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Today @azcentral was awarded the prestigious @PolkAwards for Education Reporting on Arizona's charter schools. The entry covered mini investigations as well as a series called "The Charter Gamble." So, how did this all come together?....(Thread)https://twitter.com/PolkAwards/status/1097890422628798464 …
I live in Gilbert, which is ground zero for charter schools. I noticed many were popping up in my neighborhood, and I was interested in how charters were governed after Discovery Creemos charter in Goodyear shut down....(Thread)https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley-education/2018/01/30/goodyear-charter-school-discovery-creemos-academy-abruptly-closes/1080319001/ …
So, I met with some folks who had concerns about charters. I started off with Basis, which has some of the highest rated high schools in the US. What I found was as Basis hits up parents for $ to subsidize teachers, its founders bought a NYC penthouse.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/05/07/basis-charter-schools-seek-big-donations-parents-subsidize-low-teacher-pay/473963002/ …
I then got a tip about American Leadership Academy and how its founder, Glenn Way, got no-bid construction deals to make millions. I also went to an ALA board meeting, where a school official yelled at me, called me a liar and had to be pulled away.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/07/11/american-leadership-academy-charter-school-founder-glenn-way-nets-millions/664210002/ …
If you drive through downtown Phoenix, you can't help but see billboard advertisements for Primavera online charter school. So, we looked at its operation and found CEO @DamianCreamer paid himself $8.8 mil while having a 40-plus % dropout rate.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/08/22/primavera-online-charter-school-ceo-damian-creamer/839045002/ …
I also started covering state Charter Board mtgs, and I @FarnsworthEddie was on an agenda to get an ok to sell his Ben Franklin charter schools. Ultimately, he got the state's blessing, and he made $13 mil by selling his schools to a non-profit he created.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/09/10/charter-operator-lawmaker-farnsworth-set-make-tens-millions/1224276002/ …
I also got a tip that a top official from the @AZCharterSchool used inside information to enrich himself on a recruiting deal with a charter school. After @azcentral published the story, he had to give $3k back. (thread)https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-education/2018/08/13/charter-schools-association-leader-returns-cash-insider-deal/983560002/ …
So, after I wrote these stories, my boss @mgsquires & uber boss Josh Susong put together a reporting team to take a deeper look at charters in Az. That crew included @anneryman, @ac_woods and data guru @justinJprice. We then did a five-part series called "The Charter Gamble."....
In the first story, @ac_woods and @anneryman went back to the beginning of Arizona's experiment with charter schools and talked with former Gov. @fifesymington. Interesting tidbit: No one behind AZ's charter movement had ever visited a charter school.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/12/13/history-arizona-charter-schools-how-leaders-got-votes/2015695002/ …
My colleagues then found Az's charter movement was like the Oklahoma land rush, with a learn as you go attitude.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/12/14/charter-schools-take-root-arizona-1994-legislation/2015754002/ …
Congrats, Craig ... that's awesome!
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