Sentences with phrase «about charter networks»

RC: People often talk about charter networks like KIPP, but it seems like there are far bigger networks that slip under the radar.

What readers are likely to find compelling about the charter networks profiled in this project are the different approaches used.

Not exact matches

Concerns about such a knock - on effect on Viacom of the decline in traditional cable TV subscriptions deepened last quarter, when Charter Communications Inc moved five of its flagship networks to its most expensive programming tier, a move that will likely result in lower affiliate revenue for Viacom.

You've written in the New York Times Magazine about the education - reform movement — organizations like Teach for America and the KIPP network of charter schools.

Asked yesterday about the Success Academy network's extremely high test scores this year, de Blasio replied: «Clearly there is a current within the charter movement that focuses heavily on test prep, and I don't think that's the right way to go.»

Bill Phillips, the President of the Northeast Charter Schools Network, joined us to talk about this.

Eva S. Moskowitz, in response to a New York Times article about the list, said the charter school network did not have a practice of pushing out difficult students.

Dozens of charter schools were closed for the morning; parents and children, the vast majority from Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy network, were handed matching oversize T - shirts, granola bars and water bottles, and encouraged to chant and dance for about two hours in a show of strength and enthusiasm.

Success Academy spokeswoman Ann Powell said that the charter school network has had no communication with the city about closing schools and that any decisions about building space would be made by the DOE, not by them.

De Blasio and Fariña are so blinded by their reflexive crusade against the charter school network that operates Success Academy 4 and its founder, Eva Moskowitz, that they are casting the kids into the desert without a care about doing real harm.

The Charter Center, along with the Northeast Charter School Network and a coalition of independent charters, held a press conference Tuesday with about 30 students who attend charters housed in private space to highlight the facilities funding gap.

If one cares about narrowing inequality in the city, expanding the charter school network is one of the best steps to take

C.E.O.s for the city's other large charter networks, Uncommon Schools and Achievement First, did not reply to requests for comment about whether they support mayoral control.

Jeffries stepped down before Success board chairman Dan Loeb's recent racial remarks about a black legislator set off a public relations crisis for New York City's largest charter network.

The one - year extension was tied to opaque language about the State University of New York's regulatory authority over the charters it oversees — which include the city's major networks.

Moskowitz, who has become an unofficial — and controversial — spokeswoman for New York City's growing charter sector, spoke about a wide range of topics, including her network's expansion, her philosophy on schooling, and her troubled relationship with Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Success spent about four times as much as KIPP, another influential charter network with schools across the nation.

YES Prep, now a network of seven Houston charter schools, was born more than a decade ago when Chris Barbic and fellow teachers at Houston's Rusk Elementary School got tired of hearing about countless low - income children — their former students — dropping out of middle school and forfeiting their futures to drugs, crime, pregnancy, unemployment, low expectations, and general discouragement.

In an exclusive interview with Education Week, Richard Barth talks about expulsion and suspension policies in his charter school network.

You probably heard nothing about Rob Birdsell's experience - informed recommendations for private schools considering chartering's school - network model.

And Cruz, like others, talks about the various experiments (like the Jesuits» Cristo Rey network and the conversion of parish schools to charters — see Andy Smarick's comprehensive report for Seton Education Partners about Washington, DC's experience), but doesn't he wonder where the Church's bishops are?

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

Paul Tough goes into some description of KIPP (the well - known charter school network) and regardless of your feelings about KIPP (or charters) it's a good reminder of how group identity works and how important it is.

In this excerpt, they explain how blended learning makes it possible to organize schools around the things students care most about: accomplishing something and having fun with their friends, and how Summit Public Schools, a California charter network, has reimagined middle and high school along these lines.

About the Authors: Daniel Scoggin is the co-founder of the GreatHearts classical charter - school network.

And unlike charter networks that rely heavily on outside philanthropy, Icahn schools run solely on the roughly $ 14,000 the city provides annually for each student (amounting to about $ 250,000 per classroom).

The fall 2009 issue of Ed Next included an article I wrote about some remarkable charter schools in Albany — the nine schools in the Brighter Choice network.

Sanchez began to think about education again, and applied for a position as the Northeast Charter Schools Network's Advocacy Manager for New York City.

About the Northeast Charter Schools Network: The Northeast Charter Schools Network is the membership and advocacy organization for the more than 250 charter schools in Connecticut and NeCharter Schools Network: The Northeast Charter Schools Network is the membership and advocacy organization for the more than 250 charter schools in Connecticut and NeCharter Schools Network is the membership and advocacy organization for the more than 250 charter schools in Connecticut and Necharter schools in Connecticut and New York.

