Sentences with phrase «advocate of charter schools»

«There's a level of institutional hypocrisy here which is actually unhealthy,» said Hess, who is a strong advocate of charter schools.

All of those positions are opposed by the teachers» unions, and they, along with advocates of charter schools and other groups that back those changes, have already committed hundreds of thousands of dollars this month to television advertisements in New York City and Albany, leading up to Mr. Cuomo's State of the State speech on Wednesday.

But advocates of charter schools organized a multimillion - dollar advertising campaign and flooded the capital with protesters.

Eva S. Moskowitz, Success Academy's founder, has repeatedly sparred with Mayor Bill de Blasio over his education policies and allied herself with Republican advocates of charter schools and vouchers.

To understand why, one must understand the strategy Ted Kolderie, an early advocate of charters schools, outlined to lawmakers in a 1990 article titled, «The States Will Have to Withdraw the Exclusive.»

«We're talking about different populations,» said Petrilli, executive vice president at the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and longtime advocate of charter schools.

For instance, many advocates of charter schooling trumpet the freedom and innovation promoted by choice, but they remain hostile to the ideas of unbridled markets and for - profit operators.

In today's Washington Post, Jeff Bryant, director of the Education Opportunity Network, writes about the promises that were first offered by advocates of the charter school industry:

Like Governor Malloy, Governor Christie is a major advocate of charter schools and the corporate education reform industry, which in New Jersey makes the School Ethics Commission a key appointment.

But advocates of charter schools organized a multimillion - dollar advertising campaign and flooded the capital with protesters.

All of those positions are opposed by the teachers» unions, and they, along with advocates of charter schools and other groups that back those changes, have already committed hundreds of thousands of dollars this month to television advertisements in New York City and Albany, leading up to Mr. Cuomo's State of the State speech on Wednesday.

He is also an advocate of charter schools and vouchers, which the unions oppose.

One would imagine then, that advocates of charter schools would be exquisitely attentive to the political math at the heart of their coalition: They typically need virtually every Republican vote, plus a handful of Democrats.

Bush spoke to nearly 1,000 state legislators, teachers, school administrators, and advocates of charter schools and private school vouchers at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C..

NR: At the national level, the teachers» unions have not been advocates of charter schools.

For years, advocates of charter schools have pressed legislators to pass a law that would allow more charters to operate in North Carolina.

A powerful teachers union and advocates of charter schools, battling to shape the future of California schools, ended in a stalemate this year in Sacramento.

Advocates of charter schools, a favorite education - reform strategy of the Obama administration, are finding themselves on the defensive.

Stephen has been actively involved in New Orleans public education for more than 20 years and is a strong advocate of charter schools.

But although Mr. Finn had become critical of the No Child law, he remained an advocate of charter schools and school choice.

All of you are warriors every day as leaders of charter schools, teachers of charter schools, advocates of charter schools.