Sentences with phrase «about quality charter school»

The Principles articulate a set of beliefs about quality charter school authorizing.

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It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

We met with three hundred charter leaders around the state to learn more about what could be done, and then built goals and objectives for the California charter schools movement by first providing insurance, cash - flow financing, and other resources to schools willing to focus on academic quality (measured in many different ways).

In my view, the available choices should include private, charter, and virtual schools, and just about anything else with the potential to deliver a quality education to kids.

However, there is greater variation among charter parents in how frequently they report communicating about teacher quality than among parents in either private or district schools.

And though charters have taken to putting a good face on things by comparing themselves to their local district schools, which is fair, the truth about quality is uncomfortable.

I am not suggesting that the Arnold Foundation (or the charter movement in general) abandon all quality control efforts, but I think quality is best promoted by relying heavily on parent judgement and otherwise relying on a decentralized system of authorizers with the most contextual information to make decisions about opening and closing schools if parents seem to have difficulty assessing quality on their own.

The full - time virtual charter schools that care about quality need to band together and create a membership organization and take responsibility for their industry's results.

A number of forward looking cities have set aside contentious debates about charter schools, and have instead chosen to embrace high - quality charter schools in their reform strategies.

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Below is more information about each of the honorees, why they were selected, and a link to a short video highlighting their work and impact on the growth of high - quality charter schools.

There's an ongoing discussion about how to best monitor the quality of pre-k programs, particularly those operated by charter schools, which I'll get into in a later post.

Regardless, Democrats have grown less positive about the quality of education provided by charter schools than they were five years ago, even as Republicans continue to stand by the sector.

About PCSB: The DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) is setting a national model for creating quality public school options through its rigorous review of new charter applications and effective oversight of charter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in WashingtCharter School Board (PCSB) is setting a national model for creating quality public school options through its rigorous review of new charter applications and effective oversight of charter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in WashingtoSchool Board (PCSB) is setting a national model for creating quality public school options through its rigorous review of new charter applications and effective oversight of charter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in Washingtoschool options through its rigorous review of new charter applications and effective oversight of charter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in Washingtcharter applications and effective oversight of charter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in Washingtcharter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in Washingtoschool performance that is leading the transformation of public education in Washington, DC.

Our report Going Exponential offers advice for authorizers, school operators, and policymakers about growing successful charter schools, based on research about how organizations have grown quickly and with quality in other sectors.

So it's important for us to have a strong offensive line when it comes to talking about charter schools and defining exactly what a high quality charter school looks like [and] what we want the sector to look like over the next twenty years.

While school closures aren't exactly reasons to celebrate, Texas's higher closure rate does indicate that the state is serious about ensuring quality in charter schools.

Meanwhile, others, like Brown University's Matt Kraft and North Carolina State's Anna Egalite, were more upbeat about the legacies of federal efforts to boost teacher quality and support charter schooling.

The authorizing mission of ACNW is to ensure quality academic and environmental literacy outcomes for students in Minnesota by conducting effective oversight and evaluation of its authorized schools, providing strategic support to schools, and making informed and merit - based decisions about its portfolio of charter schools.

Mr. Merriman is a leading voice and advocate for high quality, equitable charter schools and frequently speaks and writes about the actions that need to be taken to strengthen and expand charter schools within the New York City public school system.

About: The Save Our Schools coalition is made up of students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens who want children in Jackson to have access to high quality public charter sSchools coalition is made up of students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens who want children in Jackson to have access to high quality public charter schoolsschools.

A recent article in Salon affirms what we've been saying about the destruction that the explosion of poor quality charter schools has wrought on our communities.

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About NACSA: The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the nSchool Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the nschool sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the charter schools across the nation.

Committee members were clearly uneasy about how these schools could ensure children, particularly in the early grades, receive a quality education without any in - person interactions with teachers, peers, counselors, and other support personnel that occur in traditional public, charter, and private schools.

«CSDC and BH share a common commitment to increasing and supporting the creation and expansion of high - quality charter schools throughout the country, and we are very excited about our partnership with them in this new fund,» said Michelle Liberati, Executive Vice President of CSDC.

The Indianapolis Business Journal quotes The Mind Trust's Founder & CEO David Harris about his concern over maintaining charter school quality as the number of charter authorizers grows.

In fact, this lawsuit is not about the quality of education that children receive in public charter schools at all.

As operators of high quality public charter schools offering independent study, we stand united believing that the actions of a few rogue charter school operators do not reflect, align, or mirror anything about our programs.

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.

He will speak about school turnarounds on June 22 at the National Charter School Conference in Washington DC, and he will discuss teacher quality July 2 at the National Education Association annual meeting in San school turnarounds on June 22 at the National Charter School Conference in Washington DC, and he will discuss teacher quality July 2 at the National Education Association annual meeting in San School Conference in Washington DC, and he will discuss teacher quality July 2 at the National Education Association annual meeting in San Diego.

«What we have here, it's about defending DCPS from the popularity of the charter schools, and it has nothing to do with getting more kids into quality schools.

Questions about Quality Education Academy's basketball program highlight criticisms and challenges DPI faces in overseeing charter schools, the privately - run and publicly - funded schools poised to grow rapidly with strong backing from the Republican - led state legislature and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

«As soon as I heard about the achievement school district bill, I just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality charter schools.

But the researchers stressed that charter schools vary widely in quality, making it difficult to generalize about their performance.

About 30 percent of Arizona public schools are charters, with more than 180,000 students choosing this quality option.

In one move, the bill's eight sentences of text would give the state government the ability to second guess every decision that a charter school operator may make about apportioning its resources to provide a quality education.

Choice is not an attack on public schools and has never been about privatizing education; it is about creating a vibrant marketplace of high quality education options — public, private and charter — and empowering parents to choose the best setting for their child.

One group found on average charters have a slight edge over traditional public schools in reading and about the same in math but acknowledged charter quality is uneven across the states and across schools.

The party is against for - profit charters: so far, so good, but how about saying that a Clinton administration will stop federal funding of for - profit schools and colleges, because they are low - quality and predatory, with profit as their top priority?

More parents deserve access to quality charter public schools that can enhance and challenge a child's educational experience. Visit www.publiccharters.org/openthedoors to read more stories about how charter schools change lives, and tell Congress to increase support for charter schools.

A final element that should cause concern about cyber charter schools is that not only do massive cyber schools fail to provide effective services found in quality local public schools, but they also cripple efforts of local public schools to improve.

Under the bill, an independent oversight board would be created inside the state Department of Education to review new charters and monitor existing ones in a move to address growing questions about the quality and access of the alternative schools.

We at the California Charter Schools Association will continue to work with our members to help educate parents and the public about how best to navigate the transition from a command and control system of education to one where parents make well - informed choices between an abundance of quality options.

Organizations like Families Empowered in Houston help families on charter - school waitlists learn about and access other high - quality school options, including Catholic schools.

We want these 11 dimensions to challenge every charter school authorizer and every education leader that cares about the quality of their schools.

They must become active players in shaping education for their children, ask tough, thoughtful questions about what is being taught in classrooms, demand information on the quality of the teachers working in classrooms, and play stronger roles in shaping the overhauls of traditional district schools (and in the operations of charter schools serving their kids).

Clearly, with charters becoming a more popular option for more and more students, their growth alone will not address concerns about the quality of available school choice options, and they will remain a work in progress over the next 25 years.

We work in charter schools, raise kids who attend charter schools, and we care deeply about charter school quality.

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