Sentences with phrase «great public schools now»

In her comments to LA School Report, Inouye referenced a larger battle her union is waging with the charter school movement as a nonprofit organization, Great Public Schools Now, finalizes plans to expand charter school access within the district.

But a shift in mission from the group — Great Public Schools Now, supported by the Broad Foundation and...

Education has been at the center of political debate for Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Times obtained a confidential draft of the Great Public Schools Now Initiative.

Last September's sensational leak of the Great Public Schools Now Initiative, a half - billion - dollar plan to double the number of charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), sparked a firestorm of controversy.

When the Great Public Schools Now Initiative, the $ 490 million blueprint to turn half of Los Angeles» public school system into charter schools, was first leaked to Los Angeles Times reporter Howard Blume, it triggered an uproar among the city's education community.

The Great Public Schools Now draft set aside $ 43.1 million for a «teacher pipeline» and supported allocating more philanthropic funds to Teach for America - Los Angeles.

Great Public Schools Now, which receives funding from philanthropic groups Rodriguez cited, issued a statement about the passing of the resolution and said, «We are encouraged by the LAUSD resolution seeking to replicate high - performing district schools.

The «Great Public Schools Now Initiative» says the expansion would cost nearly half a billion dollars by 2023, through 260 new charter schools to serve an additional 130,000 students «most in need — low - income students of color.»

Great Public Schools Now Executive Director Myrna Castrejón Statement on Appointment of Austin Beutner as next L.A. Unified Superintendent

Unions picketed the opening of the Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles in 2015 and later planned protests citywide against the «Great Public Schools Now Initiative,» which sought to raise philanthropic dollars to add 260 charter schools in Los Angeles that would enroll half of the city's students.

Sept. 5, 2017 (LOS ANGELES, CA)- Great Public Schools Now is appalled by the plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Supt. King has been a champion for children for her entire career, and Great Public Schools Now was proud to partner with her to replicate two of South Los Angeles» highest performing schools so that even more students will have a chance attend a high - performing school.

In June Great Public Schools Now revealed its long - awaited plan to increase access to high - quality education for tens of thousands of low - income students in Los Angeles and announced its first three grants, though none directly went to district schools.

Great Public Schools Now's mission is deeply rooted in our belief in educational equity and that every child in our city — irrespective of the zip code they live in — deserves a high - quality education that prepares him / her for college, career, and life.

Great Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public options.

Myrna Castrejon, who was named executive director of Great Public Schools Now in January, was thrust into the spotlight this week with the release of the organization's plan to increase access to high - performing schools for 160,000 students it identified as attending failing schools in poor areas.

The charter expansion plan, known as the Great Public Schools Now Initiative, seeks to raise nearly a half billion dollars by tapping wealthy charter school supporters like the Walton Family Foundation, which has led UTLA to dub it the «Broad - Walmart plan.»

Great Public Schools Now is a California not - for - profit organization dedicated to ensuring all Los Angeles students receive a high - quality education by accelerating the growth of high - quality public schools.

At Great Public Schools Now, our mission to to give all children access to a high - quality education.

«These schools deliver the kind of high - quality education that Great Public Schools Now will seek to help replicate,» said Bill Siart, Great Public Schools Now Chairman.

Because of this record, Great Public Schools Now will unequivocally support the replication of successful charters as a major component of their efforts.»

May 2nd, 2017 (LOS ANGELES, CA)-- Great Public Schools Now (GPSN) announced today that it will award up to $ 250,000 in grants to help educational organizations recruit teachers for hard - to - staff positions.

Myrna Castrejón, Great Public Schools Now's Executive Director, worked at the California Charter Schools Association in various key leadership roles since 2003, including as the Acting Chief Executive Officer.

Great Public Schools Now is seeking a dynamic and results - oriented professional to serve as its first Director of Finance (DOF).

Over the past several months, Great Public Schools Now has met with over 50 community organizations and leaders to discuss the effort — and these conversations are far from over.

May 1, 2018 (Los Angeles, CA)- On behalf of Great Public Schools Now, I congratulate Austin Beutner on his appointment as the next superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

January 5, 2018 (Los Angeles, CA)- On behalf of Great Public Schools Now, I thank Michelle King for her dedication to improving education for all students in Los Angeles.

To qualify for a grant from Great Public Schools Now, a charter operator had to meet certain academic performance parameters.

Great Public Schools Now to fund expansion of up to five high - performing Los Angeles Unified School District campuses

Great Public Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighborhoods.

And it raises an interesting question for the Great Public Schools Now vision of expanded charter and magnet schools, and the LAUSD attempt to expand magnets.

«Myrna brings decades of experience in education to Great Public Schools Now, especially the ways that charter schools have helped to improve educational outcomes for students in need,» said Bill Siart, Chairman of Great Public Schools Now.

Schmerelson also criticized the district for ignoring the issues posed by the Great Public Schools Now initiative.

Great Public Schools Now Announces Formation, Leadership and Guiding Principles to Ensure Every L.A. Student Has Access to a High - Quality Public School

Great Public Schools Now announces planning grants of $ 20,000 each to two L.A. Unified - governed projects

November 4, 2016 (LOS ANGELES, CA)-- Great Public Schools Now (GPSN), a non-profit organization committed to replicating successful schools in communities in need, released the following statement in response to a press release from United Teachers Los Angeles opposing GPSN's work with the Los Angeles Unified School District.

I envision them continuing along a collaborative path with partners like LAUSD, Educators 4 Excellence, Families in Schools and Great Public Schools Now to move educational equity to the next level at district and charter schools alike.

The organization plans to continue these conversations with a broad cross-section of parents, educators, governmental leaders and community members before finalizing the Great Public Schools Now plan in 2016.

Great Public Schools Now Releases Benchmark Data Aimed at Guiding Decisions of Where to Allocate Philanthropic Resources

November 21, 2016 (LOS ANGELES, CA)-- Great Public Schools Now (GPSN) announced today that L.A. Unified Local District South will receive grants to plan replication of successful educational practices at Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service and King - Drew Senior High Medicine & Science Magnet as part of GPSN's plan to spend up to $ 3.75 million to replicate high - quality L.A. Unified schools.

Great Public Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in schools.

Longtime Los Angeles education leaders William E.B. Siart and Anita Landecker of ExED will serve as the chairman and interim executive director of Great Public Schools Now.

LOS ANGELES — Great Public Schools Now, a new non-profit organization created to give every student in Los Angeles a great education by accelerating the growth of high - quality public schools and significantly reducing the number of students attending chronically under - performing schools, today announced its formation and executive leadership team and unveiled a list of guiding principles.

«The idea behind Great Public Schools Now is to do something that hasn't been done before - to focus on bringing the best education possible to students in communities in need, and not get bogged down in the politics.

Anita Landecker, interim executive director of Great Public Schools Now, said the resolution won't impact the organization's plan to press ahead.

Ongoing community engagement efforts to continue ahead of release of Great Public Schools Now Plan in 2016.

To date, Great Public Schools Now has met with more than 60 education and community organizations to solicit input on how best to serve under - resourced neighborhoods and give families more options for high - quality public schools.

(LOS ANGELES) Great Public Schools Now today announced that Myrna Castrejón will join the non-profit organization as its Executive Director.

Great Public Schools Now is an independent, non-profit organization working to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools and significantly reduce the number of students attending chronically low performing schools in Los Angeles.

Myrna Castrejon, 50, is leaving her position as a lobbyist and strategist for the California Charter Schools Association to lead Great Public Schools Now, a nonprofit organization established to carry out the charter expansion strategy, which was first developed by billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad and his foundation.