has been among the most vocal supporters of Steve Perry, the would - be
charter school management company operator who is relying on Governor Malloy to force the Connecticut General Assembly to fund Perry's plan to open a privately owned, but publicly funded charter school in Bridgeport.
Not exact matches
As of the fall of 1999, 162 of 216
charter -
school operators were running a single campus; only 10 ran 5 or more, signaling a grassroots movement driven mainly by local educators and parents, not distant
management companies.
The last - minute changes to the legislation come at a time when one prominent Wilmington - based
charter school operator, Baker A. Mitchell, Jr., has been fighting media requests for months that have asked him to fully disclose the salaries of all employees associated with his
charter schools — teachers as well as employees of his for - profit education
management company, Roger Bacon Academy.
Charters must be run by non-profit
operators (this is always a little deceptive, because in many states, a for - profit
management company can set up a non-profit front group, which then turns over
management of the
school to the for - profit
company) and must be nonsectarian.
have been among the most vocal proponents of diverting scarce public taxpayer funds to Achievement First, Inc, the large
charter school management company, to former
charter school operator Dr.» Michael Sharpe and his disgraced FUSE
charter school chain and Steve Perry, the controversial anti-teacher former Hartford
school administrator and self - described «most trusted educator in America,» who, thanks to Governor Malloy is opening his own privately owned but publicly funded «boutique»
charter school company.
This report finds the seven largest
charter operators, who all contract with educational
management companies, have per pupil administrative costs that are $ 406 higher than the overall average for
charter schools.