Sentences with phrase «the national charter»

The platform lender uses the national charter of its financial institution partner, and so does not need individual state licenses.

An ambitious vision of the Supreme Court and constitutional judicial review as serving the ends of public virtue is without legal justification, except as bound tightly to the values incorporated into our national charter.

The first part is an anatomy of our national charter itself — really an evolutionary history, explaining each part's functions by its survival value for the world's first continental republic.

Richard Buery, a New York City deputy mayor who tried to build bridges between the district and charter schools, will leave to take a senior post this month at KIPP, a national charter - school network.

[1]- Palestinian national charter still (despite Clinton and Arafat's English - only statements to the contrary) contains the goals of destruction of Israel (articles 19, 20, 21, 22).

Republicans have been helped by $ 1.6 million in spending by New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, which was founded by the national charter school advocacy group StudentsFirst.

That reality prompted, as part of the Osogbo conference agenda, the idea of federalizing political parties, along geo - political lines, with local demands driving each party's national charter, though with APC as case - point.

Governor Andrew Cuomo will be honored at the U.S. Capitol next month as a «champion for charters,» during National Charter Schools Week, according to a release from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

So why is a prominent national charter group saying it will spend money this year to try to flip the chamber to Democrats — many of whom were elected with the strong support of teachers unions, charters» frequent nemeses?

In examining the causes of charter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studied.

According to a recent survey by the National Charter School Research Project, scarcity of facilities was listed first among all reported external barriers to growth of charter management organizations, mentioned in 89 percent of responses.

A number of strong nonprofits currently serve the national charter community, including New York — based Civic Builders, Los Angeles — based Pacific Charter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development Corporation.

This student growth and achievement system is now available for use by any authorizer or school in the country through the National Charter Schools Institute.

James N. Goenner is the president and CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute and a former chairman of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

Scarcity of facilities was listed as the greatest external barrier to growth of charter management organizations in a National Charter School Research Project survey.

• However, there continues to be wide variation in performance within the national charter sector.

On another front, CMU founded the Michigan Resource Center for Charter Schools and in 2001 facilitated its transition to the National Charter Schools Institute so that it could support the development and performance of the entire charter - school sector.

Bill Gates spoke earlier this week at the National Charter Schools Conference in Chicago.

Addressing these challenges is the focus of three new white papers a Public Impact team led by Lucy Steiner recently produced with the support of the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education's Charter Schools Program.

This blog entry originally appeared on the blog of the George W. Bush Institute for National Charter Schools Week.

Some national charter - school leaders fear that school districts may view charter conversion as an easy way to remove low - performing schools from their books without taking the responsibility to actually improve them.

The national charter movement grew because people from diverse perspectives agreed on the need for a new form of public school free of bureaucratic and union constraints.

The study — part of a larger report put out by the National Charter School Research Project at the Seattle - based Center on Reinventing Public Education — found, for instance, that charter school parents are just...

Compared with last year, the U.S. Department of Education significantly increased the amount of resources it devoted to marking National Charter Schools Week.

Remarkably, rather than trusting successful school operators» track records and informed opinion that start - ups are the way to go, Secretary Duncan urged them to get into the turnaround business during a speech at the 2009 National Charter Schools Conference.

Born in Houston as the Knowledge Is Power Program for middle schoolers, KIPP is now the biggest and best - known national charter network, educating 88,000 students in 209 schools nationwide.

We used carefully matched samples of charter and traditional public school students from Stanford's CREDO National Charter School Study to ensure that differences in student characteristics were unbiased.

May 4 - 10 was National Charter School Week and, to celebrate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the «Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act.»

The announcement, which took place on the first day of National Charter Schools Week (May 1 - 5), highlighted DSST's academic outcomes, especially among low - income students and students of color.

It even earned a plug in the U.S. Senate during National Charter Schools Week in 2005.

The most recent national charter school study finds a small positive effect in reading and a small negative effect in mathematics.

The $ 250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, awarded to the charter management organization (CMO) that has demonstrated outstanding academic outcomes especially among low - income students and students of color, will be announced June 12 at the National Charter Schools Conference in Washington, D.C.

In 2017, he was chosen as an inductee to the National Charter School Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals for their innovation, long - term commitment, and pioneering efforts in the charter school sector.

In May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

Education reported in July 2014 that the National Charter Schools Resource Center (NCSRC) is preparing a white paper on charter school collaboration to meet students with disabilities needs and case studies of charter schools that serve students with disabilities.

This report, written for the National Charter School Resource Center, presents five recommendations, with multiple means to implement each, for facing the challenges of adequately assessing virtual schools.

Tom is the recipient of the prestigious Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership (2009), University of Michigan Ross Business School's Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2010), the Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award (2008), and served as Chairman of the 2007 National Charter Schools Conference.

With more than 160 schools across the United States, KIPP is one of the largest national charter networks.

This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter schools.

Mr. Smith spoke about public charter schools in the U.S. and the ninth annual National Charter Schools Conference focusing on...

Proclaiming May 6 - 12 National Charter Schools Week, President Trump kicked off a huge public relations campaign by the charter industry to ballyhoo the supposed success of these schools, although that -LSB-...]

Honorees for 2018 will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2018 National Charter School Conference in Austin, Texas.

National Charter Schools Week celebrations include:

Locally, the strategic plan has near - unanimous support, but some national charter folks are more skeptical.

The National Alliance is proud to welcome the following distinguished inductees into the National Charter Schools Hall of Fame, which was established to recognize individuals and organizations for pioneering the development and growth of charter schools, implementing innovative ideas, and inspiring others in the movement.

Facilitator: Alex Medler, Senior Director, National Charter Schools Resource Center Presenters: Nora Flood, Walton...

This paper, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines practices used by some charter schools to engage EL families during recruitment, communicate with EL families with limited English proficiency, and meet the special needs of enrolled EL students and their families, and also highlights the funding mechanisms that support these strategies.

The National Charter School Resource Center hosted a webinar on May 9, 2013, which explored legal rights of children with disabilities and charter schools.

May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

This National Charter Schools Week, we are thrilled to recognize these individuals and their contributions to empowering students through educational options.»