Sentences with phrase «charter board partners»

She serves on the board of Charter Board Partners, a national nonprofit that designs and drives high - quality governance for charter school operators around the country.

Tom serves as a director of iNACOL, Charter Board Partners and several others.

Sarah Brody serves as NCTQ's Vice President of External Affairs after having worked at Charter Board Partners as the nonprofit's Director of Development and External Affairs.

After a career in education policy and public education reform, she accidentally became an education entrepreneur when she and a colleague founded Charter Board Partners.

Throughout 2017, new PIE Network member PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) has partnered with Charter Board Partners to host a series of trainings called Building Strong Boards: Elevating Parent Voices.

On November 3rd, FOCUS, CityBridge Education, Charter Board Partners, and Education Forward hosted a terrific First Fridays tour at our Congress Heights Campus.

In partnership with Charter Board Partners, FOCUS, and NewSchools Venture Fund, CityBridge Education offers the First Fridays school tours to teach members of the D.C. community about the city's charter schools.

He is co-founder of Getting Smart and Learn Capital and serves on the boards of 4.0 Schools, eduInnovation, Digital Learning Institute, Imagination Foundation and Charter Board Partners.

Which is why, on a warm fall day, an organization called Charter Board Partners (CBP) gathered a World Bank strategist, a couple of advertising executives, a behavioral psychologist, a retired English teacher, a former Exxon executive, and perhaps two dozen other professionals for what it called a governance boot camp.

To name just a few familiar examples: New Schools for New Orleans, Building Hope, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools, Charter Board Partners, The Mind Trust, Families Empowered, Civic Builders, Building Excellent Schools, A + Denver, Educate78, and Choose to Succeed.

Not exact matches

The process has become a major issue in Community Board 10, where the city has partnered with NYCHA and the Harlem Children's zone to build a $ 100 million charter school on 93,000 square feet of open space at the St. Nicholas Houses.

Sara Mead, a member of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board and a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, adds that charters find it easier to fend off critics by operating in the inner cities rather than in the suburbs.

A district leader said they need their charter partners to better understand the political reality of co-locations, turnarounds, and closures, and to find ways to help take some of the political heat or provide cover for those kinds of decisions — which are extremely unpopular with community leaders and board members.

Blackstone Valley Prep, Valor Collegiate, and the International School of Louisiana Receive the Coalition's Inaugural Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Board, members, staff, and partners honored Blackstone Valley Prep as School of the Year for best exemplifying the Coalition's values.

Several board members expressed skepticism about the organization's ability to turn around schools or voiced opposition to partnering with a charter group.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Board, members, staff, and partners honored Blackstone Valley Prep as School of the Year for best exemplifying the Coalition's values.

In their interview with the Charter School Advisory Board, the nonprofit board that would run Pine Springs Prep and contract with Newpoint Education Partners persisted in their confidence in the EMO, despite its poor track reBoard, the nonprofit board that would run Pine Springs Prep and contract with Newpoint Education Partners persisted in their confidence in the EMO, despite its poor track reboard that would run Pine Springs Prep and contract with Newpoint Education Partners persisted in their confidence in the EMO, despite its poor track record.

The organization's president Joseph Bruno sits on the boards of both the Idaho Charter School Network and Bluum and has been an important partner in the efforts underway in Idaho to grow quality charter sCharter School Network and Bluum and has been an important partner in the efforts underway in Idaho to grow quality charter scharter schools.

with the Charter School Advisory Board, the nonprofit board that would run Pine Springs Prep and contract with Newpoint Education Partners persisted in their confidence in the EMO, despite its poor track reBoard, the nonprofit board that would run Pine Springs Prep and contract with Newpoint Education Partners persisted in their confidence in the EMO, despite its poor track reboard that would run Pine Springs Prep and contract with Newpoint Education Partners persisted in their confidence in the EMO, despite its poor track record.

... The way I see the investment from [Eli] Broad and other philanthropists is there are people who very unselfishly want to give a lot of money to improve schools in LA, and it would be my job as a board member to get them to give money to the district and ensure that we are going to use it, or use it with partnerships to create high - performing schools, and if I am a board member and they just want to give it to charter schools because the district has just become so intractable to outside investors and partners, then that is on me and that is on us.

But upon learning of allegations and charges of academic fraud and other abuses at charter schools in Florida that are managed by Newpoint Education Partners — a company that hopes to open two charter schools in Wake and New Hanover counties — the Board indicated Wednesday that they are likely to temporarily put the brakes on allowing that charter management company to do business in North Carolina, a decision that will be determined in a final vote Thursday.

Cole - Gutiérrez joins on the NACSA Board Chair James Peyser, partner at NewSchools Venture Fund; Vice Chair Lisa Graham Keegan, founder and president of the Education Breakthrough Network; Treasurer Josephine Baker, past executive director of the D.C. Public Charter School Board; Secretary Alan Coverstone, executive director of Metro Nashville Public Schools; Steve Canavero, Ph.D., director of the Public Charter School Authority of Nevada; Frederick Hess, resident scholar and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute; Karega Rausch, Equity Project coordinator at Indiana University; and Hanna Skandera, Secretary - Designate, New Mexico Secretary of Education.

