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At the public charter school where she used to teach, she said, «I had a lot of students comment, «I can't really feel bad for this rich kid with a weekend free in New York City.»»

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.

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The city would be required to first look for space in regular public schools where new charters — or those wishing to expand — could be co-located.

The city's board of ethics accused Mayor Richard Thomas of getting $ 100,000 from a charter school where he was a trustee based on a disclosure form.

«There's no denying that charter schools have become a fundamental part of the overall success of New York City public schools, especially in those areas where moms and dads are looking to get their kids out of a failing school so they can have a fresh start on the future of their dreams,» Flanagan said in the statement.

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

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.

But today, charter schools enroll about 30 percent of Newark's students citywide, making Newark one of the nation's several «high - choice» cities: places where charter schools are in the mainstream, not on the margin.

The Los Angeles - based Green Dot Public Schools and the United Federation of Teachers have selected a site in the South Bronx where they will open a new charter high school in New York City next fall.

Average per - pupil public revenues (from all sources, including federal Charter School Program start - up grants) across the NewSchools portfolio were more than $ 11,500 in 2010, ranging from about $ 9,000 to $ 16,000, depending on the states and cities where schools are located.

Cleveland was also a «high - choice» city, where families could choose from a wide mix of district schools and charter schools.

Cities where chartering has scaled must invent interconnected processes for determining who can run schools, how kids enroll in schools, how new schools are opened, how failing schools are shuttered, and so on.

Cordes analyzed 14 years of student achievement data for 876,731 3rd — through 5th - graders attending 584 district elementary schools located in the same community school district within New York City where at least one charter school served students in the same grades.

Asked about the difference between urban and suburban charter parents, Patterson replied, «In the inner city, parents first want a school that's safe, where their children won't get hurt or shot and hopefully will be around adults who care about them.

The two BASIS charter schools in San Antonio, along with a Great Hearts Academies charter, are part of an effort to lure top charter schools into the city, and not just into the low - income neighborhoods where charters are traditionally found.

This is especially important in cities where both charter and district schools face similar pipeline challenges.

Most didn't have reliable data on vacancies beyond individual schools or networks, and even in cities where charter schools accounted for half of student enrollment or more, nobody was able to provide a sector - wide view of teacher or leadership needs.

However, in combination the various chapters confirm what most observers of charter schools already know: that charter schools serve different demographic groups depending on where they are located, are disproportionately located in low - income and minority areas in big cities and in those places serve mostly low - income and African American families — but, in some states, also exist in suburban areas where they serve predominantly white populations.

This is the case in Boston, where researchers» careful tracking of six charter high schools over the last decade has shown that those charters have a large and positive impacts on MCAS scores as compared to the city's conventional public high schools.

In cities where traditional school boundaries are fluid and more options, such as charters, have entered the mix of K - 12, selecting a school is an increasingly complex endeavor for parents.

Ironically, the primary effect of the city's revenue loss from rising charter payments may have been to slow the growth in expenditures in public safety and other city departments, where expenditures rose more slowly than the school budget.

Even in a place like New York City, where charter schools have proven to be popular and successful, they enroll less than 5 percent of the city's 1 million studeCity, where charter schools have proven to be popular and successful, they enroll less than 5 percent of the city's 1 million studecity's 1 million students.

Francisco is a first - grade student in the Bronx whose mother (a social worker with a graduate degree) is desperate to get him out of the New York City public schools and into a charter school; she applies to Harlem Success Academy where he is one of 792 applicants for forty places.

He went on to serve in the New York City Department of Education, where he helped open new, high - quality district and charter schools, support the turnaround of struggling schools, and advocate for admission and enrollment changes that led to thousands more New York City students being better prepared for college and careers.

Locating new schools is just one of many issues facing charters in the District, as well as in cities across the country where charters are growing, including Kansas City and Cleveland.

It gathered most of the Relay students working in New York City schools (mostly in charters, but a few in district schools where Teach For America has assigned them), divided them into subject specialties, and then again by elementary - and middle - school levels.

In «Many Options in New Orleans Choice System,» ERA - New Orleans researchers consider to what degree the city's system of school choice, where 93 percent of public school students attend charter schools, provides a variety of distinct options for families.

In fact, my CRPE colleagues and I spend a lot of time studying and talking about what it takes to design and implement policies like these, especially in cities where the schools are made up of a mix of district and charter schools and multiple oversight agencies existing side by side.

I look at New York City, the nation's largest school district, where both charter and co-located schools have increased over the past decade.

