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28-535: Chavis is a name. Notable uses of the name include: People [ edit ] Surname [ edit ] Ben Chavis (educator) , American educator and controversial education reform advocate Benjamin Chavis (born 1948), African-American civil rights activist Boozoo Chavis (1930–2001), American musician Denis Chavis (fl. 1780s), Syrian priest and monk Chris Chavis , American professional wrestler best known by

56-759: A 2015 survey of members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, just 16% of them called American K-12 STEM education above average or best. The film also, though, explores some of the system's successes. The first 20 minutes review many of the system's problems, as well as schools nationwide that prepared students well for college in the 2000s. Based on their high test scores, their graduates seemed capable of working and competing in tomorrow's economy. The documentary shows ways to reform troubled public schools, as well as alternatives to them, including charter schools. Flunked won Best Documentary at

84-579: A camp on his property to help students improve their math scores. It was modeled on the SAIL program used in California schools. In January 2017, he claimed to help orchestrate a change in the county's school board. He said he had encouraged the firing of Superintendent Tommy Lowray of the Public Schools of Robeson County and the effort by six board members to hire Virginia-based educator Thomas Graves. Lowry filed

112-548: A lawsuit against the board charging they had violated their own hiring policy in trying to hire Graves. Chavis was indicted on March 30, 2017, by the federal government on six felony counts of money laundering and mail fraud; the case was filed in federal district court in San Francisco, California . The charges relate to his receiving federal grant money from 2006 to 2012 for the charter schools in Oakland, and his allegedly misusing

140-452: A master's degree through night classes at Northern Arizona University . Later he completed a doctorate at the University of Arizona, in education, with what he said were concentrations in philosophy and anthropology . In 1988, Chavis became a tenure-track professor in the ethnic studies department at San Francisco State University . In 2000, he was working as superintendent of schools at

168-530: A poor Lumbee family in Robeson County, North Carolina , he was soon called "Ben," a nickname he has used all his life. He had a difficult relationship with his alcoholic father, who died when he was young. His mother remarried. None of his parents had much formal education, but Chavis said his stepfather taught him discipline, how to work hard, and to be accountable, a philosophy he applied as an educator. Chavis attended local segregated public schools, where he

196-699: A public park in North Carolina named for the above noted American educator and minister See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Chavis Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chavis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chavis&oldid=1187507321 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

224-466: A report alleging Chavis had been involved in mismanagement of school funds. After seven years of federal investigation, all financial mismanagement charges against Chavis were dropped in 2019. Chavis was featured in the documentary film Flunked (2008). He is the co-author of Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City (2009). Born Benford Chavis, the eldest of six children in

252-416: A suicide Chavis Holmes (born 1986), American basketball player Chavis Williams (born 1989), American gridiron football coach and former player Middle name [ edit ] Angel Joy Chavis Rocker (1966–2003), American politician and guidance counselor Other uses [ edit ] Boozoo Chavis , eponymous album by the above noted American musician John Chavis Memorial Park ,

280-538: A violation of federal law, did not cause measurable financial losses to the United States or another identifiable victim,” though he pleaded guilty for using false information in board documents and thus was put on probation for a year and a financial fine of $ 100 was imposed. Flunked Flunked is a 2008 documentary film conceived by and executive produced by Steven Maggi, directed by Corey Burres and narrated by actor Joe Mantegna . It explores problems in

308-461: A weakness for shocking the conventionally wise, and a deep love of children, particularly those who have had difficult lives." These comments were made in relation to the release of the 2009 book Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City by Dr. Ben Chavis with Carey Blakely . The San Francisco Chronicle remarked, “There is much to be learned from this account. It is possible to restore public education to its mission of educating

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336-436: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ben Chavis (educator) Chavis was appointed as the principal of AIPCS in 2000 when the school was "among the worst middle schools in Oakland, Calif" suffering from "highest dropout rate and lowest attendance and graduation rates of any ethnic group in the city". The school made considerable improvements under Dr. Chavis and

364-572: The Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. That year he was recruited by a representative of Oakland's Native American community for the position of principal at the struggling American Indian Public Charter School in Oakland, starting in 2001. By 2005, he had succeeded in dramatically raising scores of the middle school students and increasing enrollment at the school. Chavis had generated considerable controversy by his methods. He

392-792: The San Fernando Valley International Film Festival in Los Angeles, Best Educational Documentary at the Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival in Houston, the Award of Merit from the Accolade Competition, and the first ever SPNovation Award. This 2000s documentary film-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an American film of the 2000s

420-466: The Superior Court of Alameda County allowing it to continue to operate the three system schools. AIMS has since received a 5-year renewal of the charter. During the next 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years, the charter school system paid Chavis an additional $ 8.6 million to lease buildings which he owned in Oakland, because it was unable to find other spaces for its operations. In North Carolina Chavis started