Again, I am honored to serve as the new TCSA Board Chair and have the opportunity to work with you, our partners, and the TCSA staff in providing Texas families an option within public education through public charter schools.

Over the course of a decade, multiple superintendents and board members have enjoyed strong backing to give parents freedom to choose outside their neighborhood schools, to partner with charter schools, and to increase autonomy for district - run schools.

Partnering with third parties to run your schools via the charter expansions in SB1882 and doing so under the school board death threat in HB1842 is a clear.

At the request of the DC Public Charter School Board and with support from NewSchools Venture Fund, AppleTree creates its AppleTree @ model, where AppleTree collaborates with with a turnaround or high - performing new partner, to operate AppleTree preschool allowing the host school to focus on kindergarten and above, while AppleTree provides a high quality preschool education.

The College Board selected Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School as a partner who is committed to college readiness for all students.

He is also a founding member of ConnCAN's Board of Directors and Chairman and Founder of the Charter Oak Challenge Foundation which partnered with Achievement First to create the Achievement First Bridgeport Academy.

Perhaps if SFC replaced their Board Chair, Julie Mikuta, who is also partner at New Schools Venture Fund, which finances charter schools, with someone who has actually made meaningful improvements in public education, they could inch their way back to this work.

Charter schools are proud to be partners with LAUSD in working towards our common goal of ensuring that all students in Los Angeles have access to a high - quality education and we look forward to working with Boardmembers Garcia and Galatzan in their leadership roles, as well as Superintendent John Deasy and the rest of the LAUSD board members.»

Babak Mostaghimi, primary advisor to the board of trustees for Midtown Partners Inc., which is starting one of Mississippi's two charter schools

The Hechinger Report spoke with Babak Mostaghimi, primary advisor to the Midtown Public Charter School board of trustees within Midtown Partners, Inc., the non-profit group who filed the school's charter appliCharter School board of trustees within Midtown Partners, Inc., the non-profit group who filed the school's charter applicharter application.

Senior Advisor, Policy 916-250-1663 [email protected] Colin works to ensure charter schools have a favorable legislative, budget and regulatory environment at the state level through liaison with state agencies, boards and commissions and as a partner with our legislative advocates.

He was invited to join the charter board for the Texas Partners of Out - of - School - Time and led its communication committee.

Receiving $ 10 million from Larry Robbins, founder of the hedge fund Glenview Capital Management and current board member of Relay, and $ 20 million from the non-profit The Robin Hood Foundation, the three charter school leaders partnered with Hunter College in New York to implement their program....

EL partners with districts and charter boards to open new college - preparatory high schools in low - income communities, using start - up professional development funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

National Heritage Academies spokeswoman Jennifer Hoff said in an emailed statement, «Our approach relieves our partner boards of all financial, operational, and academic risks — a significant burden that ultimately defeats many charter schools.

A fellow member of her family, Allison Johnson, serves on the Steppingstone board, while Joanna Jacobson, the managing partner of Strategic Grant Partners serves on the charter school's advisory board.

«In North Carolina, we continue to support our independent not - for - profit partner, the NC Learns Board, as they were the policymakers in the State Board of Education on their application to open a statewide online public charter school for the upcoming year,» K12, Inc..

Our Board has only two choices — let the Commissioner decide what happens to Steward — either campus closure or Board replacement — or partner with a charter or other institutions like Democracy Prep.

Rotherman sits on the Broad Prize Review Board, while DFER board member Sara Mead is a senior associate partner at his Bellwether Education and sits on the Washington, D.C., Public Charter School BBoard, while DFER board member Sara Mead is a senior associate partner at his Bellwether Education and sits on the Washington, D.C., Public Charter School Bboard member Sara Mead is a senior associate partner at his Bellwether Education and sits on the Washington, D.C., Public Charter School BoardBoard.

Whitney Tilson, Managing Partner of T2 Partners LLC and Tilson Mutual Funds and a Board member of KIPP - NYC and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Other co-founders include investment manager R. Boykin Curry, who is a founding board member of New York's Girls Prep and a member of the board of the Alliance for School Choice; and John Petry, a partner at Gotham Capital and co-founder of the Harlem Success Charter School.

The board also includes Tony Davis of Anchorage Capital, the board chair of Brooklyn's Achievement First East New York school; Charles Ledley of Highfields Capital Management; and Whitney Tilson, chief of T2 Partners and Tilson Funds and vice chairman of New York's KIPP Academy Charter Schools.

Receiving $ 10 million from Larry Robbins, founder of the hedge fund Glenview Capital Management and current board member of Relay, and $ 20 million from the non-profit The Robin Hood Foundation, the three charter school leaders partnered with Hunter College in New York to implement their program (Relay Graduate School of Education, 2015h; Barbic, 2013).

National Heritage Academies: «National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with local school boards to build and manage no - cost public charter schools.

MA Secretary of Education James Peyser was on the board of FES as well as a «managing partner of New School Venture Fund,» which is «among the first and largest investors in charter schools and the first to support multi-site» CMOs.

EL partners with schools, district, and charter boards to open new schools and support the transformation of existing ones.

Sample Seven Itinerary (22 Dives) • Day 1: On the charter start date, guests will be picked up at the Tarakan International Airport and transfered to the Raja Ampat Aggressor or their local partner lounge until boarding.