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Miami-Dade Charter Schools
Sources: Florida Dept. of Education and Miami-Dade School District.
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Children with disabilities
South Florida charter schools admit few special needs children
Underrepresented at South Florida charter schools: Children with the most intense support needs.
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I-team exclusive on charter schools
Charter schools enrolling low number of poor students
Demographic imbalances between charter schools and traditional public schools have led experts to ask if charter schools are open to all students.
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I-TEAM EXCLUSIVE ON CHARTER SCHOOLS
Academica: Florida’s richest charter school management firm
Academica has become Florida’s largest and richest charter-school management company, running more than 60 schools just in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
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Academica’s influences
Academica cultivates links to lawmakers
Academica has powerful friends in Tallahassee, including Rep. Erik Fresen — the brother of the CEO’s wife.
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Accountability and flexibility
How some states rein in charter school abuses
Some states are careful to ensure there is strong oversight of charter schools’ spending of public money. Florida isn’t one of them.
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Accountability and flexibility
How some states rein in charter school abuses
Some states are careful to ensure there is strong oversight of charter schools’ spending of public mon...
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I-Team Exclusive on Charter schools
Florida charter schools: big money, little oversight
Florida’s charter school movement has grown into $400-million-a-year powerhouse backed by real-estate ...
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EDUCATION
Charter school in adult-club scandal has money woes
A party promoter that has been scheduling boozy bashes at a troubled Miami-Dade charter school has ties to ...
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Charter schools
Miami-Dade school district to restore funds to charter school
The Academy of Arts & Minds will get some of its funding from the school district. But the troubled Coconut...
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Charter school
Charter school in Coconut Grove draws controversy
Disagreements between parents and the board that runs the Academy of Arts and Minds over improper fees and ...
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Charter schools
Two Miami-Dade charter schools lose funding
Miami-Dade school district officials say one school is not serving its special-needs students, and the othe...
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Charter schools
Coconut Grove charter school gets reprieve
A troubled charter school is “heading in the right direction,” school district officials said.
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