Once upon a time, the American Indian Public Charter School in Oakland, California, received national attention for its high test scores. In a book by David Whitman, called Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism (2008), the AIPCS was identified as one of the six best no-excuses schools in the nation. (In … Continue reading The Fate of Oakland’s Celebrated American Indian Public Charter School, After the Diversion of $3.8 Million to Someone’s Bank Account