Comments on: Ohio charter school operator gets prison for overstating enrollment, but White Hat Management gets $17 mil for kids who don’t show

By: Ohio Alliance for Charter Schools Chief: “There’s no accountability” : Writes Like She Talks

Tue, 03 May 2011 13:37:32 +0000

[...] And then be sure to refresh your memory of how White Hat Management, the most notorious for-profit charter school operator in Ohio, received $17 million of your money for ghost students. [...]

By: dean

dean — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:45:09 +0000

I am in Dayton, and our Charter schools are not the dismal failure others sound like…

they are still serving the most difficult to teach students, and struggling to improve test scores, but overall they are operated more effectively than the public school district,

However, they must consent to census tracking just as the public schools, and they try to maintain attendence in order to afford the improved facilities and amenities that were purchased with private capital before the schools begin operating…
some failed because they should have failed, and others due to abysmal management, but those that survive are still much more palatable than the Dayton Public Schools, the 2nd worst district in state, if not the nation (in terms of performance standards)

By: Jeff Hess

Jeff Hess — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:10:15 +0000

Shalom Jill,

For what it’s worth, I get paid for tutoring regardless of the attendance of the student. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t accept the student.

I deal with a number of students who are at risk and their attendance can be flaky at best, but I set aside the time, I show up and I’m prepared to work, so I get paid.

B’shalom,

Jeff