Charter funding exacerbates the funding problem, with some communities having been besieged by charter schools that are draining taxpayer dollars. A 2016 report by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association looked at some of the spending differences between charters and public schools in Pennsylvania. Special ed costs are one of the ways some Pennsylvania charter schools game the system. But cyber charter results are so bad that even the charter school industry itself has called for moves to improve quality. Beyond that, the shell game is a familiar one—a charter school may itself be non-profit while hiring a for-profit charter management company to operate the school.

Source: Forbes February 08, 2020 18:56 UTC