Sentences with phrase «about rocketship»

The public testimony of Liliana Casillas raises some serious questions about Rocketship's role in preventing bullying.

Can you say something about Rocketship's expansion plans?

These approaches suggest innovations that aren't being batted about by opinion - makers yet, such as redesigning jobs to concentrate top teachers» time on instruction, putting star teachers fully in charge of multiple classrooms, and using technology in combination with in - person reach extension (for one example, learn about Rocketship Education here).

Jonathan Schorr and Deborah McGriff wrote about Rocketship in the Summer 2011 issue of Ed Next.

Not exact matches

Mike Petrilli interviews Richard about his new book about the high - performing Rocketship charter network.

In the video, leaders from Rocketship and School of One discuss the advantages of digital learning while sharing their concerns about California laws and union regulations that have limited the role of online learning.

Those are the voices we care about at Rocketship.

Michael Horn: When you founded Rocketship Education, a school network, you thought a lot about the human capital challenges and opportunities in education gleaned from your own time as a teacher and in technology.

Richard Whitmire is the author of «The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District» and the forthcoming «On the Rocketship,» about high - performing charter schools.

Here in Silicon Valley, Rocketship proves to follow that trend, scoring about average as compared to the state's low income schools.

They include other information about charter schools and Rocketship.

In schools that average 500 students, savings are about $ 500,000 a year, which is used to raise teacher salaries, to extend the school day and to allow Rocketship to build its own facilities — quite a luxury in the charter - school world.

Students also spend about one hour a day on computers which, as Rocketship has admitted in the PBS special, is not currently effective in pushing student learning.

The real evidence about K12 Inc. and Rocketship Charter Schools is hardly positive, but anyone familiar with the needs of students would recognize the inherent problem with the notion that, «students are supervised by monitors, rather than teachers, saving significantly on costs.»

The Silicon Valley Business Journal, for instance, featured a story about the San Jose City Council approving an MOU to build a facility for a new charter school to be operated under Rocketship Education.

Join us on June 18th for breakfast with Richard Whitmire, a former USA Today editorial writer, to talk about his upcoming book, On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope.

Nashville parents report questionable recruitment practices by Rocketship The blog from the pro-public education website, Tennessee Parents, reports that Rocketship in Nashville improperly enrolled parents who had come to an informational meeting to learn more about the schools.

Conversions are not about school choice — the local school would be replaced by a Rocketship and students» local district school would no longer exist.

When Rocketship Mateo Sheedy moved into our neighborhood, we welcomed it and were excited about the new educational opportunities and healthy competition.

Rocketship's John Danner talks about the innovation at his schools, and his desire to close the achievement gap.

Lety Gomez, a charter school parent, talks about her journey and the journey of her son from traditional school to Rocketship Charter School in San Jose; a journey that would cause them to even move their homes to be closer to the school.

Mike Petrilli interviews me about On the Rocketship.

We are particularly concerned about the students and their families which is why we required Rocketship PCS to work with MySchoolDC to help the affected families find alternate, quality education for this fall.»

See my recent post about Shaka Mitchell (who, as of last week, is no longer with Rocketship), Ravi Gupta, and John Little.

Indeed, 75 % of Rocketship teachers come from Teach for America and about half have less than two years of teaching experience (PBS NewsHour 2013).

But something about their model seemed staid after the rocketship ride of my early career.