Sentences with phrase «many local charter»

Fields lives in the South Bronx, and three of her kids receive free lunches at their local charter school.

She was in a local charter school from age 3 through 3rd grade, and always took a lunch from home.

As a taxpayer I am sick of paying for the unchecked growth of charters.I even got a flyer today offering a $ 100 incentive for those referring students to enroll in a local charter school.The charter school industry seems well funded enough to pay for all these ads — how about donating the funds for these ads to reduce local taxes — listen to local taxpayers!.

New York City has just 28 slots left for new charters, a number that could easily drop to zero over the next year with the growth of local charters guaranteed under a state law passed earlier this year.

Late last February, Mayor Bill de Blasio reversed three Success Academy co-locations, setting off a firestorm of controversy between his administration and local charter leaders.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer released audits citing poor fiscal practices at two local charter schools, among the first such reports since he said he would scrutinize the finances of a sampling of charters.

The Hempstead school board Monday night voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

The little - known certification fight has been a top legislative priority for Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, whose legion of local charters is largely staffed with uncertified teachers.

The Hempstead school board voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

Success» nearly 400 - page SUNY application provides a look inside the charter network, and sheds light on the complicated process of local charter school authorization.

Moskowitz, the de facto leader of the local charter movement who attacked de Blasio's position on charter schools during the primary, made attendance at the march mandatory for her parents and students, but she remained relatively inconspicuous throughout the morning.

James Merriman, C.E.O. of the New York City Charter School Center, said, adding that the question «worries everybody» in the local charter community.

Moskowitz organized several massive pro-charter rallies after de Blasio rescinded a handful of previously approved co-locations, and she helped push the passage of a new state law that guaranteed protections for local charters.

The city also has the option of turning the school into a charter under state receivership law, but the administration is highly unlikely to choose that option considering de Blasio's intermittent feud with the local charter sector.

Students from a local charter school recently took part in their first ever Twitter - based book club.

Local charter schools are largely consumed by issues of survival.

Over a third of Grand Rapids» schools had fallen below 60 percent of capacity, including two brand - new ones, as more and more families decamped for local charter and private schools, or moved to other districts.

And while districts could theoretically pursue rezoning on behalf of local charter schools, they reportedly hesitate to do so.

Legislation to update and tighten the rules could help, particularly legislation requiring multi-year leases, and requiring districts to guarantee space large enough for all students in a local charter school, regardless of their home district.

As a result of the compact, BPS and the local charter sector have established several school - to - school partnerships (some including local parochial schools) in order to share and develop effective instructional practices.

Cocreated with a former colleague, the database allows administrators to capture data that is particularly relevant when serving challenged populations of students, many of whom enroll at BDEA after unsuccessful starts in traditional district high schools or local charter schools.

Faydra Alexander had worked with Lewis - Carter prior to Katrina and ended up teaching at Behrman for three years before moving up the ranks to become the local charter school association's TAP coordinator.

In 2010, they founded a local charter school, the West Michigan Aviation Academy.

To the greatest extent possible, growth should be driven by replicating successful local charters and recruiting high - performing operators from other areas (see Figure 2).

In the 1999 Booth decision, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the Denver board's position, finding that the constitution's grant of «general supervision» over public education to the state board was broad enough to encompass the power to approve local charter schools.

Local charter school leaders were supportive, but their naiveté about the political process stood in sharp contrast to the strategic organizing in the labor community.

D.C.'s charter - authorizing board, for example, reviews the meeting minutes of all 61 local charter - school boards and calls in those whose schools seem troubled.

Then, Mayor Jackson (who effectively controlled the district) began selling the Cleveland Plan to both politicians and constituents, ultimately securing the support of the governor, state legislators, and influential local charter supporters.

Some districts have added all - day kindergarten programs in response to local charter schools or increased their expenditures on new technology.

The Roosevelt district, an inner - city district in Phoenix that was hit hard by charters, sent letters to local charter parents asking why they had left district schools and explaining how the district would serve them better.

The recent news out of Columbus — that 17 of the 75 local charter schools had closed in the past year — is bad in so many ways.

Yesterday, the Gates Foundation announced that district and charter school leaders in nine cities have embraced a «District - Charter Collaboration Compact,» in which the district and local charter schools pledge to collaborate in new ways.

It's understandable that Betsy DeVos would find a reservoir of goodwill from national and local charter school advocates.

(A statewide charter authorizer would effectively supersede and therefore negate authority of local charter authorizers such as Metro.)

Overall, of the 33 state and local charter schools that have opened in Connecticut, nine are no longer operating.

This past Saturday over 2,000 families in marched in Pacoima, California in support of local charter schools.

Local charter schools are invited to participate.

(* denotes a local charter school.)

Both of the Montessori schools would be so - called local charter schools, which are governed by the local school board but receive an additional $ 3,000 per student and as much as $ 500,000 in start - up costs.

It's unsurprising coming from the county that houses schools like Booker T. Washington Academy, a recently named School of Distinction that prides itself on its homegrown community roots, and Elm City Montessori, which remains the state's sole local charter — receiving funding and support from the New Haven Board of Education.

Chester was paying the local charter school roughly $ 40,000 per special education student, including for those students with relatively low - cost needs.

Local charter schools would get some form of flexibility but would have to allow for collective bargaining rules.

Superintendent Garn Christensen said the district wasn't advocating a charter school as much as wanting to have the option of involvement in any plans to start a local charter school.

There are two methods at work in MNPS and in local charter schools.

Applications for local charters must be reviewed by the local boards of education, which have 60 days to review them, hold public hearings, survey teacher and parent interest and vote.

The local charter community has had some luck getting legislators out to visit our charter schools this fall.

In fact, some of the local charter school networks with the highest discipline rates have long enjoyed reputations as «beat the odds» schools that supposedly serve students of color better than the Minneapolis Public Schools.

Last week, one of our local charters, KIPP Bridge, was featured in CCSA's report «Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap Closing Reform: The Success of California Charter Schools in Promoting African American Achievement», which details the performance and enrollment trends of African American students in California's public schools, including charter schools.

OAKLAND, CA - Oakland area leaders joined local charter school leaders and supporters to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the California Charter Schools Act, with a community rally and information expo at Preservation Park on Saturday.

We are a diverse group of 13 educators who met for six weeks to review research on different national efforts to improve school climate, as well as local strategies being proposed or piloted by Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, LA's Promise, Los Angeles Education Partnership, LAUSD and local charter networks.