"Charter school faces state probation" by James Vaznis | Globe Staff, May 15, 2013
A Worcester charter school faces possible state probation less than three years after it opened because of issues that include weak academic results, declining enrollment, and unstable finances.
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will decide whether to place the Spirit of Knowledge Charter School on probation at the board’s monthly meeting next Tuesday. The move could eventually lead to the school’s closure if it fails to fix its problems by December 2014....
But charter schools are not a guaranteed recipe for success, and the state has closed some of them....
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Also see: Charter School Classrooms Full in Massachusetts
