Sentences with phrase «other charters continue»

Other charters continue to operate even though their operations have raised serious concerns about educational quality and appropriate use of taxpayer dollars.

[8] Other charters continue to operate: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2013/01/28/charter-schools-international-basketball-team-raises-oversight-questions/

Not exact matches

The Cummings family story ends (or continues) with the family taking a direction that may bring the worlds of homeschool and real school together: an online charter school where some classes would be «self - directed» and others would «meet in a virtual classroom on a regular schedule.»

The pile - on continued into the weekend, as other union leaders lambasted the WFP, which was founded in New York in 1998, for straying from the charter of its founders.

«Further, they would have the effect of leading potential educators through an essentially fake certification process,» the suit continued, «one not valid for employment in New York's public school districts, other charter schools, or the public schools of other states.»

The fact that 72.6 percent of Ohio's charter schools operate in urban areas likely has something to do with the fact that the state's suburbs continue to opt out of enrolling students from other districts.

Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage over assessments, charter schools, vouchers, class - size reduction, and many other strategies for school reform.

Competition from charters and other schools of choice is one proven way to do that, so continuing to grow alternatives to traditional public schools should remain at the top of our priority list.

On the other hand, support for charters among Democrats continues to remain at record lows.

It will change not because the feds will continue investigating discrimination against these children, as they found recently in a virtual Ohio charter, but because the smarter charter and virtual operators will find that they can succeed with special needs kids when others have failed.

The growth in charter school enrollments in winning states, however, continued to climb at a higher rate than charter growth rates in other states.

Finally, charters and other public school choice policies — strengthened in 35 states — continue to empower parents to seek out the best educational opportunities for their children.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

Co-location must continue in New York City under future Mayors and other districts throughout the state should be required to offer unused space to charters as well.

Should charters be held to enrollment standards that other schools can not meet, while districts continue to practice questionable policies such as the warehousing of special need students in select placements (while often failing to follow - though on their obligations for services, we might add)?

We look forward to working with the legislature to make sure that charter schools continue to gain the same funding and program opportunities as all other public schools in the state.»

He offered to continue to help the state and to connect Washington officials with people experienced at working with charter schools from other states.

Indeed, the reality of the matter is that both of California's teachers» organizations support Gavin Newsom because he has pledged to work with them rather than join the billionaire boys club behind corporate education reform efforts and the unregulated spread of charter schools that will continue to drain funding from other public schools and, if left unchecked, ultimately undermine public education itself.

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«We couldn't be more proud to see charter families in Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford and other communities come together to give back to their neighbors,» continued Grace.

«At the same time we recognize that charter schools — like most other schools across Connecticut — must continue to aim higher and do better.

NECSN also supports the unfreezing of the funding formula for charter schools in New York City, while continuing to provide supplemental basic tuition payments to other areas of the state in 2016 - 17.

Chavez Schools join with other public charter schools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their communities.

While Moskowitz has continued her combative posture toward de Blasio, other charters worry about upsetting a detente with City Hall.

Sacramento was the perfect location for this year's Annual Charter School Parent Summit as parents connected with each other and their elected officials and learned ways to continue to advocate and organize in their communities.

On the other hand, the continued argument becomes whether or not there is a relationship between poor student achievement and the hiring practices of charter schools, which employ inexperienced and / or uncertified educators.

She continues to be a strong force within the CCSA Member Council to help other charter schools thrive in California.

Despite some negative publicity in the wake of PURE's work with Chicago student group VOYCE and the Advancement Project in originally exposing these practices, Noble continues to grow, as do other charter networks that use the same or very similar techniques.

While some of these students might benefit from the flexible learning environment offered by virtual charter schools, others will continue to fail if they don't have anyone to help guide their studies.

OPSB charter schools continue to outperform the other schools, which is not surprising since most OPSB charters have some admission criteria or criteria to remain at the school.

Lusher Charter School and several other charter schools in the city are continuing to negotiate with the Orleans Parish School Board over their governing agreement for the coming year, officials said TCharter School and several other charter schools in the city are continuing to negotiate with the Orleans Parish School Board over their governing agreement for the coming year, officials said Tcharter schools in the city are continuing to negotiate with the Orleans Parish School Board over their governing agreement for the coming year, officials said Tuesday.

So despite being funded 30 % less than district public schools, you continue to spin a yarn that charters are getting more than other schools.

The poll, commissioned by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the California Charter School Association (CCSA), offered insight into how parents and voters view public schools in Los Angeles as The Broad Foundation and others including CCSA continue to solicit input on how best to increase access for families seeking high - quality public schools.

While Families for Excellent Schools and the entire charter school industry continue to expand their lobbying efforts, Neil Vigdor, of the Hearst Media Group, reports that Families for Excellent Schools and other so - called education reformers have set up another Political Action Committee that they will be using to reward and punish candidates who support or oppose their agenda.

CCSA is proud to recognize Sherwood for their exemplary work to develop strong partnerships with their school district and surrounding community and looks forward to seeing their continued success inspire other charter schools across the state.

But have no fear, Bill Gates, Paul Allen and the other the corporate elite behind education reform continue their fight to force Washington State voters to accept and pay for charter schools.

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They should demand evidence that the centrality of «close reading» and «conceptual math» won't punish charter schools that emphasize other approaches, putting their test scores — and continued existence — at risk.

This inequity has lasted for 15 years and continues today, largely because New York's charter schools, unlike all other public schools, have not received funding for facilities.

Rather than pit district and charter schools against each other, we need to continue working together to help ensure children in New Haven have a bright future.

With over 37,000 Massachusetts students on charter school waitlists, the need for Phoenix, and other high performing charter schools, continues and we are committed to answering the call for educational equity.

On the other issue, it is true that charters already have enough problems enticing teachers however some things are changing (and note that is not prohibiting continued exponential charter enrollment growth anyway).

One will be for a so - called recovery school aimed at letting teen addicts continue their education while getting treatment; the other will be for straight - up charter schools in either Milwaukee or Madison.

On the issue of public education he said, «We're turning around struggling schools by growing our Commissioner's Network, with funding for 17 more schools... We're continuing to broaden the range of educational opportunities by maintaining our support for magnet schools, agricultural - science schools, and other high - quality options, including funding for additional state charter schools.»

For me, however, what is most instructive in the report are the truly encouraging results in Washington, D. C. and the states of Tennessee and Indiana, all of which are pioneering in the measurement of growth in student achievement as a component of educator evaluation, compensation, and continuing employment; advancing charter school expansion; and remaining strongly committed to other elements of accountability for student learning.

-- The term «specified public transportation» means transportation by bus, rail, or any other conveyance (other than by aircraft) that provides the general public with general or special service (including charter service) on a regularand continuing basis.

Passengers are also continuing to choose Manchester over other airports, recognising the broad range of destinations and offers from scheduled carriers, low cost and the charter market.

As CCLA and others have argued, the legislation risks continued breaches of Charter rights by restricting access to medically assisted dying to those for whom death is «reasonably foreseeable», by excluding mature minors, and by not permitting individuals to provide advance consent or directives to cover circumstances when they may not be able to express their wishes themselves.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

Potential impact: National banks and their operating subsidiaries could gain a competitive advantage over state - chartered banks and other entities, including mortgage finance companies owned by real estate brokers, which must continue to meet state licensing and other lender - related requirements.