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Now, with ECOT imploding, some state politicians have floated the idea that Lager, who has made millions in profits off the school and come a long way from the Waffle House, should be personally held responsible for paying back some of the million owed to the state. But while the coming days will reveal if the political will or mechanisms exist to make this happen, it’s unclear how he might ever be held accountable because the real scandal is that ECOT grew up legally, with the support of state politicians and national GOP power brokers, and that in many ways it has served as a model for schools like it across the country.... Mother JonesThe GOP’s Biggest Charter School Experiment Just ImplodedJames Pogue
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: charter school, corruption, Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, politics of education, school choice, school privatization, William Lager
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Now, with ECOT imploding, some state politicians have floated the idea that Lager, who has made millions in profits off the school and come a long way from the Waffle House, should be personally held responsible for paying back some of the million owed to the state. But while the coming days will reveal if the political will or mechanisms exist to make this happen, it’s unclear how he might ever be held accountable because the real scandal is that ECOT grew up legally, with the support of state politicians and national GOP power brokers, and that in many ways it has served as a model for schools like it across the country.... Mother JonesThe GOP’s Biggest Charter School Experiment Just ImplodedJames Pogue
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: charter school, corruption, Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, politics of education, school choice, school privatization, William Lager
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Now, with ECOT imploding, some state politicians have floated the idea that Lager, who has made millions in profits off the school and come a long way from the Waffle House, should be personally held responsible for paying back some of the $80 million owed to the state. But while the coming days will reveal if the political will or mechanisms exist to make this happen, it’s unclear how he might ever be held accountable because the real scandal is that ECOT grew up legally, with the support of state politicians and national GOP power brokers, and that in many ways it has served as a model for schools like it across the country....Mother Jones
The GOP’s Biggest Charter School Experiment Just Imploded
James Pogue