The Akron Beacon-Journal has an interesting series investigating the Gulen charter schools in Ohio

According to the article on the Plunderbund website, the ABJ has found:
"-Ohio taxpayers paid $914 million to Gulen-affiliated charter schools last year and school officials used much of the money to hire Turkish teachers and administrators with questionable credentials.
-The Gulen schools have expanded In Ohio, despite state audits dating back to 2002 that found thousands of public dollars “illegally expended” to finance the U.S. citizenship process for Turkish employees — some fresh out of college with no classroom experience and broken English. The auditor also cited suspect wire transfers, totaling $36,000, and checks made out to “cash” to repay personal loans issued by individuals in Istanbul, Turkey.
-Gulen charter schools in Ohio are run almost exclusively by persons of Turkish heritage, some of whom are not even U.S. citizens.
-The schools’ non-profit affiliate, the Niagara Foundation, wines and dines politicians and provides junkets to Turkey. Among those who went along on a recent trip: State Rep. Cliff Rosenberger, a Clarksville Republican who was recently named Most Likely to Succeed House Speaker William Batchelder of Media, who is term limited."

There is a lot of interesting and important information at both links. I hope this story has legs and people remember in November.

http://www.plunderbund.com/2014/07/07/abj-investigation-reveals-more-financial-testing-and-immigration-troubles-at-gulen-charters/

The link to the ABJ has a wealth of information and related news stories.
http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/ohio-taxpayers-provide-jobs-to-turkish-immigrants-through-charter-schools-1.501940

According to the ABJ article the Gulen schools are using public tax dollars to finance the US citizenship process for the Gulen employees many who are not qualified to teach in Ohio. The Gulen schools have hired 325 educators mostly from Turkey for the 19 schools in Ohio.

Our Secretary of Suppression, I mean, Secretary of State, Jon Husted is a big backer of school privatization and gotten quite a few campaign contributions from these folks, as well.

Thank you to the Akron Beacon-Journal for doing real journalism along with their partners at the Youngstown Vindy and the School of Journalism.