Sentences with phrase «about new charter school»

At a Salvation Army job fair last year, someone told her about a new charter school aimed at dropouts like herself.

Residents of Montclair, New Jersey, have every reason to be concerned about a new charter school being proposed in their town.

After voting on the budget Tuesday night, commissioners were scheduled to hear a presentation about new charter school applications for 2019.

Daniels kept looking for other options and eventually someone in her doctoral program told her about the new Charter School of Inquiry (CSI) in Buffalo.

Not exact matches

Pupils of all age ranges in about 40 schools across New York have already joined Meatless Monday, including public (state - run), private and charter schools, and the Brooklyn announcement was made at a school that serves only meat free meals — every day of the week.

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.

If you know anything about New Orleans public schools, you probably know this: Hurricane Katrina wiped them out and almost all the schools became privately run charters.

I hope to hear more about your food success in your new charter school.

New York faces a June 1 deadline for relaxing rules for charter schools to boost its chances of winning about half a billion dollars from the federal Race to the Top program.

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.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders continue to talk with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about a «grand plan» to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, reauthorize sales taxes around the state and, possibly, increase the number of charter schools.

Success Academy had to host a public meeting in District 2 in September to get public input about their planned new school, according to SUNY Charter Institute.

«This proposal tells the people of this state that we care more about nail salon customers than charter school children,» Andy Pallotta, the president of New York State United Teachers, said in a statement.

Electeds Urge «No» on Proposal to Co-Locate High School in Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, QSchool in Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, QSchool QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, QueeNew York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Queenew charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Qschool at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, QSchool, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Qschool in Hollis, Queens:

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.»

Randi Weingarten likes to brag a little about the reading and math test scores posted this year at two New York City charter schools she...

At 10:20 a.m., Success Academy Charter Schools founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz makes an announcement about the middle school space proposal recently sent to Success Academy by the New York City Department of Education, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

As employers of more than a million New Yorkers, we urge you to act now to end the uncertainty about the future governance of our city schools and extend the current mayoral control law as well as expanding the number of charter schools.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

After a Saturday morning meeting between charter officials and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, the head of the New York Charter School Center, James Merriman, posed the only question that should matter about the mayor's apcharter officials and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, the head of the New York Charter School Center, James Merriman, posed the only question that should matter about the mayor's apCharter School Center, James Merriman, posed the only question that should matter about the mayor's approach:

«These illegal regulations tell the people that New York State cares more about nail salon customers than children in charter schools,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta said in a statement.

Beginning at 9:00 pm host Gary Axelbank will talk with Peter Murphy, the Policy Director of the New York Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, anCharter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, ancharter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, and more.

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 Caschool 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 CaSchool Center for its tenth annual charter advocacy day at the Ccharter advocacy day at the Capitol.

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.

SUNY — which licenses charter schools — plans to demand more information from the high - performing Success Academy and other charter - school operators about their disciplinary and suspension policies before signing off on new charter applications or renewals.

Read the New York Times expose and hear what charter school employees have to say about the methods used by those running the schools.

Andy Pallotta, the president of New York State United Teachers, the UFT's state affiliate, said: «This proposal tells the people of this state that we care more about nail salon customers than charter school children.

Technically, the authorizers in this case are the State University of New York trustees, who recognize the value of locking in renewals now and asked the Regents to OK them: Doing so will give the schools, Bronx Better Learning and eight Success Academy charters, certainty about their futures, particularly as they consider expansions.

In September, he joined thousands of Bronx families and advocates like me at the #PathToPossible rally in Prospect Park, giving an inspiring speech about the power of a great public education and supporting our effort to grow New York City's public charter schools to 200,000 students by 2020.

Over the course of 2015, charter school operators have grown increasingly vocal about the de Blasio administration's pace of accommodating their new schools.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about today's primary and charter schools in New York.

Charter schools, which receive public financing but are run by nonprofit groups, flourished under Mr. Bloomberg, and there are currently 183 in New York City, serving about 70,000 children, or 6 percent of students citywide.

Alan quizzes Dick about everything from the union's recent settlement with the attorney general's office, new directions for school funding and charter schools in this revealing interview.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

Fresh off the Legislature's second on - time budget in a row, Sen. Saland talks about the need to balance capital and administrative spending, explains the state budget's hold harmless rules and gives his opinion on the effectiveness of charter schools in New York and around the country.

He also had very harsh words for Mayor Bill de Blasio, criticizing him for trying to shut down charter schools and stressing that he was referring to liberal Democratic politicians like him when he made his derisive comment about «New York values» earlier in the campaign.

She was profiled in the New York Times Magazine in September, testified before Congress in July about educational opportunity for African - Americans, headlined a talk about education at the Sun Valley conference, also in July, and was named to the «hall of fame» of the National Alliance for Charter Schools in June.

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.

Although a varied and massive array of programs comprise the Harlem Children's Zone, its charter schools have garnered perhaps the most attention, particularly in the context of controversial New York City school reforms and the larger conversation in the education world about high - stakes tests, charters, and No Child Left Behind.

A cursory tour of the guidebook will leave the reader wiser about the distinctive characteristics of charter schools (autonomous, accountable, choice - based), its innovations (longer days and years, new approaches to staffing), and key strengths (increasing parental engagement, empowering educators).

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, was at AEI on Tuesday, October 3 to talk with Rick Hess about her battles to reform America's education system, the topic of her new book.

He says, «The superintendents were far more defensive about and married to the status quo than anybody else we were dealing with...» Just as it would be an inherent conflict to put McDonald's in charge of determining whether or not others should be allowed to open a new restaurant nearby, Engler reasoned that charter school authorizers should be outside the control of the traditional K — 12 system.

Marty West talks with Sarah Cordes about her new research on this topic: «Charters and the Common Good: The spillover effects of charter schools in New York City.&raqnew research on this topic: «Charters and the Common Good: The spillover effects of charter schools in New York City.&raqNew York City.»

The demographic and political characteristics of a state and character of the state law authorizing charter schools undoubtedly matter in some way for the fate of charter schools in a state, but most decisions about charter school formation and attendance are made within school districts — by founders who decide to start a new school, by authorizers who empower them to do so, and, ultimately, by parents who decide to enroll their students.

School Closing: About 180 Philadelphia students were left in the lurch last month when their charter school, one of the nine new charters opened in the city this fall, closed its doors, perhaps forSchool Closing: About 180 Philadelphia students were left in the lurch last month when their charter school, one of the nine new charters opened in the city this fall, closed its doors, perhaps forschool, one of the nine new charters opened in the city this fall, closed its doors, perhaps for good.

On August 30, The 74 will release a new book by Richard Whitmire about America's high - performing public charter schools called The Founders.

Last week I, along with my colleague, Innosight Institute Education research assistant Charity Eyre, authored an op - ed titled «State has virtually no reason to not give online charter schools a shot» in The Star - Ledger in New Jersey about a proposed moratorium on virtual charter schools in the state.

Moreover, given that chartering enables the continuous creation of new schools, the replication of great schools, and the closure of failing schools, we weren't tied in perpetuity to the schools of today: We could think about an ever - changing, ever - improving set of schools.

Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.