Dive Brief:

• Eva S. Moskowitz, founder of the Success Academy charter school network, has denied claims made by parents that kids with disabilities received unequal treatment. 
• The Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education is now conducting what the New York Times calls a "compliance review" pertaining to the matter. 
• Moskowitz defended repeat suspensions and expulsions in the network, saying that some parents had refused to believe their children acted out violently.

Dive Insight:

The federal complaint lodged against Success Academy comes on the heels of previous allegations around bias against students with disabilities, which Moskowitz also denied. Moskowitz also defended one of her principals, Candido Brown, who last year was caught having written a so-called “Got to Go” list of 16 students he wanted to purge from the school due to "severe" disciplinary problems. The federal investigation should shed further light on any issues that exist within the Success network.