Washington State Charter Commission Has 22 Charter Applications
Update: I think some of my confusion over who's in and who's out is that some of the letters of intent were filed under the non-profit name and then the actual charter school name was used for the application title. Figuring this out, I learned (via a California activist) that the Coral Academy of Science is a Gulen-affiliated charter school. Gulen is the largest charter operator in the country with 140 in 26 different states. The schools deny that they are part of the Gulen movement and yet the evidence is that they are. Here's a good site to explain the issue. There have been huge issues over these schools in Hawaii, Utah, Georgia, Ohio, Arizona and Texas (which wants them out of the state). The FBI and the Departments of Labor and Education are investigating them. They hire mostly Turkish teachers, saying there are not enough American teachers available. From the NY Times . A lengthy article from City Journal about t...