The organization boasts of its adaptability compared to both traditional and
alternative charter schools, highlighting the advantages of online education in time flexibility, socialization, curriculum, and individual learning (K12 Inc. 2017).
Alternative charter schools have complained that the association's accountability system relies too heavily on the Academic Performance Index - which does not always account for the kinds of students and their varied problems that end up in the alternative programs.
And the Orange County School Board is asking the superintendent to look into allegations from ProPublica that public high schools are pressuring low - achieving students to move to
alternative charter schools in order to improve their graduation rates.
The title says it all: Anecdotes Aren't Enough: An Evidence Based Approach to Accountability for
Alternative Charter Schools.
Paradoxically, the Austin Independent School District has not been participating in that growth; it sees a loss of enrollment year after year as parents sign up students in
alternative charter schools or private schools.
Operators of
alternative charter schools including online and independent study programs are challenging a report released last week that called out non-classroom instruction as being among the lowest performers statewide.
In Orlando, both traditional and
alternative charter schools manipulate the accountability system.
According to Starr's memo, before crafting the strategic plan, district leaders did their homework on best practices for alternative school programs by visiting Boston Day and Evening Academy in Roxbury, Mass., and Lowell Middlesex
Alternative Charter School in Lowell, Mass..
1996: The Peoria
Alternative Charter School is certified as the first charter school in Illinois and opens its doors.
The Education Committee previously heard testimony in support of
alternative charter school authorizers from leaders of the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS).
Not exact matches
The researchers hope to continue this study during this academic year and branch out to
alternative,
charter, technical, and magnet
schools.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was more supportive of the effort to strengthen
charter schools statewide as the governor wants to lift the cap on the
alternative public
schools by 100.
Cuomo and Flanagan also want to make it even easier for
charter schools to reject, and even kick out, students who don't do well academically and might tarnish the pretty statistics
charter schools often paint to suggest they present a much better
alternative to traditional public
schools.
Some are calling her support for
charter schools, a growing
alternative to public education, as a conflict of interest much like Pruitt's.
If you're against
charter schools, then give me a better
alternative,» said the mother of two boys.
We urge the DOE to not give up on l.S. I 09, to withdraw the current proposal and to find an
alternative location for the new
charter high
school.
It also allows the groups to push for
charters as an
alternative to district
schools by justifying the existence of
charters by the existence of failing non-charter
schools.
Charter school advocates applauded Albany's actions to counter de Blasio's attacks on the
alternative schools.
Currently, 24
charter schools could still be designated under the existing cap as it is, but Cuomo wants to go further with the
alternative public
schools.
Cuomo and NYSUT have been at odds over the evaluation push, as well as the governor's strong support for
charter schools as an
alternative to the present public education system.
Families for Excellent
Schools, an education reform group that supporters charter schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public s
Schools, an education reform group that supporters
charter schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public s
schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the
alternative public
schoolsschools.
Charters are a great
alternative for parents to the failing
school system in NYC.
Capping
charters in a certain neighborhood, for instance, is a shot aimed directly at parents in Harlem — where a proliferation of
charters is starting to offer real
alternatives to failing district
schools.
And he remains bitterly hostile to the educational
alternative that is one of the city's great success stories —
charter schools — to the point of denying them space and working to thwart their growth.
The waiting lists to get into
charter schools are around the block in the districts of state Assembly members who haven't challenged attempts to limit the
alternative schools, according to data obtained by The Post.
That expansion would turn her network from a formidable sector within the Department of Education to a complete
alternative school system in New York City, comparable to the nation's largest
charter networks and a constant force for City Hall to reckon with.
In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first
charter school law, these publicly funded but privately operated
schools have become a highly sought - after
alternative to traditional public education, particularly for underserved students in urban areas.
Barrett would later slam Mayor de Blasio and the teachers» union for trying to choke off
charter schools as an
alternative for minority parents and kids.
The actions could be a lifesaver for the popular
alternatives to public
schools because Bloomberg's likely successor, Democrat Bill de Blasio, has vowed to impose a moratorium on co-locating
charter schools in city facilities.
Flanagan's «political» interest is in boosting educational choice in the form of
charters and other
alternative schools.
SUNY is now planning to create «an
alternative teacher certification pathway to
charter schools.»
He pledges to lower corporate taxes; support a fence on the U.S. southern border to improve security; repeal the health care bill; issue tax credits to students attending non-public and
charter schools; support domestic energy production, including oil drilling, coal mining and natural gas extraction; and invest in creating
alternative energy sources.
While
charter schools are popular
alternatives to low - performing public
schools in minority communities, Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, has long felt that they hurt those public
schools by taking money and space from them, the same argument teachers» unions have made.
Charter schools are privately run with taxpayer money and promoted as an
alternative to traditional public
schools.
Much of her service work revolves around working with troubled teens and
charter schools; teaching classes for creating
alternatives to drug and alcohol use.
We find at least one piece of evidence of competition awareness in all 12 cities, indicating that traditional public -
school leaders generally acknowledge students»
alternative schooling option of attending a
charter school.
Phoenix
Charter Academy started an
alternative high
school targeting Lawrence dropouts.
The six sites include a suburban public
school district and a small - town elementary
school, a private religious
school and a private secular
school, an
alternative public high
school and a
charter school.
Charter schools offer a tuition - free
alternative for lots of urban families that might have once considered parochial
schools.
But in states and
school districts with strong unions and
charter laws of similar strength, more families have sought out
alternatives for their children in
charter schools.
Whether this pattern is indicative of general receptiveness on the part of these districts toward
alternatives to public
schools or a long - standing dissatisfaction with traditional public
schools, it certainly suggests that private
schools do not serve as a hindrance to the start - up of public
charter schools.
In 2017, the New Mexico Public Education Department responded to a legislative proposal to implement a
charter school moratorium by noting, «The families of New Mexico continue to seek
alternative, quality choices for the education of their children.
The lottery process allowed the researchers to compare the performance of students who won the lottery with those who lost the lottery and either attended a neighborhood G&T program, a
charter school, or an
alternative magnet
school.
Thus, the NYC study can be thought of as proof that the best
charter schools, as judged by parents, can dramatically outperform the
alternative traditional
school.
The
alternative and, in my view, more plausible hypothesis is that the measures are misleading due to reference bias stemming from differences in
school climate between district and
charter schools.
Had the commission been able to develop as a real
alternative to local authorization, larger numbers of
charter schools could have been established, and that likely would have created a powerful political constituency in support of
charter schools, capable of resisting jealous attacks from the public education establishment.
Harris instead offers two potential
alternatives: 1) the improved public /
charter school performance in New Orleans made the performance of the private sector look relatively worse; and 2) the curriculum at most private
schools may not have been aligned to the state test, so the poor performance merely reflects that lack of alignment rather than poor performance.
Competition from
charters and other
schools of choice is one proven way to do that, so continuing to grow
alternatives to traditional public
schools should remain at the top of our priority list.
You don't have to worry about
charter schools refusing to participate in a heavily regulated program since they have no
alternatives.
One possible
alternative explanation for the improvements observed in traditional public
schools when a
charter school opened nearby is the migration of lower - performing students from the traditional public
school to the
charter school.