Sentences with phrase «charter school discussion»
«We just need to have quality at absolutely the forefront at every step in the process,» Ryan said after the charter schools discussion.
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While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.
Editor Chip Romer will report FROM THE FIELD on a roundtable discussion with five school leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in Sonomschool leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in SonomSchool in Sonoma, CA.
The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.
Opportunities to open new charter schools will be part of the discussions on extending mayoral control,» the Flanagan insider said.
«Charter - school expansion has to be part of the discussion.
Assembly Democrats conferenced the proposed changes this afternoon, which include taking charter schools out of the discussion.
«As I said before I'm not having a discussion on charter schools,» Heastie said after the meeting.
«As I said before, I'm not having a discussion on charter schools,» Heastie, a Democrat from the Bronx, said.
«I think I've made it pretty clear that charter schools should be an integral part of any discussion on mayoral control.
City Hall would agree to make it easier for charters to get public - school space or obtain funding to lease private space, said an education official familiar with the discussions.
Flanagan said he expects charter school advocates to push for legislation that would benefit the sector, but the cap would be a «subtext» to those discussions.
«Do I think there will be discussions about charter schools and a robust debate?
What could have been a rather drab 8 am breakfast quickly turned into a lively panel discussion when the guest, Success Academy founder and charter school activist Eva Moskowitz, took the stage.
«I think I've made it pretty clear that we think charter schools should be an integral part of any discussion on mayoral control,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) said after meeting with Cuomo and other legislative leaders.
As a result of discussions and an agreement among the parties, the UFT has been assured that Klinsky and Victory is supportive of the rights of teachers to organize into a union and to bargain collectively in charter schools where Victory provides management and support services.
Summit Preparatory Charter High School in Redwood City, California, uses different seating configurations for independent work, collaborative work, mini lessons, and large - group discussions.
During the hour - long discussion, which covered topics including achievement gap, teacher compensation, charter schools, certifications, and standards, Bersin stressed the importance of good teaching and optimism for education's future.
After much discussion, all the parties agreed that Education Reform Now (ERN) would be that lead organization, working with the New York Charter School Association, the New York City Charter School Center, and several charter management organizCharter School Association, the New York City Charter School Center, and several charter management organizCharter School Center, and several charter management organizcharter management organizations.
Can't be at Wednesday's panel discussion looking at Boston's charter, pilot, and traditional public schools, but don't want to wait for a news story the next day?
Former US Secretary of Education John King, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Senior Policy Adviser Christy Wolfe, Chris Barbic of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and DC Public Charter School Board Executive Director Scott Pearson will participate in the discussion and AEI's Nat Malkus will moderate.
Notably, discussions held under the auspices of the compact led Boston Public Schools to lease three empty school buildings to charter school tenants, and the district is planning to lease one more before the end of 2013.
On Wednesday, October 12, Fordham hosted a discussion on the state of charter schooling.
A friend in California, also at a charter school, describes a similar process of observation, evaluation, and discussion.
Earlier this month, Mike Petrilli moderated a Fordham Institute discussion about whether charter schools had eclipsed private school vouchers as the most promising education reform.
While the gathering included sessions on topics as diverse as charter schools and school safety, the discussions on affirmative action and minority recruitment were the most energetic.
After NACA started showing initial results with students and our community partners, the discussion over how to expand the reach of our best practices began,» Bobroff says of the tuition - free public charter school that uniquely blends Native American traditions with college preparatory education.
The discussion highlights the incomplete picture educators and researchers there and nationwide have of how charter schools, compared with regular public schools, are serving ELLs.
Finally, in an extremely muddled discussion, the AFT reports that charter school student - to - teacher ratios «generally match or exceed» those of their host districts.
A similar lack of context plagues the AFT's discussion of the makeup of student bodies in charter schools.
The report ignores the judgments of parents and students, uses bizarre definitions of such terms as innovation and accountability, compares charter schools with the ideal school rather than with traditional district schools, and presents confusing and out - of - context discussions of such admittedly complex matters as school finance and student achievement.
The Askwith Forum on November 20 featured a discussion on successful education leadership with former leaders from school districts and charter management organizations.
One major lesson can be drawn from this discussion: No matter how hard some search for a single «founding myth» for charter schooling, there was never a unique story line.
As I see it, discussion of Success should revolve around one big question: Why do Success's academic results seem so outsized, even compared to some of the nation's other, most - accomplished charter schools?
A faith - based or church - sponsored charter school had been the subject of some discussion among Catholics in Chicago almost from the moment that Illinois passed a charter school law in 1996.
At CBP's «governance boot camp,» the discussion quickly moves to governance nuts and bolts: committee organization, budget oversight, school - leader evaluations, and a mock charter - school board meeting.
More controversial in state and national policy discussions have been proposals to enable parents, especially low - income parents, to exercise greater choice over their children's education through school vouchers, tax credits, charter schools, or home schooling.
In exchange, she sought money for the public system, limitation of vouchers» use to private schools in the city, and discussion of a «Marshall Plan» for public schools, charter schools, and other nonprofit education facilities in the city.
Public discussion of charter schools recently escalated with the election of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to limit charter school access to school - district facilities in New York City.
The Teacher Incentive Fund and grants to expand and replicate high - quality charter schools have been included in both the House committee's bill and in Senator Alexander's initial discussion draft.
School unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuSchool unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuschool districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American students.
We've shifted the paradigm to pull away from a discussion of Commonwealth charter schools exclusively.»
Instead, this is a discussion held by a group of 9 - year - olds attending a Success Academy Charter School.
There's an ongoing discussion about how to best monitor the quality of pre-k programs, particularly those operated by charter schools, which I'll get into in a later post.
When Jeb Bush, and other members of the ultra-wealthy, isolated Ruling Elite, start sending THEIR children to «digital charter schools», then I'll take this discussion more seriously.
The Fordham Institute and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) hosted a discussion on the health of the charter school moCharter Schools (NAPCS) hosted a discussion on the health of the charter school mocharter school movement.
We never had discussions with SED about charter schools; it was strictly with the legislature.
For instance, a long discussion of charter - school results cites two of the important CREDO research reports but omits a crucial third one that shows hugely disparate impacts of different types of charter schools (with those operated by nonprofit charter management organizations vastly outperforming «mom - and - pop» and other charter sectors such as for - profit and online charter schools).
On page 87 of Mission Possible, the account by Eva Moskowitz and Arin Lavinia of the work of their charter schools, the reader is invited to watch a video of a book discussion in 1st grade.
(Also available: Peterson and Finn's previous discussion of Charter Schools, Unions, and Linking Teachers with Student Achievement Data.)