Stories you shouldn’t miss:
1. The three American Indian Public Charter schools in Oakland could be closed within the next month or so because of a multi million-dollar financial scandal, the Chron reports. The charter schools, which have extraordinarily high test scores, are facing a public hearing next week in front of the Oakland school board, and then a likely vote next month on whether they should be allowed to remain open. The schools have come under intense scrutiny after an audit found that $3.8 million in public funds had been steered to the schools’ controversial founder Ben Chavis.
