Sentences with phrase «access quality charter»

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«However, current law does not authorize charter schools to offer state supported pre-kindergarten programs, thereby preventing children from accessing potentially high - quality providers.»

Its charter is to «review all city information policies, including but not limited to, policies regarding public access to city produced or maintained information, particularly, computerized information; (ii) the quality, structure, and costs to the public of such information; (iii) agency compliance with the various notice, comment, and hearing provisions of the charter and other laws applicable to city agencies; and (iv) the usefulness and availability of city documents, reports, and publications.»

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

Elected and parent leaders urged Albany not to back down from efforts to achieve bold, structural change to expand access to high - quality schools — district or charter.

The United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), the community group that I lead in Chicago, and its network of charter schools provide Hispanic immigrant families with access to a high - quality education, thereby challenging them to fulfill their great potential while promoting American values, ideals, and our collective successes.

Stand - alone charter schools need access to the same high - quality, pooled expertise that the best school systems and EMOs provide to their schools.

Our participants did not disappoint; I strongly recommend checking out their ideas on course access, school turnarounds, and charter quality.

Our main goal, in collaboration with the district schools, is to expand students» access to high - quality schools, whether they're district schools or public charter schools.

Could «former President» Obama use his platform to effect the change so many of our minority students need by embracing educational opportunity, and access to quality public, private and charter schools, over the politics - as - usual of the education establishment?

As charter schools across the country struggle to keep up with demand, a new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

Yet, there are still millions of children with limited access to a high quality public charter school.

I agree with Bradford that single - site schools and small, locally grown and community - based networks are crucial assets for the charter movement and important contributors to expanding access to quality schools in communities that demand them.

Their success stories offer lessons for both policymakers interested in expanding access to quality early learning, and for charter - school educators seeking to serve preschoolers.

As states continue to expand their pre-K programs, the charter model can offer another attractive option for parents in an emerging publicly funded early - childhood system, not only expanding choice and access but in many cases improving quality.

Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.charter public schools.»

Professor Thomas Hehir testified today before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor hearing on expanding access to quality charter schools.

A new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

Greg Richmond is the President and CEO of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) and a leading voice in the nation's debates on public charter school quality, access, and accountaCharter School Authorizers (NACSA) and a leading voice in the nation's debates on public charter school quality, access, and accountacharter school quality, access, and accountability.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

High - quality charter schools like these are the norm, giving families access to local, public, and effective educational options in communities where traditional district schools aren't meeting the needs of students.

State laws that allow for continued growth of high - quality charters, and that give charters access to facilities, are crucial.

In Massachusetts, 34,000 children remain stranded on waitlists for charter schools while the state legislature continues to ignore the demonstrated wishes of their constituents, forcing the question of access to high quality schools to a ballot question this fall.

Technology Lending Grants, aimed at ensuring equitable access to quality digital resources and courses for all students, have been awarded to 148 school districts and charters schools.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high - quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.

We look forward to strengthening our entire charter law, with an eye on flexibility and a better system for funding schools, so that more children in Connecticut can have access to quality choices, like public charters, in their communities.

One of NCSECS» primary objectives is to develop a dynamic coalition of special education and charter school advocates that support equal access and high quality, effective and appropriate supports for students with learning differences in charter schools and who are committed to working together to develop practical solutions to challenges that hinder access and quality.

Or conversely, are states and authorizers implicitly or explicitly deciding they do not need to hold charter schools accountable for equitable access and quality programs for students with disabilities?

In December, the coalition sent letters to 22 wealthy individuals — including Siart — who are some of the most active in funding pro-charter candidates and the charter industry in California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality education.

And yet he has said that he supports a moratorium — a repeal, if you will — on the approval and expansion of public charter schools, a sector that affords families zoned for long - struggling traditional schools the opportunity to have access to high - quality public education.

Public charter schools increase access to effective instructional services for children who don't get high - quality education through their zoned school districts.

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 schools.

Yet blaming charter schools for financial woes in the school district is unfair, and it drives a poisonous wedge between administrators, educators and the broader community, who should be working together to provide kids with access to high - quality education.

As public charter schools continue to expand here in Arizona, more students are able to access the quality choice offered by these innovative schools.

By placing all district and charter public schools into these quality tiers, the Association is now poised to investigate where students lack access to quality schools.

«The Arizona Charter Schools Association congratulates Betsy DeVos on her confirmation, and looks forward to working with her to ensure every child in this country has access to a quality education.»

In the months ahead, we plan to work side by side with our partners in Mississippi to defend the state's strong charter public school law and ensure that the state's low - income students have access to a growing number of high - quality public school options.»

Three recent publications highlight some of the key challenges the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools faces as we work to ensure students with disabilities have ready access to charter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related seCharter Schools faces as we work to ensure students with disabilities have ready access to charter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related secharter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related services.

In an article by Kate Zernike, the NYT explores the divide over charter schools through conversations on race, wealth and access to options with representatives from DFER, NAACP, Movement for Black Lives and Education Post's very own Chris Stewart who comments on his personal mission to find a quality school for his son.

This week, we celebrate the success and progress of charter schools across the country and in Jackson, Mississippi, but we recognize far more work needs to be done until every child has access to a high quality education.

Now that we know where to find the quality seats — and the quality deserts — the Association is better positioned to develop a strategic plan that will support our state's efforts to increase access to quality charter schools, especially for children in underserved communities.

A Montessori parent, teacher, and school founder, she has worked in public charter schools and is committed to expanding access to free, high - quality Montessori education for the children who need it the most.

In a report drawn from a convening of school district superintendents, charter leaders, school finance experts, and other education experts in Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that urban districts and charter schools collaborate to solve the problems associated with declining enrollment so that all students can have access to a high - quality education.

In remarks delivered at Granada Hills Charter High School, Greuel called for an audit of LAUSD «to slash non-school site administrative expenses» and a student's bill of rights including access to technology, mental health counselors, arts and a «quality teacher in every classroom.»

He believes all children need access to a high quality, life - defining education, and that charter public schools are a key tool in creating that reality.

Last year a city task force opted against mandating that charter schools give neighborhood kids preference in the admissions process, saying that doing so could potentially limit access to high - quality schools.

More than 23 cities have signed District - Charter Collaboration Compacts — formal agreements between school districts and charter schools that aim to share resources and responsibility and build trust and collegiality to ensure equal access to high - quality schools for all stCharter Collaboration Compacts — formal agreements between school districts and charter schools that aim to share resources and responsibility and build trust and collegiality to ensure equal access to high - quality schools for all stcharter schools that aim to share resources and responsibility and build trust and collegiality to ensure equal access to high - quality schools for all students.

«His leadership on behalf of the federal Charter Schools Program has enabled the dramatic growth in the number of high quality charter schools, ensuring that hundreds of thousands more students now have access to better schools regardless of their family income or zip code,» she wrote in a staCharter Schools Program has enabled the dramatic growth in the number of high quality charter schools, ensuring that hundreds of thousands more students now have access to better schools regardless of their family income or zip code,» she wrote in a stacharter schools, ensuring that hundreds of thousands more students now have access to better schools regardless of their family income or zip code,» she wrote in a statement.

A foundational principle of the charter school movement is that all children should have access to a high - quality education that equips them to be successful inside and outside of the classroom.

The charter concept is based on deep commitment to quality and equity; schools of choice operating autonomously from traditional districts can serve as incubators of innovation and leverage market forces to ensure more students have access to exemplary public schools.