Unsealed: The Charter School Project

It started with an unlikely coalition—a minister, a retired attorney, parents, and activists—all asking one question: What is really going on inside Florida's public charter schools?

In this deep-dive episode of Unsealed, Joel Chandler documents his frustrating, multi-year project to get basic public records from Florida's charter school system. Follow the investigation as he uncovers a bureaucratic shell game designed to obscure who these schools even are, a masterclass in non-compliance with the state's Public Records Act, and an alarming pattern of holding secret meetings in violation of the Sunshine Law.

This is a story of stonewalling, legal battles, and one advocate's journey from being a supporter of school choice to a critic of a system that appears to reject transparency at every turn. Is this just incompetence, or a deliberate effort to avoid public oversight?