Angie Sullivan, Nevada teacher, reports on the bizarre actions of Andre Agassi, one-time tennis star and high school dropout. His flagship charter school that bears his name is on the state’s list of persistently low-performing schools. It is also known for high rates of teacher and principal turnover. The state may give Agassi’s charter to another charter operator. But Agassi and his business partner Bobby Turner have raised nearly $300 million to build charter schools around the country.
Sullivan writes:
Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund II, L.P. raised $296,294,416 on 2016-06-16.
http://www.whosraisingmoney.com/turner-agassi-charter-school-facilities-fund-ii-l-p
Agassi has become a very very wealthy man selling his “charter doctrine”.
Unfortunately, his own flagship charter school shows charters are the ultimate tax payer scam.
The worst schools in the state of Nevada are charters.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7bJdQH4mFmEVktMRWhDWFY0Mm8/view
In particular, Agassi Preparatory is not graduating, not performing, not achieving.
Agassi has open the door financially for other Vegas charters which are also on the lowest performing list.
He preaches charter doctrine all over he United States selling real estate and profiteering.
This isn’t really about kids. This is about cold hard cash.
Now Agassi charter may be taken over by another charter.
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/possible-changes-ahead-for-agassi-prep-academy
The tax payer needs to be asking some serious questions about who is making money from these charter deals.
The tax payer needs to demand some accountability and transparency from Nevada’s charters.
This is some serious fraud and waste.
Someone needs to be accountable for this fiasco.
Maybe the Charter Authority needs to answer some questions.
Maybe the Nevada State Board of Education.
Maybe the Nevada Department of Education.
Who knew all these charters were failing and either covered it up or did nothing about it? It looks like it’s been going on for at least a decade too from the data I’ve been collecting.
Not good.
Dirty dirty dirty.
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Do you think Agassi knows anything about education or has any real involvement other than as front man for people who are in it for the money?
He probably doesn’t have a clue, except that it is part of the portfolio that he lends his name to. He doesn’t care if good or bad is being done – just so long as he makes money. http://turneragassi.com
It’s just wild that Democracy Prep can essentially do a take-over of Agassi Prep with NO community involvement.
Agassi is permitted to just pass this school off to another contractor? The schools just change hands with no public input at all?
He trades on his name and gets a lot of celebrities to perform at his fundraisers. The celebrities believe they are contributing their time to improve education for poor students.
The regional ed reform differences are kind of interesting. Nevada is definitely a “wild west” state for public school privatization, yet it’s never mentioned among the other unregulated charter states (OH, PA and MI).
It’s just appalling to me that the US Department of Education sees fit to promote and fund this celebrity while completely ignoring the thousands of ordinary people who run and work for public schools.
I mean,seriously. What is wrong with these people? Have they undergone some mass brainwashing? What part of their job description includes “promote celebrity charter school investors”?
I wish he would just go back to selling cameras.
If you look into one of his deals – you’d see the enormous number of players/beneficiaries of the ROI of hooking up with Agassi. There are creditors, debt service, mortgagees, mortgagors, equity service, grantees, builders, cleaning companies, food service – everyone wins – except the kids. Why is it allowed to continue?
You are fixated on the education of the students.
” Agassi co-owns the Turner-Agassi investment fund with Bobby Turner. It’s a market-driven fund, and the goal of the fund is to build the school and ultimately sell it back to the charter school operator.
The fund has already built 50 schools and is on track to develop a total of 200 schools across the U.S. by 2020.”
They don’t care which operator succeeds or how many it takes. They make their money on selling the BUILDING back to them with your tax dollars.
Agassi charter failure has been all over the news – in the paper and on TV.
Democracy Prep is supposed to take them over and the parents are scared. Agassi “volunteered” to be part of the Achievement School District. It is the only way a charter can become part of the Nevada ASD
http://www.ktnv.com/news/parents-outraged-over-possible-six-day-school-week
The state is trying to find a remedy for the low performing charters.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/agassi-prep-las-vegas-tries-calm-fears-takeover-national-charter-operator
Military Style Group being brought in to try to get students under control. Parents are scared.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/33581826/agassi-academy-eyes-merger-possible-military-style-learning
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/21-ccsd-schools-eligible-be-converted-charter-schools-through-new-initiative
At the bottom of this article is the “Rising Star List”. The lowest performing schools are published in the paper every year.
You can search for information on the Nevada Report Card. Nevada charters are failing to graduate students. They are the worst performing school system in Nevada.
Agassi had a 75% graduation rate last year. Claims they graduate all students are just that. Claims. They fail to graduate students every year.
http://nevadareportcard.com/di/report/reportcard_1?report=reportcard_1&scope=e20.y13&organization=c12315&fields=309%2C310%2C311%2C313%2C318%2C320&hiddenfieldsid=309%2C310%2C311%2C313%2C318%2C320&scores=1007%2C1015&num=160&page=1&pagesize=20&domain=cohort&
In 2012 Agassi graduation rate dipped to 65%.
http://nevadareportcard.com/di/report/reportcard_1?report=reportcard_1&scope=e20.y10.y11.y12.y13.y7&organization=c3089&fields=309%2C310%2C311%2C313%2C318%2C320&hiddenfieldsid=309%2C310%2C311%2C313%2C318%2C320&scores=1007%2C1015&num=160&page=1&pagesize=20&domain=cohort&
Agassi’s flagship charter is a huge failure. And has been almost since it opened. Scandal after scandal. Im writing a huge report trying to document charter failure in Nevada. Agassi is at the top of the list.
TFA has been heavily involved at Agassi charter at every level.
Agassi’s hedgefund is also involved with other Nevada charters. Huge money is changing hands in Nevada with Agassi’s charter business.
Lots of politicians involved.
Im trying to document but as you know charters are not transparent
Angie.