Calif. Charter Failure Affects 10,000 Students

Thousands of California students were left to look for new schools after one of the nation’s largest charter school operators shut its doors last month.

The closure of the 5-year-old California Charter Academy, which ran about 60 schools under four charters and enrolled some 10,000 students, represents one of the largest charter school failures since the nation’s first such independent public school opened in 1991.

Word of the closing came shortly before other unfavorable publicity for the charter movement: release of a national study that cast doubt on student performance in charter schools. ( "AFT Charter School Study Sparks Heated National Debate," ...