Sentences with phrase «city charter schools alone»

An investigation by the state teachers union has shown that New York City charter schools alone have at least $ 323 million in unrestricted net assets, most of it in cash.

Not exact matches

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

With Catholic schools closing across New York City and enrollment plummeting 35 percent over the last decade alone, Queen of Angels and five other Catholic schools in East Harlem and the South Bronx have banded into a «network» — another charter term — of six schools and 2,100 students to try to reverse course.

Some focus on the arts, others emphasize cultural heritage (there are multiple Hmong charter schools in the Twin Cities alone); some are vocational, others rigorously academic.

Though the majority of New Mexico charter schools are concentrated up north — Albuquerque alone has more than 50 — 11 charter schools are located in the southern half of the state, from Silver City to Deming to Carlsbad.

Research suggests that D.C. charter schools have made strides in student learning compared with the city's traditional public schools, and the city's overall test gains can not be explained by demographic changes alone.

There are 99 charter schools in the city, 23 in Harlem alone, most of them sharing buildings with zoned schools run by the Department of Education.

The legislature has willingly and knowingly severely underfunded urban school districts like Bridgeport for decades, but now wants to potentially point their finger at those very same cities and claim they are at fault for the performance of their public schools while allowing the proliferation of charter schools, which this year alone drained $ 5 million dollars from the BPS.

Today there are almost 4,000 names on charter school waitlists in Connecticut and more than 50,000 names on waitlist in New York City alone.