Sentences with phrase «as charter students»

As charter students, they aren't treated equally.

They also counted as charter students all those who enrolled, including any who later left.

She discusses her journey as a charter student to now working at a charter, and says of charter criticism:

Not exact matches

As waiting lists for voucher lotteries and a 55 percent increase in charter - school students since 2004 attest, many parents, and disproportionately poor and minority parents, appear more than willing to shoulder this lamentable burden.

Even as the availability and popularity of charter schools, vouchers, and homeschooling increases, there are enormous pockets of students who, for a variety of reasons, have only one choice for schooling.

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During the period of participation at a school, the charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as required in paragraph (b).

Any public school or private school student who has been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to participate in such activities as a charter school student until the student has successfully completed one grading period in a charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

As a taxpayer I am sick of paying for the unchecked growth of charters.I even got a flyer today offering a $ 100 incentive for those referring students to enroll in a local charter school.The charter school industry seems well funded enough to pay for all these ads — how about donating the funds for these ads to reduce local taxes — listen to local taxpayers!.

In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy Charter School are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems as well.

As charter school proponents go to Albany this week to plead their case, let's examine the realities behind their claims of stretched resources, unique student demand and stellar academic results.

But New York's most controversial Charter School Executive Eva Moskowitz has reached a new low: tomorrow, she is planning to close all 22 of her schools and bus hundreds of students up to Albany to use as props.

After all, charters are public schools too — and their students have as strong a moral claim on the public fisc as conventional pupils.

As if anticipating that attack, Cuomo released a 250 - page book listing his positions on issues of the day, including a strong defense of charter schools and the use of student - performance data in assessing teachers.

Thousands of charter school students on 450 buses, along with their parents and teachers, came to the Capitol for a rally that was billed by organizers as a school field trip.

While he has protected and promoted the growth of charter schools, other aspects of his education policy have not gone as planned - these include the rollout of the common core learning standards and tougher teacher evaluations by tying them more closely to the results of student standardized test scores.

«There will be more student aid for charter schools and they will get facilities aid as well,» he said.

As with most charter schools, a lottery system was used to pick the students.

After a video of a charter school teacher angrily scolded a student was reported by The New York Times, Success Academy leader Eva Moskowitz blasted the paper and defended the incident as an «anomaly.»

«But the battle to prevent the privatization of schools continues, and we will fight to see that charter schools — as recipients of taxpayer funds — are compelled to admit and keep all students.»

She has referred to the battle over charter co-locations into district schools, which critics say siphon away needed resources from district students, as a «Middle East war.»

A new documentary called «The Lottery,» tracks students from the Bronx and Harlem as they compete for a seat at the very competitive Success Academy charter school in the Harlem (Success Academy will open two schools in the Bronx this fall).

Charter advocates have pointed out that the groups still won some battles without having to sacrifice anything legislatively, such as new quotas for how many special - needs students charters must enroll, or new oversight measures.

«Thanks to Mayor de Blasio and his friends at the UFT, there are now roughly an equal number of students in community schools as there are in public charter schools,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge.

That ad, which served as the basis for Wednesday's rally, accused de Blasio of blocking access to charter schools for minority students, and FES was left defending its merits after some critics — many aligned with local teachers» unions — accused it of «race - baiting.»

«But the results for kids couldn't be further apart — public charter students are twice as likely to read and do math on grade level.

Foley's education plan includes policies such as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Manhattan Institute senior fellow Stephen Eide in a new study finds that a flat rent of $ 2,400 per student, as recommended by the Independent Budget Office, would have resulted in 71 % of charters running deficits and potentially 577 teacher layoffs in 2011.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

City officials have argued the new requirements will require twice as many stops as before and likely prompt parents of students at charter schools and other private schools to clamor for equal treatment.

The UFT is calling on the state Legislature to enact legislation that will require taxpayer - funded charters and charter chains to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

Charter school teachers need a union for the same reason as other teachers — to have a voice, to be able to advocate for students without fear of losing their jobs, and to be treated like the professionals they are.

Organizers with the deep - pocketed charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools promise the same flashy production values as in previous pro-charter-school rallies, when performers such as the musician Questlove entertained thousands of students whose schools gave them the day off.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

Despite dramatic growth in enrollment in online charter schools in Ohio, students are not achieving the same academic success as those in brick - and - mortar charter and public schools, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and RAND Corporation.

Students from Riebli Elementary and Mark West Charter School in California examine whether Triops longicaudatus, or tadpole shrimp, could be grown in microgravity as a food source for long - term missions.

Students were from local public, private, charter and MESA program schools, and as described by CSNE Co-director of Education at SDSU, Sweta Sarkar, these students were motivated, sharp and eager tStudents were from local public, private, charter and MESA program schools, and as described by CSNE Co-director of Education at SDSU, Sweta Sarkar, these students were motivated, sharp and eager tstudents were motivated, sharp and eager to learn.

Some states already have been singled out as falling behind because they have laws that hinder data linking students and teachers, including California and New York, or don't have charter school legislation, such as Maine, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

In the seven years prior to when Catholic leaders decided to close and reopen their schools as charters, average enrollment dropped from 299 students to 153 students.

It grows in part because students enrolled in district elementary schools are considerably more likely to be classified as having an SLD than those enrolled in charter elementary schools.

In the case of charter schools, however, an estimate of their effect on students who enroll is exactly what we want, as the basic idea behind charter school reform is that only students who want to should attend them.

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadCharter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadcharter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

That difference was the result of some $ 5,500 per student in local tax dollars going to district schools that charters such as Omega did not receive — all this in addition to money for facilities and other outlays that were also denied to Ohio charters.

There were also many high - profile speakers, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; Harlem Children Zone CEO Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M» 75; and Harvard University President Drew Faust, as well as musical performances by Yo - Yo Ma, students from Conservatory Lab Charter School, and Familiarevolution featuring Janelle Bechdol, Ed.M» 14.

District and charter schools may differ in their readiness to classify a student as having a disability.

Instead, the special education gap begins in kindergarten, when students classified at a young age as having a speech or language disorder are less likely than other students to apply to charter schools.

In both cities (especially in Denver), the special education gap grows as students proceed from kindergarten through the 5th grade, and charters classify fewer students as SLD than do district schools.