For example, in the case of Washington D.C., if the entire CBSA were an appropriate point of comparison, charter students would be crossing state lines (since the Washington D.C. CBSA also includes Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia) and city boundaries in the 5,000 square mile region in an effort to travel to charter schools in the heart of inner city D.C. Of course, it doesn't make sense to compare, for instance, the charter schools in Washington D.C. (where 93 % of the charter schools in the metro region are located) to the traditional public schools in Front Royal, VA, which is 63 miles away!

In New Orleans, where essentially all schools are charters, the comparison schools have to come either from a handful of district schools (which aren't really traditional public schools) or from the suburbs — whereas, in Detroit, the comparison schools are apparently within the city.

Where is NYC's public advocate, Letitia James, who sued the city over school buses that had no air conditioning and went after the Success Academy Charter School network for alleged bias against students with disabilschool buses that had no air conditioning and went after the Success Academy Charter School network for alleged bias against students with disabilSchool network for alleged bias against students with disabilities?

Consider that in the nation's largest cities, where well over 80 percent of charter - school students are black or Latino, fewer than 33 percent of teachers are black or Latino, and fewer than 10 percent of charter schools are founded and led by blacks or Latinos.

Steve has founded two charter schools in Queens — Our World Neighborhood Charter School, where he served as board chairman for five years and, most recently, Academy of the City Charter charter schools in Queens — Our World Neighborhood Charter School, where he served as board chairman for five years and, most recently, Academy of the City Charter Charter School, where he served as board chairman for five years and, most recently, Academy of the City Charter Charter School.

Henig says as far as he knows, Indianapolis is the only city in the country where the mayor can authorize charter schools.

«My foray into the charter school world in 2002, after 34 years as an educator, gave me an opportunity to provide a quality education for far more students than ever before,» said Bruce Ravage, who led Norwalk's Side by Side Charter School from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive dicharter school world in 2002, after 34 years as an educator, gave me an opportunity to provide a quality education for far more students than ever before,» said Bruce Ravage, who led Norwalk's Side by Side Charter School from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive dirschool world in 2002, after 34 years as an educator, gave me an opportunity to provide a quality education for far more students than ever before,» said Bruce Ravage, who led Norwalk's Side by Side Charter School from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive diCharter School from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive dirSchool from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive diCharter School in 2006, where he is currently executive dirSchool in 2006, where he is currently executive director.

This is a notion markedly absent in the boot - camp model of so many of the city's charter schools, where learning can too easily be divorced from pleasure, and fear rather than joy is the operative motivator.

At the center of those efforts is Richard Buery, de Blasio's deputy mayor for special projects.Buery, considered by City Hall officials to be a much - needed bridge to the charter world, has real charter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he gcharter world, has real charter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he gcharter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he gCharter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he grew up.

Ms. Ravitch devotes a devastating chapter to New York City, where the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has made claims, soberly dismantled in Ms. Ravitch's book, that under his care public administration has continued to make steady improvement, largely through the creation of charter schools that give parents and students ever more choice.

For KIPP — and Democracy Prep — the takeover offered a rare opportunity to walk into a ready - made school, complete with students and a fully furnished, light - filled building in a city where schools compete for students and high - quality facilities for charter schools are scarce.

As a model for the Memphis efforts, district, charter, and state leaders are looking down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, where the state - run Recovery School District has converted most of the public schools in the city to charter status.

He currently serves on the board of trustees for the New York City Charter School of the Arts, and teaches at Columbia University's Teachers College, where he is an Arthur Zankel Fellow and PhD candidate in the English and Education Program.

Stephanie Mendez currently serves as the director of charter authorizing for the New York City Department of Education, where she is focused on the implementation of initiatives centered around the accountability, oversight, and renewal of Chancellor - authorized charter schools.

As budget season hits its stride, and the political war between charter and regular public schools is at high pitch, it is refreshing to find there are instances where the two sides get together for the betterment of the city's students.

Mitchell will return to New York City, where he will found and lead a rigorous charter school to inspire and educate the next generation of innovators.

In D.C., for example, where 43 percent of public school students attend charter schools, admission is open to students from across the city.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

«We need to be honest, this is super new,» Mote told a packed audience during a session at the New Schools Venture Fund Summit on Wednesday, where she described how letting students learn at their own pace is transforming Brooklyn Lab School, a New York City charter school she co-founded in 2014, which has a waiting list of School, a New York City charter school she co-founded in 2014, which has a waiting list of school she co-founded in 2014, which has a waiting list of 1,600.