448-486: The United States public education system and reviews successful education reform solutions in both charter and public schools, letting leading educators tell their stories. Flunked studies the relatively poor position of the United States public education system; in the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment , the country's mean performance was merely average among the OECD member states tested, and according to

476-478: The board of the charter school system was criticized for lax accounting and financial mismanagement. Following the results of the audit and other investigations of Chavis related to treatment of students and faculty, in February 2013, OUSD revoked the school's charter. After Chavis' resignation, the school appealed the revocation and struggled for the next year to keep its charter. It gained a preliminary injunction from

504-453: The make-up of the student body, known for a culture that demanded high performance. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called Chavis's results an “education miracle.” Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said during his visit to Chavis's school in March 2006, "I have taken the tour [of American Indian Public Charter School], and I have to tell you from what I've seen I

532-614: The money in order to make lease payments on property he owned. The charges say that he benefited by $ 1.1 million on his transactions, as the schools made payments on property he owned, in what were illegal conflict-of-interest transactions. He was arrested and taken into custody in Wilmington, North Carolina . However, as of April 2019, all financial mismanagement charges against Chavis were dropped. Chavis has pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge. The federal sentencing memo issued by U.S. District Court of Oakland said “Dr. Chavis’ conduct, while

560-462: The nation’s citizens. There is a message of hope and possibility in Crazy Like a Fox that we should embrace.” Chavis was among reform educators featured in the documentary Flunked (2008), directed by Corey Burres, about the failures of the United States public school systems and efforts in educational reforms. Chavis has appeared several times in the television programs hosted by John Stossel . He

588-700: The ring name Tatanka George Washington Chavis (c. 1817 – after 1880), American free man of color who served in the Mississippi Legislature John Chavis ( c.  1763 –1838), American educator and minister John Chavis (American football) (born 1956), American football coach Kory Chavis ( fl. 2005–2008), American wrestler also known by the ring name Rainman Lonnie Chavis (born 2007), American actor and activist Michael Chavis (born 1995), American baseball player Given name [ edit ] Chavis Carter (died 2012), American man who died in police custody, later ruled

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616-511: The school's board in 2007 to respond to community demand for more classes, and they added another middle school, AIPCS II, and a high school, AIPHS, under a new charter organization known as the American Indian Model Schools (AIMS) system. While Chavis stepped down as head of the schools in summer 2007, the board asked him to serve in an executive, consulting role, and he was active in the schools' affairs. A K-4 elementary school

644-552: Was added to AIPCS II in 2012. During these years, the AIM system student body had a growing proportion of African American, Asian and Latino students, with American Indians comprising a smaller percentage. Chavis resigned all ties in January 2012. By the 2012 school year, some 90 percent of the AIMS students were ethnic Asian. Some critics of the system attributed the high scores of the system schools to

672-598: Was also a frequently seen subject of discussion in Stossel's columns. Chavis resigned all ties at the school system in January 2012 and returned to North Carolina, where he had been resident again for some time. After the results of an "extraordinary audit" by the California financial management system were released later in 2012, Chavis was criticized for allegedly receiving more than $ 3.8 million in school funds for directing school payments to his and his wife's business without authorized contracts, from 2006 to 2010. In addition,

700-468: Was criticized by some parents and faculty for harsh treatment and verbal abuse of students and teachers. Chavis zealously mocked liberal orthodoxy and was praised by conservatives such as columnist George Will and Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute . The school claimed to be just as intolerant of unions as it was of drug dealers, and prided itself on firing under-performing teachers. He worked with

728-498: Was most interested in sports. He accepted a track scholarship by Oklahoma City University . Two years in, he was offered an academic scholarship by the University of Arizona , and transferred there, majoring in education. He thought at the time that the field would offer easy conditions. Chavis graduated with a bachelor's degree in education; he had worked part-time as a school janitor to help pay for it. He continued to study, working on

756-521: Was named in 2006 as one of the top 250 schools in the US. In 2008 it ranked fifth among all the 1300 odd middle schools in California in terms of academic performance index. It then moved to the #1 position in 2010. Though the school made remarkable improvements under Chavis, at the same time this success attracted controversy primarily for the methods he used on the students to keep them performing well. In 2012, Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team submitted

784-405: Was really impressed. ... It is an education miracle that has happened here." "Ben Chavis, the most politically incorrect person on the planet, is also, not coincidentally, one of the people most correct about inner-city education." said George F Will . Jay Mathews of The Washington Post has commented, "[Chavis] has many of the habits of some of the best educators I know - a wicked sense of humor,

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