Sentences with phrase «additional charters»

The charter board is considering six applications for additional charter schools this spring.

Teachers unions oppose additional charters — as well as the proposed tax credit, which they say will undermine the public education system.

Achievement First, Inc. was formed in July 2003 to serve as the vehicle for creating the Amistad Academy and exploring the development of additional charter schools in Connecticut.

«There's ample room for additional charter schools over the next two years,» de Blasio said.

States and school districts should set a «very high bar» for approving additional charter schools and hold them accountable for student performance, Duncan said last week.

The de Blasio administration waited a week to disclose details of the arrangement, which includes allowing nearly two dozen additional charter schools to open in the city, while making it easier for existing charters to get space in public buildings or reimbursed for private space.

NCLB should offer additional charter school start - up grants in any school district where failure is rampant, such as a district not making AYP.

After 9 years of operating a small single - site public charter middle school in East Boston, Excel was chosen as a «proven provider» based on historic performance and was granted two additional charters by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to add new schools.

Both local boards of education in Bridgeport and Stamford had overwhelmingly opposed the proposed charter schools, explaining that they did not need or want additional charter schools in their district.

Boston Globe: For wall - to - wall coverage of last fall's Ballot Question 2 on charter schools that somehow never really answered the central question of whether additional charter schools really drain funding from traditional schools.

Three additional charter proposals, from Magnolia Public Schools, were pulled in advance of the school board meeting because they had been recommended for denial.

«While the getting is good, and Christie is approving just about anything that sounds stable, why don't we just go and apply for additional charters so we can have those in our pocket?»

Why More Charter Schools and School Vouchers Are Not Needed in Texas IDRA released a new policy brief in May 2013 that presents IDRA's analyses finding that no new additional charter sites are needed in Texas.

In addition, the BPS will have the additional expense of funding additional charter school transportation and special ed.

Additonal vehicles are available on request 2 x 22 Seater, 2 x 44 seater for additional Charter Hire.

At the end of 2012, the Chicago Board of Education approved additional charter schools.

The Lynn School Committee has passed a resolution opposing additional charter schools.

Massachusetts Authorization of Additional Charter Schools and Charter School Expansion, Question 2: did not pass

Hopefully, this report, data on the weak performance of recently - opened charter schools, and further evidence that North Carolina's charter schools are increasingly contributing to racial segregation will cause General Assembly leaders to reconsider their current appetite for additional charter school expansion.

In Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot question that would have allowed the state to approve additional charter schools.

Senate Republicans would get the additional charters they've been demanding, while the Assembly would not raise the cap on charters, something it has refused to do.

The city will also have to allow 50 additional charter schools, another blow to Mr. de Blasio, who has criticized charters in the past and is closely aligned with the teachers» unions.

But de Blasio agreed to allow 22 additional charters to open their doors, replacing schools that closed or never opened in the first place.

By a 7 - 1 vote, the State Board of Education turned down a request Wednesday from three charter schools for 57 additional charter seats at a cost of $ 627,000.

Rocketship is scheduled to open two additional charter schools in San Jose in the fall of 2011.

And after a four - year gap, the State Board of Education approved seven additional charters, the most recent of which opened this past fall.

Success at Williams and at other new small schools that Mr. Duncan has started or strengthened, which include some 20 charter schools, emboldened him to draft Chicago's sweeping new plans for the 100 new schools, which are to open by 2010 and include 30 additional charters and another 30 new contract schools, created by private groups that sign five - year, renewable contracts with the district.

Both of these networks were granted their additional charters on the basis of initial success, but it could be argued that without the opportunity to open their first schools nobody would be aware of what they are capable of doing.

Three additional charter schools may open in 2016, including two additional schools in Jackson and one in Natchez.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were

New Haven, CT — The Northeast Charter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on Wednesday.

Jackson is moving in the right direction, as residents now have a few open enrollment options among traditional public schools, the state's first two charter schools, two additional charter schools opening next year, and at least one low - cost high quality private school option, The Redeemer's School.

The first two charter schools in Mississippi - Reimagine Prep and Midtown Public Charter School - opened last year in Jackson with two additional charter schools authorized to open in the fall.

Through this group, Espinoza organized the opening of two additional charter schools: Caliber Beta Academy and Summit K2.

The public agenda listed a discussion item of an additional charter school in Stamford and one more for Bridgeport.

He is currently Chairman of the Board of Fenton Charter Public Schools, where he continues to provide guidance to three additional charter schools, Fenton Avenue Charter School, Fenton Avenue Primary Center, and Santa Monica Charter School.

In September 2014, under SB2 the first 10 additional charters were added.

«Alternative authorizers will lead to additional charter schools, which will result in greater competition and an increase in the quality of all schools, both traditional public schools and public charter schools,» said Haag.

The news that two additional charter schools plan to open in Kansas Citys urban core is great news to Kristin Droege, Executive Director of Citizens of the World Kansas City school.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on Wednesday...

Additional charter school data, including the number of students enrolled, is expected to be released in November or December.

That has happened with such regularity that today there are 350,000 families on charter - school waiting lists, enough to fill over 1,000 additional charter schools.

Now with 146 charter schools, North Carolina is poised to see 15 more opening this fall (including two virtual charter schools) and as many as 18 additional charters in 2016.

Rather than claim that «Most charters, however, are outperforming other schools in their districts,» the Hartford Courant should have demanded that Connecticut state government place a moratorium on any additional charter schools until the state's existing charters stop trying to game the system and provide open and accessible education opportunities to all of their community's students and families.