Ken Crowell appears in the repo through Education Week's 2016 investigation as a Colorado online-charter operator tied to GOAL Academy, Summit Education Group, Rocky Mountain Digital Academy, and later Las Animas virtual-school approvals.
Education Week reports that Crowell helped GOAL move from CSI authorization to D49 authorization after CSI threatened nonrenewal. The article then reports that GOAL outsourced back-office operations to Summit under a percentage-of-revenue contract and that Crowell was Summit's sole shareholder.
The article also preserves Crowell's responses. He denied wrongdoing, disputed that GOAL was low-performing, defended D49's oversight as more appropriate for alternative and online schools, and said the disputed Summit disbursement was tax-related rather than an improper bonus. Keep those denials and explanations attached to any reuse of the allegations.
| Source | Target | Mechanism | Flow | Evidence strength | Source basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Crowell | GOAL Academy | founder / executive leadership | managerial authority and school model | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
| Ken Crowell | Summit Education Group | sole shareholder | private profit / tax-distribution question | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
| Ken Crowell / Summit | Rocky Mountain Digital Academy | management and launch support | school services / revenue share | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
| Ken Crowell / Summit | AIM-Global Academy and Immersion School for Sciences, Technology, and the Arts | planned management of Las Animas schools | 90% revenue-share management model | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |