Sentences with phrase «charter high school started»

Boston's tiny Match Charter High School started the program for its own graduates — 93 percent of whom were black or Hispanic — who were running into some of the same obstacles that Fenton faced.

Not exact matches

«All of the kids on the team do well in school, and I think that it is important for us to keep our grades up to stay on the team,» said Brent Bell, a 17 - year - old from Lincoln who attended Lincoln High before starting his senior year being home - schooled through the Horizon Charter Sschool, and I think that it is important for us to keep our grades up to stay on the team,» said Brent Bell, a 17 - year - old from Lincoln who attended Lincoln High before starting his senior year being home - schooled through the Horizon Charter SchoolSchool.

Phoenix Charter Academy started an alternative high school targeting Lawrence dropouts.

Charter School for Science and Technology until Louisiana's high - pressure, high - stakes exams would start.

In Florida, among the study population of charter 8th graders, 57 percent of students attending a charter school in 9th grade went to either a two - or four - year college within five years of starting high school, whereas among students who started high school in a traditional public school the college attendance rate was only 40 percent.

In fact, some of the most successful diverse charter schools, such as the Denver School of Science and Technology and High Tech High, have decided to pass on federal start - up funds so they can use lotteries that achieve their integration goals.

Cocreated with a former colleague, the database allows administrators to capture data that is particularly relevant when serving challenged populations of students, many of whom enroll at BDEA after unsuccessful starts in traditional district high schools or local charter schools.

Kristin Kearns - Jordan: The Urban Assembly is a family of 21 district middle and high schools throughout New York City, plus one start - up charter school.

Besides Peiser, who started Boston Collegiate Charter School in 1998, just after earning his master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, there was Doug Lemov, a founder of Academy of the Pacific Rim (also in Boston) in 1997 and later a best - selling author (Teach Like a Champion); Evan Rudall and John King of Roxbury Prep in Boston (Rudall is now CEO of Zearn, a new educational technology nonprofit, and King is commissioner of education for New York State); and Paul Bambrick - Santoyo, then managing director of North Star's middle and high schools in Newark (and later author of Driven by Data and Leverage Leadership).

* Some state charter laws have provisions that make starting a rural charter impossible or close to it * Rural charters get substantially less funding than district - run schools and face high costs related to transportation and buildings

Because Denver's two largest and most successful charter networks, DSST and STRIVE Prep, started with high schools and middle schools, respectively, the city's charters are unusually concentrated at the secondary level.

The Urban Assembly is a family of 21 district middle and high schools throughout New York City, plus one start - up charter school.

I know because in 2006, the same year we published that study, we started a charter high school serving African American children on the south side of Chicago.

And Ryan Hill, the exceptional leader of KIPP's cluster of high - performing charter schools in Newark, is planning to start new schools in Camden.

PCSB has two application tracks: one for those starting a first school, and one for those who've previously run high - performing charters.

Media Technology Charter High School in Boston, for example, requires incoming freshmen to start with a five - week summer session at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Two years ago, Singer started the process all over again, raising money and interest in KIPP King Collegiate, the charter network's first West Coast high school.

«[I came here] to learn how to start and run a high - performing charter school from scratch,» James says, joking that «that means with no money.»

«We see more and more charter school authorizers in cities with large charter market shares (like Washington, DC, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New Orleans) are starting to encourage high performing charter school operators to take over and restart low performing charter campuses.»

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He will start as a ninth - grade English teacher at Excel Academy Charter High School when it opens in the fall.

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And charter school networks and school districts in major cities such as New York and Los Angeles have recently started implementing programs to integrate their low - and high - poverty schools.21

Gov. - elect Jay Inslee and other leaders should get started creating innovative, high - quality charter schools

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It's a question the students and faculty at Explorations Charter School, a public charter high school located in northwestern Connecticut, found themselves answering more than once as fall classes started earlier thisCharter School, a public charter high school located in northwestern Connecticut, found themselves answering more than once as fall classes started earlier this School, a public charter high school located in northwestern Connecticut, found themselves answering more than once as fall classes started earlier thischarter high school located in northwestern Connecticut, found themselves answering more than once as fall classes started earlier this school located in northwestern Connecticut, found themselves answering more than once as fall classes started earlier this month.

This is due in large part to Association programs such as the High Quality Charter (HQC) Grant Program, introduced in 2006, which has provided $ 8 million in planning and start - up grants to support the development of new charter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout CaliforHigh Quality Charter (HQC) Grant Program, introduced in 2006, which has provided $ 8 million in planning and start - up grants to support the development of new charter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout CaliCharter (HQC) Grant Program, introduced in 2006, which has provided $ 8 million in planning and start - up grants to support the development of new charter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout Calicharter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout Califorhigh - need urban school districts throughout California.

But in choosing a charter school, whether they fully recognized it or not, high accountability that's part of the framework that allowed The Project School to exist was folded into their choice from the school, whether they fully recognized it or not, high accountability that's part of the framework that allowed The Project School to exist was folded into their choice from the School to exist was folded into their choice from the start.

«The Arizona Charter Schools Association provides the highest quality, most affordable assistance for starting a new charter school in ACharter Schools Association provides the highest quality, most affordable assistance for starting a new charter school in Acharter school in Arizona.

The 2012/13 school year is off to a fantastic start at Cornerstone Charter Health High Sschool year is off to a fantastic start at Cornerstone Charter Health High SchoolSchool!

Starting as a teacher and chess coach at Vaux Middle School and through his years as principal at several traditional public and charter schools, Thomas - EL has transformed the attitudes and strategies of school staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universSchool and through his years as principal at several traditional public and charter schools, Thomas - EL has transformed the attitudes and strategies of school staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universschool staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universschool but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universities.

Hawaii's first start - up charter high school, and first start - up charter to officially open (August 14, 2000).

Starting with the 2016 - 2017 academic year, Excel Academy Charter High School will operate in a brand - new, 55,000 - square foot building on Bremen Street in East Boston, right up the road from our other two East Boston campuses and next to a new Boston Public Library.

Daniel started his career in public education at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, a network of high performing schools serving students from some of the most historically underserved areas of Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON — In middle school, Junior Alvarado often struggled with multiplication and earned poor grades in math, so when he started his freshman year at Washington Leadership Academy, a charter high school in the nation's capital, he fretted that he would lag behind.

Starting July 1, the measure also will let high school athletes have immediate eligibility when transferring schools, and it will subject charter schools to more accountability and a new formula for receiving capital dollars.

By age 23, Delhagen was part of a group of young teachers starting a high school in a chain of so - called «no excuses» charters, with a rigorous discipline code and high academic standards geared toward passing standardized tests.

When there are waiting lists at high performing schools that are bursting at the seams it does not make sense to use taxpayer's money to start a new charter school at LAUSD - owned sites, Schmerelson said.

In an effort to start a new school that provides the type of education being advocated by education reformers like Tony Wagner, Sir Ken Robinson, and Daniel Pink, I am preparing a charter application for Da Vinci High School which will provide an opportunity for students to discover their passions and pursueschool that provides the type of education being advocated by education reformers like Tony Wagner, Sir Ken Robinson, and Daniel Pink, I am preparing a charter application for Da Vinci High School which will provide an opportunity for students to discover their passions and pursueSchool which will provide an opportunity for students to discover their passions and pursue them.

He has been President (since its founding in 2004) of the Special Education Improvement Authority for Los Angeles, a Joint Power Authority that includes the leading conversion and start - up charter schools / organizations advocating higher quality special education options within the LAUSD and other state SELPAs.

I haven't had much experience with other charter schools in New Orleans, but since I've started attending Bard Early College, a half day program that allows high school juniors and seniors to take college - level courses, I have been around kids who come from different charter schools.

The NGLC grant will help fund the start - up of a new Da Vinci charter high school in 2013 with a «blended learning» instructional approach that combines online learning with hands - on, project - based learning in the classroom, resulting in more personalized, mastery - based learning.

Showing all the hubris of youth, [we] said, «You know, we could design a school that could do better than this,» and we did... This group of law students — we applied to the D.C. Charter School Board to start a charter high school, which is there to this day: Thurgood Marshall Academy... I served on the board of the school initiaschool that could do better than this,» and we did... This group of law students — we applied to the D.C. Charter School Board to start a charter high school, which is there to this day: Thurgood Marshall Academy... I served on the board of the school initiCharter School Board to start a charter high school, which is there to this day: Thurgood Marshall Academy... I served on the board of the school initiaSchool Board to start a charter high school, which is there to this day: Thurgood Marshall Academy... I served on the board of the school initicharter high school, which is there to this day: Thurgood Marshall Academy... I served on the board of the school initiaschool, which is there to this day: Thurgood Marshall Academy... I served on the board of the school initiaschool initially...

Lately, I've been working with my university's president to set up a dual - enrollment agreement so that students at charter high schools can take college - level courses, saving them money and giving them a head start on their post-secondary education.

If you're interested, start with Beth's interview with Bill Wilson, founder of Minneapolis» Higher Ground Academy charter school where almost all students, who excel academically, are Black and impoverished.

«It takes two years of planning to start a high quality charter, but schools don't get funding until students start class.

Funded by a grant partnership with the Walton Family Foundation, the High Quality Charter Grant Program provides start - up grants to help establish charter schools serving significant low - income student populCharter Grant Program provides start - up grants to help establish charter schools serving significant low - income student populcharter schools serving significant low - income student populations.

As CCSA's designated School Development and Support representative for the area, Jennifer Reiter - Cook understands the unique charter school landscape you face and can support you with the necessary skills and resources to start a high - quality charter sSchool Development and Support representative for the area, Jennifer Reiter - Cook understands the unique charter school landscape you face and can support you with the necessary skills and resources to start a high - quality charter sschool landscape you face and can support you with the necessary skills and resources to start a high - quality charter schoolschool.

A co-founder of Partnerships To Uplift Communities, a charter school management organization, he currently serves as president and CEO of Partners for Developing Futures, a social investment fund dedicated to investing in leaders of color to start and grow high performing charter schools.

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