Teacher turnover rates at charter schools remain much higher than at neighborhood schools

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Los Altos fights elite charter school. Vladimir Ivanovic, boardmember of the Los Altos School District, has an update on the district’s efforts to compel a charter school to act like a public school, not a private academy. Diane Ravitch’s Blog

Dehesa School District clamps down. A small district near San Diego is drafting new charter school oversight guidelines after three of its charter schools were closed by court order after being found to have been entrenched in scandal. The San Diego Union-Tribune

“The same campus Montebello Unified denied is back again.” A charter school operator near Los Angeles has reapplied for a school that was previously denied for “inadequate fiscal controls,” “not reasonably comprehensive” measures of student outcomes, and more. “It’s charter-school déjà vu,” writes the Pasadena Star-News. Pasadena Star-News

Charter lobby backlash. The well-funded charter school lobby is blanketing the media with warning shots about the passage of AB 1505: “Lawmakers could still intervene to give new charters a fighting chance. But if they don’t, expect the battle over board control to get uglier.” OC Register | Daily Breeze | LA Daily News

And from across state lines… Education professor Shawgi Tell writes about a new study showing that teacher turnover rates at charter schools remain much higher than at neigborhood public schools. Dissident Voice