They are officially closed. It was a profitable run for the owners. A terrible waste for most of the students.
The Tenth Period Blog has crunched some numbers:
"Here's the amazing thing. Between 2012-2013 and 2015-2016 (the school's most recent audited school year), Lager's for-profit companies received $83.6 million in public funds. Meanwhile, ECOT only paid $82.9 million for its teachers "
http://10thperiod.blogspot.com/2018/01/ecot-in-receivership-ecot-paid-more-to.html
Others continue to survive despite their failing grades.
I heard an ad on NPR for OHDELA today another Ohio virtual school trying to profit on the demise of ECOT.
Time to start a dead pool. Who is next?
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Friday, October 20, 2017
A .0375 GPA, again......
Good article here. Links to other reports, scandals and test results.
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/10/18/virtual-charter-schools-foundations-performance
I have not posted much on this blog lately. There has been lots of publicity on the virtual schools, none of it positive. I am not sure there is a need. They are no longer trendy and cool. They are scams making some people very rich at the expense of the children.
ECOT is on its deathbed. Trying to reorganize itself into some other structure to keep the school tax funds flowing.
Ohio Connections Academy, owned by Pearson Education, received its report card. 1 C, 2 D's, and 5 F's which I think works out to a .0375 GPA
"Some have blamed the fallout from ECOT for the disbanding of Ohio's largest charter school advocacy organization. In December 2016, the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools announced it would close at the end of 2016, after more than a decade in which it was an influential player in the state's charter school policy. Critics say poor performance by Ohio charter schools—80 percent of which received an "F" in the state's report card system—caused funder support for the alliance to dry up. In years past, the Ohio organization had counted the Gates Foundation, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation among its supporters, but by the end of 2016, none of those organizations were listed on the alliance website as current funders, according to the Columbus Dispatch."
Event the politicians are bailing.
In the words or our President, sad, just sad, what a bunch of losers. Too bad his education secretary does not see it as it is....
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/10/18/virtual-charter-schools-foundations-performance
I have not posted much on this blog lately. There has been lots of publicity on the virtual schools, none of it positive. I am not sure there is a need. They are no longer trendy and cool. They are scams making some people very rich at the expense of the children.
ECOT is on its deathbed. Trying to reorganize itself into some other structure to keep the school tax funds flowing.
Ohio Connections Academy, owned by Pearson Education, received its report card. 1 C, 2 D's, and 5 F's which I think works out to a .0375 GPA
"Some have blamed the fallout from ECOT for the disbanding of Ohio's largest charter school advocacy organization. In December 2016, the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools announced it would close at the end of 2016, after more than a decade in which it was an influential player in the state's charter school policy. Critics say poor performance by Ohio charter schools—80 percent of which received an "F" in the state's report card system—caused funder support for the alliance to dry up. In years past, the Ohio organization had counted the Gates Foundation, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation among its supporters, but by the end of 2016, none of those organizations were listed on the alliance website as current funders, according to the Columbus Dispatch."
Event the politicians are bailing.
In the words or our President, sad, just sad, what a bunch of losers. Too bad his education secretary does not see it as it is....
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Ohio Connections Academy Report Card 2015-2016
Three F's, Two D's and a B
A 0.8333 GPA Seriously?
Shameful.
I note that there is no Principal listed. The superintendent is nowhere on the report.
http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/School-Report.aspx?SchoolIRN=000236
Time for some accountability. End this scam!
A 0.8333 GPA Seriously?
Shameful.
I note that there is no Principal listed. The superintendent is nowhere on the report.
http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/School-Report.aspx?SchoolIRN=000236
Time for some accountability. End this scam!
Monday, August 22, 2016
Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
At least we are not Nevada! Ohio gets a special mention!
Profits over students.
Online schools, what a scam!
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Alumni of White Hat Management make the news again.
Cambridge Education Group, an apparent offshoot, now wants to open a new school in Ohio.
Finances are tricky. A charter school cannot make money. They are non-profit. But the management company can make all the money it can by controlling the money and can be quite profitable for the company and its employees.
This would be akin to the school board collecting all the money and then doling out what they believe is necessary to the school while keeping what they can for their services.
More Charters Cut Ties with Newpoint Partners Management Company
Finances are tricky. A charter school cannot make money. They are non-profit. But the management company can make all the money it can by controlling the money and can be quite profitable for the company and its employees.
This would be akin to the school board collecting all the money and then doling out what they believe is necessary to the school while keeping what they can for their services.
More Charters Cut Ties with Newpoint Partners Management Company
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Last month, a grand jury in Florida indicted employees of Newpoint Education Partners and three other companies for grand theft, money laundering, and other crimes. The company, started by former employees of the White Hat management company in Ohio, lost the charters for several schools that it was running where the alleged crimes occurred.
Now, two more charter schools are cutting their ties with Newport, following an investigation by a local TV news station.
One week after an 8 on Your Side investigation uncovered $235,000 in bogus school loans, two charter schools funded with state tax dollars in Jacksonville have decided to sever ties with a for-profit management company we’ve been investigating for months because of the financial chaos it helped create in Pinellas charter schools.
The Jacksonville charter school loans by Newpoint Education Partners which are cited in a 2015 financial audit do not exist, something that caught even the treasurer of San Jose Preparatory High School and Academy by surprise after 8 on Your Side uncovered and reported it.
Are there any law enforcement officials in Jacksonville, or is it left to the media to investigate criminal activity?
Now, two more charter schools are cutting their ties with Newport, following an investigation by a local TV news station.
One week after an 8 on Your Side investigation uncovered $235,000 in bogus school loans, two charter schools funded with state tax dollars in Jacksonville have decided to sever ties with a for-profit management company we’ve been investigating for months because of the financial chaos it helped create in Pinellas charter schools.
The Jacksonville charter school loans by Newpoint Education Partners which are cited in a 2015 financial audit do not exist, something that caught even the treasurer of San Jose Preparatory High School and Academy by surprise after 8 on Your Side uncovered and reported it.
Are there any law enforcement officials in Jacksonville, or is it left to the media to investigate criminal activity?
Monday, June 13, 2016
Ecot Exposed
https://ecotexposed.org/
Wow, a whole website devoted to one e-school.
Shameful that this school exists!
The others are trying hard to catch up and grab a piece of this action. Like pigs to a trough.
When I lived with a charter school administrator, they were always trying to catch up to ECOT. Why can't Connections Academy produce the same kind of enrollment was the question being asked from the home office in Baltimore.
Wow, a whole website devoted to one e-school.
Shameful that this school exists!
The others are trying hard to catch up and grab a piece of this action. Like pigs to a trough.
When I lived with a charter school administrator, they were always trying to catch up to ECOT. Why can't Connections Academy produce the same kind of enrollment was the question being asked from the home office in Baltimore.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
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