NEW YORK — A former education adviser to the Obama administration was sentenced to one year in prison Thursday for stealing more than $218,000 from the network of New York City charter schools he founded.
Seth Andrew, 43, started Democracy Prep, a nationally recognized network of publicly funded, privately run charter schools, in 2005. He left the job in 2013 and worked three years in the federal Education Department and White House. But by 2019, Andrew was eager to return to Democracy Prep at a cushy salary of $25,000 per month — plus expenses and a $250,000 bonus if he met certain objectives — prosecutors said.
When Democracy Prep rejected the offer, Andrew stole from the charter schools he’d built.
