Three families of children with disabilities sued to prevent the state from closing down the Tennessee Virtual Academy.
TVA is one of the lowest performing schools in the state. The virtual charter school is operated by K12, Inc., the for-profit corporation founded by Michael and Lloyd Milken and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Under state law, Tennessee’s education commissioner has the authority to close the school if it ranks among the worst performers for three consecutive years. The school has consistently been ranked 1 on a 5-point scale, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best, since it opened in 2011. Critics have called it a failure and said the for-profit corporation that provides the curriculum is more interested in making money than educating children.
It would be interesting to learn who is paying the legal fees for these families.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
And who is really behind this lawsuit?
No one should be paying a tuition for such horrible performance
Tish,
The parents don’t pay tuition. The state pays full tuition to a corporation that makes profits and delivers poor education.
And the State is financed by the People who are the ones paying the tuition.
More shills following the methods used in the Vergara trial.
Yes, Lloyd…and this week a new case was filed in California by the infamous StudentsFirst pseudo-educator, Michelle Rhee, to continue to false dance of Vergara….and to bust the teacher’s unions.
The theory also follows Quinn which used a few renegade teachers to defile their union and claim they should not pay dues.
Damaged people…big time. So SAD.
Andrew H. Tisch is on K12’s Board of Directors
Mr. Tisch joined us as a director in August 2001 and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from May 2007 to June 2012. He currently serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Since 1985, Mr. Tisch has been a director of Loews Corporation, and is Co Chairman of its board, Chairman of its executive committee and, since 1999, has been a member of its Office of the President. Mr. Tisch engages in numerous public service activities including, serving as Vice Chairman of Cornell University, trustee of the Brookings Institution, and as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Harvard Business School. Mr. Tisch has also served as a director of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. since 2011, as a director of CNA Financial Corporation since 2006, and as a director of Texas Gas Transmission, LLC and Boardwalk Pipelines, LLC since 2005. Mr. Tisch previously served as a director of Bulova Corporation from 1979 to 2008 and as a director of Lord & Taylor from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Tisch holds a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Tisch was selected as a director because of his extensive experience having served as president or chairman of various multinational companies over his career in addition to his membership on various boards of public companies which allows him to provide the Board of Directors with leadership and a variety of perspectives on important strategic and governance issues. The Board of Directors also benefits from his involvement in higher education and nonprofit organizations.