New Mexico's Largest Cyber Charter School Loses Appeal to Stay Open

New Mexico's education chief has decided not to renew the charter contract of the state's largest online charter school, and a spokeswoman for the New Mexico Public Education Department told the Santa Fe New Mexican that the school will close in June.

This is notable because online charter schools, most of which are run by one of two national companies based on the East Coast, rarely shut down even when plagued with poor performance or financial mismanagement Education Week found in an analysis of more than 10 years of news stories, state reports, and research.

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