Sentences with phrase «city charter operator»

I think about the visits from the Policy Director of the New Teacher Project, and the former aide to New York City charter operator, Eva Moskowitz, who said she was moving to Portland and trying to set up a chapter of Democrats for Education Reform, the pro-charter, hedge - fund driven organization.

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Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The state education commissioner ruled that New York City could require the charter school operator to sign a prekindergarten contract it had refused to sign.

Under current law, the city Department of Education uniformly refuses to offer space to new and expanding charter schools and forces the operators to file a lengthy appeal.

James has also led the legal case against the city's largest charter school operator, Success Academy, over accusations that the network counsels out students with disabilities.

A diverse coalition of charter advocates rallied at City Hall on Friday to raise the cap, including several small independent charter operators who don't usually ally themselves with larger organizations, such as Families for Excellent Schools.

Success Academy, the largest charter operator in New York City, will graduate its first senior class this year.

Billionaire Dan Loeb is stepping down as chairman of Success Academy, the city's largest charter - school operator — and will be replaced by an equally monied but less controversial chief, The...

Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.

Charter operator Eva Moskowitz closed her schools on Tuesday and ordered students, parents and staff to attend a City Hall demonstration that UFT President Michael Mulgrew called «a thinly disguised campaign rally.»

But Liu's office told West Side Rag he would not back down on his refusal to authorize the $ 67.6 million contract with shelter operator Aguila, inc. «The Comptroller's office has every intention to continue to use its powers under the City Charter to safeguard taxpayer spending on outside contracts.»

Hizzoner has picked a fight with Eva Moskowitz, not only the operator of a network of tremendously successful charters but also one of the toughest pugilists in the city's notoriously combative political squared - circle.

As a result, whenever charter schools want to rezone a building for their use, they must go through a relatively arduous and uncertain city - level process, with costs that operators cited at upward of $ 65,000.

But I would've preferred the report to point out that school quality matters far more than school operator, and while the CSO - model is a promising approach to the district sector, it should be viewed in the context of a city's entire portfolio of schools — CSO, charter, and private.

features, Summer 2010) accurately captured Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's history with the city's unions and outlined the schism that arose when the mayor pushed for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to open 36 schools to operators including charters.

Anderson has pushed to consolidate and relocate schools in the city and to allow charter school operators to run some neighborhood schools.

James Merriman from the New York City Charter School Center recently pleaded with charter operators to acknowledge the unique agreement into which charters entered: «Charter schools are free from a lot of the bureaucracy that entangles district sCharter School Center recently pleaded with charter operators to acknowledge the unique agreement into which charters entered: «Charter schools are free from a lot of the bureaucracy that entangles district scharter operators to acknowledge the unique agreement into which charters entered: «Charter schools are free from a lot of the bureaucracy that entangles district sCharter schools are free from a lot of the bureaucracy that entangles district schools.

The message to prospective charter operators — as well as to the rest of the city — was that we meant business.

For lots of reasons; D.C. has great school operators that are expanding; the charter law is quite good; the city has valuable support organizations; and public support has helped insulate the sector from unfounded attacks.

And there are steps that charter operators, authorizers, and city - based organizations can take right now to make sure that charter schools have effective teachers in all classrooms to start the school year.

Nashville school officials have rejected a proposal to open a charter school in a middle - class part of the city, highlighting a broader national battle over efforts by operators of such publicly financed, privately run schools to expand into more affluent areas.

The charter operator will use the Super School funding to expand programs at Summit Shasta, in Daly City, officials said.

«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.»

Cities are often reluctant to approve expansion plans for charter schools, and city administrators in Phoenix and Gilbert have been accused of harassing charter operators, in one case even issuing press releases about nonexistent violations of the fire code.

What's more, officials needed adequate charter funding to woo high - quality operators to the Motor City.

«We have some of the best (charter school) operators in the country in New York City, and I know that operators are starting to look elsewhere,» he said.

