sponsors seven of the schools.
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