Gulen Charter Schools
C.A.S.I.L.I.P.S.
  • Gulen charter schools
  • How the schools serve the Gulen Movement
  • Why it's wrong
  • SITE INDEX
  • How school chains evolve
  • Harmony Science Academy: Denials and Evidence
  • Sonoran Science Academy - Denials and Evidence
  • Quest Charter Academy - Denials and Evidence
  • Memphis School of Excellence - Denials and Evidence
  • Are the schools connected to Gulen?
  • Are the schools connected to Gulen? Part 2
  • Organic Ties
  • More organic ties
  • Organic Ties - Part 3
  • Gulenist Self-Empretzelment
  • [Generic] Science Academy - cut, paste, fill in the blank
  • TIE: Coordination across schools
  • TIE and Accord overhead
  • Skimming a percentage off 400 million
  • Charter schools offer numerous business opportunities
  • Charter schools offer numerous business opportunities Part 2
  • Financial links between charter schools and Gulen Movement
  • Financial links between charter schools and Gulen Movement, ctd
  • Charter bond financing - the next subprime crisis?
  • Concept Schools; Horizon Science Academy; CMSA etc
  • Concept Schools: now a multinational school management corporation
  • Concept Schools promotes patently false nationalistic propaganda
  • Fulton Science Academy
  • Fulton Science Academy, Cape Fear Board Member: "Yes, I am a Fethullah follower"
  • Fulton students at Gulenist, religious school in Turkey
  • Fulton Science Academy - letter from parent
  • Fulton Science Academy: comparing college prep with district
  • Fulton Science Academy: Charter Renewal 2011
  • Harmony Science Academy, Cosmos Foundation
  • How the Harmony schools serve the Gulen Movement
  • Paterson Charter School of Science and Technology
  • Paterson Charter School, ctd.
  • Syracuse Academy of Science
  • Central Jersey College Prep
  • Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania
  • Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania
  • Bergen Arts and Science Charter School
  • Coral Academy of Science
  • Sonoran Science Academy
  • Magnolia Science Academy
  • Magnolia Science Academy ctd
  • Chesapeake Science Point
  • Chesapeake Science Point: Timeline & Information
  • Truebright Science Academy
  • Lotus School for Excellence
  • Lotus School for Excellence - some restrictions apply
  • LISA Academy
  • Florida Schools: Orlando, River City, Sweetwater, Stars, New Springs
  • Dove Science Academy
  • Brookside-Frontier School
  • Triad Math and Science Academy
  • Rochester Academy Charter School
  • Buffalo Academy of Science
  • Massachusetts schools: Hampden & Pioneer
  • BayTech & Willow Education
  • Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
  • Principals of Gulen schools
  • Proposed Gulen charter schools
  • Proposed ABECS school
  • New schools and expansions 2012-13
  • Renewal schedule
  • Gulenist hijrah (migration)
  • ISWEEEP
  • Harmony Schools Fact-Checking
  • Harmony's anomalous at-risk increase
  • Vanishing High School Students
  • Vanishing High School Students, Pt 2
  • Standardized tests
  • Standardized tests, ctd
  • Application forms
  • Application forms ctd
  • Borrowed texts
  • From Massachusetts to Pakistan: More borrowed texts
  • Grants to Gulen schools
  • Federal grants for teaching Turkish
  • Importing English teachers from Turkey
  • Schools paying for visas, immigration
  • Authorizers, Auditors and Accreditors: Concerns
  • Discrimination
  • Special education
  • Favoritism and Disorganization: Evidence from Sonoran Science Academy Phoenix
  • Report from Concept Schools staff member
  • Culture of secrecy
  • Missing information on school websites
  • Lawsuits against Gulen charters
  • Lawsuit: J.R. Johnson v. Cosmos Foundation and Solidarity
  • American enablers
  • Who is responsible?
  • Manipulation tactics
  • Comments on 60 Minutes Segment
  • Legal threats: a Gulenist intimidation tactic
  • Collecting information on students - where does it go?
  • International schools provide insight
  • Growth of enrollment
  • Research tools
    • How to find school report cards
    • Charter school law
  • Pioneer Academy of Science
  • Brooklyn Amity School (private)
  • Brief updates
  • Submit information
  • Return to Guide to the Gulen Movement's Activities site