At Union County Teams Charter School, one of the city's five charter operators, fifty percent of students attained proficiency on standardized language arts tests last Charter School, one of the city's five charter operators, fifty percent of students attained proficiency on standardized language arts tests last charter operators, fifty percent of students attained proficiency on standardized language arts tests last spring.

And in New Orleans, which was almost completely taken over by charter school operators, significant academic gains have been made by students — but it's a situation not easily replicated as the city had reached rock bottom status thanks to Hurricane Katrina.

Andy Smarick said that it can be harder for rural areas with fewer people, a smaller workforce, and less ability to attract charter school operators, to make the changes seen in large cities.

The city's charter movement has attracted innovative school operators such as KIPP, Achievement First, Uncommon Schools, Harlem Village Academies and others.

This, along with Jindal's plan to allow universities, nonprofits, and community groups to authorize charters, could also make charter school operators work more - closely with communities, an issue that Dropout Nation discussed last year during the fracas in New York City over expanding charter schools.

They called for better accountability standards for Detroit's charter operators and the patchwork of charter authorizers that have created a nightmarish education environment for the city.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operatiCity - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operaticity to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

The report calls on school operators, funders, policymakers and city - based organizations such as The Mind Trust to create conditions that promote innovative thinking and ideas that can keep charter schools on the cutting edge of public education and allow them to serve more kids.

The move by the Morris Jeff board to establish a contract with the union is the second action by a city charter school in the past month that indicates teachers — and school operators — may be willing to give unions a role in education.

The process of selecting charter operators became even more important this year when the RSD became the first all - charter - school district in the country, though traditional schools still operate in the city under the Orleans Parish School Board.

As part of the pruning that even charter supporters say is expected in a city full of dozens of charter schools, four schools in New Orleans recently have been closed or assigned to new operators.

Not only have more than half of the city's public schools been taken over by the state, but almost all of the schools — including those still under the jurisdiction of the locally elected Orleans Parish School Board — have been handed over to charter operators.

The list includes two charter school operators already in the city, but also some prominent ones from the outside, including the Mastery charter school network in Philadelphia, Uncommon Schools organization of Newark and New York City, and the SEEDS Schools from Washington, D.C., a residential school netwcity, but also some prominent ones from the outside, including the Mastery charter school network in Philadelphia, Uncommon Schools organization of Newark and New York City, and the SEEDS Schools from Washington, D.C., a residential school netwCity, and the SEEDS Schools from Washington, D.C., a residential school network.

Both are now run by ReNEW Schools, one of the most rapidly growing charter operators in the city.

The process of choosing a charter school operator for York City School District is taking place in analarmingly short timeframe and with inadequate public input.

Bobbi Macdonald serves as the Executive Director of City Neighbors Foundation, the operator of three diverse public charter schools in Baltimore K — 12 dedicated to making sure every student is Known, Loved, and Inspired.

Charter school operators» proposals were reviewed in August and the York City School Board hopes to make a decision by November.

Walter L. Cohen High School is slated to be gradually taken over by NOLA College Prep over the next two years, one of nine struggling Recovery School District campuses around the city to be placed under control of a new charter operator, officials said this week.

If, for example, charter operators did not have to abide by Baltimore City Public School System standards, that would strike a mighty blow against the effectiveness of the collective bargaining unit.

For efficiencies, charter operators tend to cluster a number of schools in one city or state, thus giving more students easy access.

The city plans soon to issue a «request for proposals» for an operator for what would be the county's first city - operated charter.

Green Dot is one of the largest charter operators in the city, whose founder is going to be running for Mayor next year.

But to read local media reports and talk to close observers in the state's largest city, there's really only one plan: a proposal that would wrest direct control of all 34 Kansas City Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofcity, there's really only one plan: a proposal that would wrest direct control of all 34 Kansas City Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofCity Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofits.

To stanch decades of enrollment loss and improve student outcomes, especially in the district's worst - performing schools, he has asked a select few of the city's charter school operators for help.