Sentences with phrase «parent city charter»

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At a City Hall rally, de Blasio claimed he's done everything he can to accommodate charters and offered to «sit down anytime, anywhere» for «a constructive dialogue about how we can work with charter schools and with parents who are in charter schools.»

Also a parent group announced a lawsuit Sunday against the city for its plan to put a charter school in the Brandeis Educational Complex on the Upper West Side.

At 11 a.m, public charter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Mancharter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» ManCharter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.

At 9 a.m., hundreds of charter school parents from Brooklyn join state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. and other Brooklyn community leaders at a rally to celebrate the impact of charter schools on Brooklyn's communities, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

The city's Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, voted 8 to 4 at its March 1 meeting at Brooklyn Technical HS to co-locate a new charter school in Bedford - Stuyvesant's already - cramped PS 308, infuriating the school's parents, students and teachers.

With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and charter schools wanted to make sure their voices were heard.

«Today's deal allows for 50 new charters for New York City and gives Mayor de Blasio a year to restore parent confidence in his ability to run schools.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City has hired two executives to help steer its ambitious plans for growth: a former Ralph Lauren manager and a consultant who heads the parent association of the private Dalton School.

Thousands of parents and teachers descended on Foley Square to demand that de Blasio get behind charter school proponents» plans to increase the number of charter seats across the city to 200,000 by 2020.

At 9:40 a.m., leaders of New York City's charter networks join parents to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to support 50 new charter schools in public space over the next two years, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Parents and staff at Arturo Toscanini were livid roughly two years ago when the city proposed having a Success Academy charter school expand into the building, and Donohue maintains that closing his school is just a way to give more space in the building to Success Academy.

«Parents want to let legislators know they support the governor's proposal to allow charters to provide high - quality pre-K seats,» he added, referring to Cuomo's recent proposal that much - needed city pre-K space could be found in charter schools.

Now, parents and education advocates from across New York City are asking state legislators to ensure the future of high - performing public charter schools by supporting the Governor's proposal.

«As parents and as a community, we have to be open to all possibilities, but my position is that charter schools are just one possibility,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.

Duffy spoke to a crowd of about 1,400 charter school parents, children advocates who were bused up to Albany by the New York City Charter School Center for its tenth annual charter advocacy day at the Ccharter school parents, children advocates who were bused up to Albany by the New York City Charter School Center for its tenth annual charter advocacy day at the CCharter School Center for its tenth annual charter advocacy day at the Ccharter advocacy day at the Capitol.

City Councilwoman Gale Brewer said at Tuesday's rally against Harlem Success Academy that she would «strangle» any parents that pull their children out of P.S. 75 and move them into a charter school, the New York Post reported.

About 1,400 New York City charter school parents and advocates will lobby state legislators in Albany on Tuesday as they prepare to do battle with the de Blasio administration.

New York City parents and students are marching to Albany to save the future of charter schools.

Thousands of parents, teachers, children and supporters of New York City charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.&raCity charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.&racity and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.»

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., charter school parents, organized by Families for Excellent Schools, will gather on the steps of City Hall and demand that de Blasio apologize for insulting charter school students» achievement on 2016 state exams, Manhattan.

Her record at Success would likely to stake her the early backing of the city's tabloids, along with the families in her charter school network who are typically Moskowitz supporters, as well as other parents of children in charters across the city.

Some 17,000 charter - school parents, teachers and students marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday morning, marking, maybe, the end of a pro-charter era in New York City.

CITY HALL — Days after the city made a surprise announcement that new Success Academy charter schools would move into former Catholic school buildings in Washington Heights, Harlem and Rosedale, parents and education advocates took to the steps of the Department of Education Tuesday morning to protest the law that made it happen.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

More than 50 parents and education activists back a lawsuit filed by Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to overturn all charter school «co-locations» in city - owned buildings approved by de Blasio last moCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to overturn all charter school «co-locations» in city - owned buildings approved by de Blasio last mocity - owned buildings approved by de Blasio last month.

James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center, wrote in a statement that de Blasio's decision was a «disappointment for the students and their parents who have been looking forward to attending the school of their choice this fall.»

«We have a few charter schools that are serving our community's needs, and if they no longer serve that need then I wouldn't be opposed to Success Academy coming to Staten Island,» said Sam Pirozzolo, vice-president of the New York City Parents Union, a volunteer organization that has been a vocal supporter of the charter school movement.

Pirozzolo, who lives on Staten Island and was president of the borough's community education council (largely parent advisory groups organized through a process run by the city Department of Education), said parents should be able to choose between district and charter schools, and that both have faults.

On Tuesday, Families for Excellent Schools held a rally at City Hall with charter school parents calling for two charter school co-location lawsuits to be dropped.

Charter schools in New York City have proven to be a successful option for parents and students.

On Tuesday, Families for Excellent Schools held a rally at City Hall with charter school parents calling for these lawsuits to be dropped.

New York City's Success Academy charter school network closed its 32 schools and plans to bus students and parents to Albany for the demonstration on the east Capitol lawn.

Charter operator Eva Moskowitz closed her schools on Tuesday and ordered students, parents and staff to attend a City Hall demonstration that UFT President Michael Mulgrew called «a thinly disguised campaign rally.»

Albany, NY — Dozens of New York City parents joined Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Robert Rodriguez in Albany today and called on state legislators to give public charter schools equal treatment in the state budget.

«Expanding access to public charter schools will help eliminate the achievement gap in New York City and will help give children like my son access to the schools they deserve,» said Tamika Bradley, a public charter school parent from Brownsville.

Standing in front of the Great Western Staircase, parents from across the city spoke to their children's life - changing experiences in public charter schools.

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.

City officials have argued the new requirements will require twice as many stops as before and likely prompt parents of students at charter schools and other private schools to clamor for equal treatment.

Also in the race are attorney Marc A. Landis, who represented Upper West Side parents in their fight to keep a charter school from opening in a public school building, and Community Board 7 member Mel Wymore, who would be New York's first openly transgender City Council member if he won.

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

«As parents, we are outraged that Success Academy charter schools can enter a New York City public school building, and without any oversight or approval, rip out potentially dangerous PCB - containing fixtures without taking any environmental precautions,» says the formal complaint to the state by the parents, who are backed by two nonprofit organizations, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools and the Alliance for Quality Education.

A former councilwoman from Manhattan, Ms. Moskowitz could have been a natural choice for a hodgepodge of communities frustrated by Mr. de Blasio, including white voters in Manhattan who have soured on the mayor, business leaders who have long viewed Mr. de Blasio with hostility and a diverse set of charter - school parents across the city.

The city already has a common enrollment system that makes applying to charter and district schools less complicated for parents.

The city has isolated examples of quality schools and charter authorizers, parents who are empowered to be active choosers, and wide - open spaces for education entrepreneurs.

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His tenure follows the controversial leadership of former superintendent Cami Anderson, who led a series of unpopular initiatives in quick succession, including a new citywide enrollment plan and lottery that allowed parents to choose any traditional or charter school in the city, closures of underenrolled or poorly performing schools, mass firings of teachers and principals, and a new merit - pay program for teachers.

As of 2005, more than one - third of the city's parents chose either to enroll their child in a charter school, use a voucher to go to a private school, or seek out a place in a suburban public school.

· Big - city school systems are fighting charters by giving parents a wider array of choices among their public schools, suggesting that the choice genie has escaped from the bottle.