SITE INDEX

This page last updated Feb 17, 2013

Here is an alphabetical list of schools covered, with hyperlinks to the relevant pages (see further down for an index of topics):
  • Baltimore IT Academy  (replication of Chesapeake Science Point) also here
  • Bay Area Technology School ("BayTech")
  • Bergen Arts and Science Charter School
  • Brooklyn Amity School  (private Gulen school with close ties to charters)
  • Brookside-Frontier Math and Science School
  • Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School
  • Central Jersey College Prep
  • Chesapeake Math & IT Academy (replication of Chesapeake Science Point) also here
  • Chesapeake Science Point, Gulenist connections
  • Chesapeake Science Point, timeline and other information
  • Chicago Math and Science Academy
  • Coral Academy of Science
  • Cosmos Foundation  (also here and here)
  • Discovery School of Tulsa
  • Dove Science Academy
  • Frontier School of Excellence (formerly known as Brookside-Frontier)
  • Frontier School of Innovation    
  • Fulton Science Academy   (also here and here)
  • Fulton Science Academy - board member admits to being follower of Fethullah Gulen
  • Fulton Science Academy - letter from parent, May 2011
  • Fulton Science Academy - financial connection to Sema Education and Health Development Co., Inc.  (a Gulenist corporation in NY)
  • Fulton Sunshine Academy   (also here and here)
  • Fulton Science Academy academic performance
  • Fulton Science Academy Middle School charter renewal 2011
  • Gateway Science Academy of St. Louis  (under the Concept Schools umbrella)
  • Hampden Charter School of Science
  • Harmony Public Schools  (evidence of Gulen connection)
  • Harmony Public Schools - Denials and Evidence (of Gulen connection)
  • Harmony Public Schools - How they serve the Gulen Movement
  • Harmony Public Schools - powerpoint "Rapid Expansion of Harmony Schools - Is it Premature" - a look at academic performance
  • Harmony Public Schools - graph showing percent at-risk students compared to average Texas public schools 
  • Harmony School of Advancement High  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Art and Technology  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Discovery  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Endeavor  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Excellence  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Ingenuity  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Innovation  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Nature and Athletics  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Political Science - see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony School of Science  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Harmony Science Academy  -  see Harmony Public Schools
  • Horizon Science Academy
  • Indiana Math and Science Academy
  • LISA Academy
  • Little Scholars of Arkansas Academy, see LISA Academy
  • Lotus School for Excellence   (also here)
  • Magnolia Science Academy    (also here)
  • Memphis School of Excellence
  • Michigan Math and Science Academy
  • New Springs Middle School
  • Noble Academy
  • Orlando Science Middle School
  • Pacific Technology School  (under the Magnolia Foundation umbrella)
  • Paragon Science Academy  (sister school of Sonoran Science Academy)
  • Paterson Charter School For Science And Technology  (also here and here)
  • Pioneer Academy of Science   (private Gulen school with close ties to charters)
  • Pioneer Charter School of Science
  • Quest Charter Academy  (also here; under the Concept Schools umbrella)
  • River City Science Academy
  • Rochester Academy Charter School
  • Sonoran Science Academy: Gulen connections; Denials and Evidence; Favoritism and disorganization
  • Stars Middle School
  • Sweetwater Branch Academy
  • Syracuse Academy of Science
  • Technology Enriched Accelerated High School (now Fulton Science Academy High School)
  • Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
  • Triad Math and Science Academy
  • Truebright Science Academy
  • Wisconsin Career Academy  (under Concept Schools umbrella)
  • Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania
  • Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania see also YSCP


Topics about the schools, with hyperlinks (note that a few of these links lead to our companion website "A Guide to the Gulen Movement's Activities in the US):

