Not exact matches
Institutional players — teachers unions,
school boards, and state and district administrators — frequently petition state leaders for charter caps and reduced charter funding and vigorously oppose
alternative authorizers and facilities aid.
And then you have
authorizers rationalizing that the least crummy charter
schools are safer than the
alternative.
This is not to say that
authorizers don't have a role to play in creating stronger standards for
alternative -
school accountability — only that the state is responsible for creating the framework.
Too many policymakers and
authorizers find themselves unable to truly assess the performance of
alternative schools and distinguish, as the report notes, «AECs [that] likely save the lives of many students» from those
schools that are «terrible warehouses that temporarily hold kids before putting them on the street.»
Since the Mississippi Charter
Schools Act passed in 2013, charter operators have been able to apply to the Mississippi Charter Authorizer Board to run public schools billed as an alternative for parents seeking higher - quality education for thei
Schools Act passed in 2013, charter operators have been able to apply to the Mississippi Charter
Authorizer Board to run public
schools billed as an alternative for parents seeking higher - quality education for thei
schools billed as an
alternative for parents seeking higher - quality education for their kids.
In earlier testimony to the Education Committee, Dr. Bill Jones, Principal of Manatee
School for the Arts in Bradenton, Fla., said, «The main reason why we're asking for alternative and additional authorizers really goes to the question of quality of education, both for the students and the quality of the charter school system, i
School for the Arts in Bradenton, Fla., said, «The main reason why we're asking for
alternative and additional
authorizers really goes to the question of quality of education, both for the students and the quality of the charter
school system, i
school system, itself.
The Education Committee previously heard testimony in support of
alternative charter
school authorizers from leaders of the Florida Consortium of Public Charter
Schools (FCPCS).
«
Alternative authorizers will lead to additional charter
schools, which will result in greater competition and an increase in the quality of all
schools, both traditional public
schools and public charter
schools,» said Haag.
Accountability measures for «
alternative» charter
schools need to be carefully worked out as part of their authorization contracts, with additional evaluation measures clearly laid out to go along with traditional performance indicators, according to a new report from the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers.
Looking to explore LEA status or negotiate with your
authorizer alternative special education arrangements for the 2019 - 2020
school year?
Many charter
schools, including some that were not planning to seek LEA status for special education, have experienced improvements in their relationships and special education arrangements with their
authorizer as a result of submitting a letter notifying their
authorizer and SELPA of their intent to explore
alternative SELPA options.
As a result, that has created the need for an
alternative authorizer such as the State Charter
Schools Commission.
ALS, Inc., which currently operates one charter
school in Charlotte and is scheduled to open another this fall, also runs 23 alternative high schools focusing on dropout recovery in seven school districts across the state of Florida, according to a due diligence report provided to State Board of Ed members that was compiled by the National Association of Charter School Author
school in Charlotte and is scheduled to open another this fall, also runs 23
alternative high
schools focusing on dropout recovery in seven
school districts across the state of Florida, according to a due diligence report provided to State Board of Ed members that was compiled by the National Association of Charter School Author
school districts across the state of Florida, according to a due diligence report provided to State Board of Ed members that was compiled by the National Association of Charter
School Author
School Authorizers.