Come out and network with charter leaders in your region, discuss how we can best support your schools and talk about your unique regional needs.

Come network with colleagues and engage in discussions about issues critical to the needs in charter leaders in our area.

Amid all of the obstacles, the film offers lesson plans about innovative education initiatives, examining the success of the Knowledge Is Power Program Foundation's network of charter schools, the Harlem Children's Zone that aims to guide schooling from infancy through college, and radical alterations to the school system in Washington, D.C.

Education Week: What have you learned about the four districts, and the charter school network, funded through your Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching [a $ 290 million grant program to redesign teacher hiring, evaluation, and pay structures]?

About Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP) Mayoral Academy is a network of tuition - free public schools chartered by the Rhode Island Department of Education.

About Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP) is a network of tuition - free public schools chartered by the Rhode Island Department of Education.

When I listen to some charter network leaders talk about their models, they often openly state that they spend disproportionate amounts of the school day on tested subjects (English and math).

From our humble beginnings as a single entity in rented space, we have become Arizona's largest not - for - profit charter school network, the largest «brick and mortar» classical education provider in the country, and we are excited about working with new partners to extend this education to eager students nationwide.

On Thursday, February 11, NYC Collaborates will host KIPP Charter School Network Co-Founder Dave Levin as he leads an interactive workshop and conversation about how teaching is changing in the face of shifts in education policy and institutional practice.

«More authorizers around the country are asking their charter networks and schools: what is it about your school that prevents you from posting results like Success's?»

PURE has played a major role in changing the discussion about charter schools by exposing the dehumanizing and pricey discipline policies used by the Noble Charter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter ncharter schools by exposing the dehumanizing and pricey discipline policies used by the Noble Charter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter nCharter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter nNetwork, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter ncharter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter ncharter networknetwork.

Relay is a teacher preparation program founded in 2011 by three high - achieving charter school networks that were concerned about the quality of teachers coming out of traditional degree programs.

So he apparently knows that something called the Gulen movement exists, but is still in denial about the fact that it clandestinely operates the largest network of charter schools in the country.

The state was supposed to be monitoring the schools in the Commissioner's Network, but it seems that Estela Lopez did not take this charge seriously — nor did the other board members, who act shocked that no background checks were required for employees of a State charter school; no policies in place about hiring / nepotism; no concern about a lack of curriculum; no urgency about teacher certification.

Regional Charter Leader Meetings provide an opportunity to discuss how we can best support your schools, talk about your unique regional needs, and network with other charter leaders across your Charter Leader Meetings provide an opportunity to discuss how we can best support your schools, talk about your unique regional needs, and network with other charter leaders across your charter leaders across your region.

Charter proponents will point to positive news stories like this one about the KIPP charter schools nCharter proponents will point to positive news stories like this one about the KIPP charter schools ncharter schools network.

While in Washington, D.C. for the SOS March, we learned that the Noble Charter Network in Chicago has been held up as a model to provide a justification for expanding all charter schools nationwide, but we know that congressmen were not told the real story about Noble sCharter Network in Chicago has been held up as a model to provide a justification for expanding all charter schools nationwide, but we know that congressmen were not told the real story about Noble scharter schools nationwide, but we know that congressmen were not told the real story about Noble schools.

Excerpts from his article appear below: About a decade ago, 15 years into the public charter school movement, a few of the nation's top charter networks quietly upped the ante Read more about Charter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average -LSBAbout a decade ago, 15 years into the public charter school movement, a few of the nation's top charter networks quietly upped the ante Read more about Charter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average -Lcharter school movement, a few of the nation's top charter networks quietly upped the ante Read more about Charter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average -Lcharter networks quietly upped the ante Read more about Charter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average -LSBabout Charter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average -LCharter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average -LSB-...]

At Rufino Tamayo, a Chicago school in the Acero charter school network, third - graders have about 140 minutes of math daily, which appears to be the highest in the state.

>> Job posted by Achievement First — March 28 Director of School Operations, Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven, CT Director of School Operations Team: Operations Location: Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven, CT About Achievement First: Achievement First is a non-profit charter school management organization which is creating a network of achievement - gap closing public schools in...

KIPP academies, the most extensive network of high - intensity charter schools, has opened only about 200 schools nationwide in the two decades since its founding, serving 80,000 of the nation's 50 million students.