  • 2012-13 School Year, changes: new Gulen charter schools, expansions, closures
  • 60 Minutes, Comment on their May 13, 2011 segment
  • Accord Institute of Education Research
  • Admissions, bias in (Concept Schools)
  • Admissions, bias in (Lotus School for Excellence)
  • American enablers
  • Apex Education
  • Application forms, student, inappropriate questions   (also here)
  • At-risk students, enrollment
  • Attrition, student (also here)
  • Authorizers, auditors and accreditors: concerns
  • Bonds, financing, charter schools   (also here)
  • Borrowed texts  (also here)
  • Breeze, Inc.
  • Brief Updates
  • Budget, Gulen charter schools see Revenue, total, Gulen charter schools
  • Business opportunities (that Gulenists find in charter schools) also here, here and here
  • Chains, schools, how established
  • Characteristics of Gulen charter schools
  • Concept Schools  (also here, here and on slideshare)
  • Concept Schools, report by former staff member
  • Conflicts of interest (between schools and related businesses) also here, here and here
  • Connections between schools
  • Connections between schools and Gulen Movement (also here)
  • Contractors, unpaid, Cosmos Foundation/Harmony Public Schools
  • Coordination across schools (as shown by student handbooks, etc)
  • Coordination across schools (as shown by TIE)
  • Copying from non-Gulenist sources  (also here)
  • Copy-paste (also here and here)
  • Cult, is Gulen Movement a?
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Cosmos Foundation
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Daisy Education Corporation
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Concept Schools
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Harmony Public Schools
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Memphis School of Excellence
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Quest Charter Academy
  • Denials, public, of affiliation with Gulen Movement - Sonoran Science Academy
  • Discrimination  (Gulenist and non-Gulenist teachers treated differently)
  • Enrollment, decrease in higher grades
  • Enrollment, growth
  • Fact-checking, Harmony schools
  • Favoritism, towards certain students - see page on Sonoran Science Academy Phoenix
  • Federal grants for teaching Turkish
  • Financial connections between schools and Gulen Movement - Concept Schools
  • Financial connections between schools and Gulen Movement - Fulton Science Academy
  • Generic Science Academy
  • Ghost students (students enrolled but not attending)
  • Grants to Gulen schools  
  • Grants to schools under Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation
  • Grants, Turkish language instruction
  • H-1B visas
  • Handbooks, student, copied across schools
  • Hijrah (migration of teachers)
  • How Harmony schools serve Gulen Movement
  • How charter schools serve Gulen Movement
  • How to submit information
  • Immigration
  • Importing English teachers from Turkey
  • Inaccuracies in media coverage
  • Indoctrination into Gulen Movement
  • Information, collection of, on students
  • International schools provide insight
  • ISWEEEP (science fair in Houston)
  • Johnson, J.R., unpaid contractor for Harmony school in Austin
  • Law, charter school, by state
  • Lawsuits against Gulen charter schools
  • Lawsuit of J.R. Johnson against Solidarity and Cosmos
  • Legal threats
  • Manipulation tactics
  • Method of establishing school chains
  • Migration, teachers
  • Misinformation, about Harmony schools
  • Missing information on school websites
  • New Plan Learning
  • News, articles about Gulen schools
  • Organic Ties  (also here)
  • Organizational chart for Gulen Movement in US
  • Overhead (also here and here)
  • Politicizing the issue
  • Practice TAKS (standardized tests)
  • Proposed Gulen charter schools (i.e., new applications)
  • Reasons why it's wrong
  • Regulation, charter school
  • Related party deals  (also here, here, here and here)
  • Related party deals, Harmony Public Schools 
  • Related party deals, Accord Institute 
  • Renewal, charter, schedule
  • Report cards, school, how to access
  • Research tools
  • Responsible, who is
  • Revenue, total, Gulen charter schools
  • Rotation, teachers (moving from one school to another)
  • SAT scores vs. percent at-risk students (graph on slideshare)
  • School information systems
  • Schools, list of US Gulen charter schools in operation (on companion website)
  • Schools, proposed
  • Schools, rejected
  • Secrecy, culture of    (also here)
  • Security systems, school
  • Sema Education and Health Development, loan forgiveness letter to Fulton Science Academy
  • SETA think tank
  • Special education problems
  • Standardized tests  (also here and here)
  • Student-teacher ratios
  • Subprime lending   (charter school bond financing)
  • Subprime crisis  (charter school bond financing)
  • TAKS test, Texas
  • Technotime Business Solutions (vendor)
  • Threats, legal
  • TIE - Technology Integrated Education - coordination across schools
  • TIE - Technology Integrated Education - justification for Accord overhead
  • Vanishing high school students  (also Part 2)
  • Vendors, Gulen-affiliated (also Part 2)
  • Visas, schools paying for
  • Why it's wrong
  • Willow Education