Sentences with phrase «adopt around charter school»

What policies should states adopt around charter school authorizing?

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The state committed to adopting the Common Core standards, tying teacher evaluations to test scores, turning around or closing low - performing schools and increasing the number of charter schools, among other things.

To be eligible, states had to agree to adopt new common standards and tests (the Common Core State Standards); expand the number of charter schools; evaluate the effectiveness of teachers in significant part by the test scores of their students (and remove any statutory barriers to doing so); and agree to «turn around» their lowest - performing schools by taking such dramatic steps as firing staff and closing the schools.

Rather than just urging struggling schools to fire teachers or bring in non-union charter school operators, Harkin suggested in October that a school could be turned around by adopting a magnet theme or approach in order to bring in a cross-section of students from all backgrounds together — an idea whose effectiveness is backed up by ample research.

Many schools around the United States have already adopted the rotation model of blended learning, including Rocketship Education, which is a charter public school system for low - income students.

The program rewards states that promise to raise achievement using the Obama administration's preferred methods: adopting common core standards, promoting charter schools, linking teacher pay to student performance and turning around low - achieving schools.