Education Dept. fails on charter oversight, says Education Dept.

By Laura Clawson
Saturday Oct 08, 2016 · 6:56 PM EDT

K-12 education has been one of President Obama’s weakest policy areas, and if you’re not convinced of that yet, consider this:

The Education Department has for more than 10 years poured in excess of $3 billion into the creation and operation of charter schools, but according to a new audit by the agency’s own inspector general’s office, it has failed in some cases to provide adequate oversight and as a result has put its own grants at risk. [...]

The newly released report comes just as the department announced $245 million in new grants to state educational agencies and CMOs under its Charter Schools Program, which funds the creation and expansion of charters around the country. The Charter Schools Program has invested more than $3 billion into these schools since 1995, helping more than 2,500 charter schools open.
Lack of oversight is far from the only thing wrong with charter schools as they exist today, but you’re certainly never going to fix any of their other problems through expansion without oversight.

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