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Bennett Kayser voted against some of them, insisted that many of them report back to the Board in one year with a progress report, and at one point unleashed a mini rant against charter schools in general.

There is no shortage of talking heads spouting vitriol against charter schools in the name of justice and equality and the dismantling of systems of oppression.

Unions have challenged parent choice in the courts, including a lawsuit against vouchers in Florida, a successful action against charter schools in Washington, and a new civil rights lawsuit against charter schools.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is investigating a complaint against charter schools in Washington, DC.

Absent attention at the state and local level, we will have far more OCR complaints (e.g., the ACLU filed a complaint against charter schools in Delaware alleging discrimination by race, income and disability on December 5th) stemming from tacit acceptance of lack of access.

Although he fails to provide any evidence that the inappropriate use of restraint and seclusion practices are more prevalent in charters than traditional schools, he cites the allegations made in two lawsuits filed against charter schools in D.C. at length, which amounts to little more than a cheap shot.

One of the primary arguments made by proponents of the lawsuit against charter schools in Mississippi is that as students leave Jackson Public Schools they are draining the finances of the school district.

Charter Schools Not To Blame For JPS» Declining Enrollment July 18, 2016 by Brett Kittredge One of the primary arguments made by proponents of the lawsuit against charter schools in Mississippi is that as students leave Jackson Public Schools they are draining the finances of the school district.

The UFT and its backers have kept up a steady drumbeat of false claims against charter schools in New York City: Charters cherry - pick their students, push out those who need extra support, and generally falsify...

When Albany Preparatory Charter School requested a variance on property it was eyeing, opponents appeared before a public hearing about the proposed school building and used the opportunity to argue against charter schools in general.

Not exact matches

A number of Assembly members who haven't spoken out against efforts to limit charter schools have long waiting lists in their districts of kids wanting to get into those schools.

Democratic Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky in a radio interview Friday criticized an education reform group's campaign against him, suggesting an investigation wouldn't be surprise because of charter school money being approved in advance of an ad blitz.

Also a parent group announced a lawsuit Sunday against the city for its plan to put a charter school in the Brandeis Educational Complex on the Upper West Side.

NYSUT and its labor allies are going nuclear over the Senate Democrats» push to pass a charter school bill today, accusing the majority of abandoning its principles to inoculate members against the millions of dollars pro-charter advocates have threatened to spend in the fall elections.

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of the Success Academy charter school network and a former city councilwoman, would not rule out a challenge against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when he runs for re-election in two years.

As Governor Cuomo has turned his attention to how the state would deal with Ebola, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins appeared in Buffalo Friday campaigning against charter schools, Common Core and Fracking.

In an interview last night, Eva Moskowitz, the founder of Success Academy Charter Schools and a former city councilwoman, would not rule out a future primary bid against Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The Working Families Party is ramping up its rhetoric against charter school exec Eva Moskowitz in a sharply - worded letter set to be released to more than 100,000 members this evening.

Senate Democrats in a news conference at the same time pushed back against the effort to expand charter schools, which included a fiery response from United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi makes the case against the Senate Charter School Bill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reforCharter School Bill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reforcharter reform bill.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

Eva S. Moskowitz says her network of charter schools has room to improve in how it serves students with disabilities but does not discriminate against them.

Then on Sunday, he pledged not to grant a long - term extension of mayoral control «without first ensuring that all students have opportunities,» the punctuating sentence of a statement in support of charter schools and against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's charter policies.

In addition, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and many in his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on the issue of charter schoolIn addition, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and many in his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on the issue of charter schoolin his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on the issue of charter schools.

The charter school network, which routinely outperforms district schools on standardized tests and maintains strict disciplinary policies, has faced off against similar criticisms in the past.

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

A charter school network's plan to double in size over the next few years could reignite a war over classroom space in New York City — only this time with the ground rules already tilted against the mayor, thanks to a new law passed in Albany this spring.

Charter school leader Deborah Kenny's op - ed in today's The New York Times argues against the move by many states toward teacher evaluations based on multiple measures, including both student progress on achievement tests and the reviews of principals.

The de Blasio administration struck its clearest blow yet against the city's charter schools last week when schools chancellor Carmen Fariña announced that a $ 210 million pot in the Department of Education's capital budget would be diverted away from charter school construction, likely towards the construction of pre-K seats under the mayor's plan.

In addition, a political action committee formed by StudentsFirst, a nonprofit that supports charter schools, spent nearly $ 1.5 million on TV ads and polling against Kaminsky.

As of late August, tax credit backers had put $ 321,261 into the race, which, according to Newsday, Ramos believes is «retaliati [on] against him for successful efforts to block charter schools in Islip.»

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

They have offices in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of public education.

The issue also caused friction between de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who fashioned himself a champion of charter schools to pit himself against the mayor as the two were locked in a battle of funding for universal pre-kindergarten.

Asked about problems with Albany schools, McLaughlin pointed out that while public schools and charter schools are often pitted against one another, they're all public schools in the sense that they all run on public money.

On Saturday, LaborPress caught up with Hawkins and his Green Party supporters at a «$ 15 Now» rally held outside a Starbucks on Fulton Street in Downtown, Brooklyn, where the gubernatorial hopeful talked about the need for legislation guaranteeing a living wage - as well as Mayor Bill de Blasio's apparent surrender in the fight against charter school expansion.

Charter school supporters have often targeted AQE as being beholden to its benefactors in the teachers unions, a line of attack that AQE has repeatedly pushed back against, while AQE has decried any shift towards charter funding as a betrayal of the public education Charter school supporters have often targeted AQE as being beholden to its benefactors in the teachers unions, a line of attack that AQE has repeatedly pushed back against, while AQE has decried any shift towards charter funding as a betrayal of the public education charter funding as a betrayal of the public education system.

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The fight has escalated in recent weeks, with Cuomo claiming the mantle of charter - school advocate to position himself against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight charter schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional public school buildings and share space with other students.

Eight private charter schools are filing suit in State Supreme Court against the New York State Public High School Athletic Association over requirements that make student athletes sit out a season after transferring.

A group of parents filed the challenge, claiming the formulas discriminate against charters in favor of traditional public schools.

Privately, they conceded that passing the measure was an attempt to derail a threatened big - ticket political campaign against them by Mayor Bloomberg and other prominent charter - school supporters that could cost them their razor - thin majority in the November elections.

Some advocates said there is no room to allow for a big jump in charter schools seeking space in traditional public school buildings, and argued against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call to expand charters.

They cheered his full - throated backing of charter schools, even as Silver's Assembly was fighting against allowing charters to expand in New York as a prerequisite for applying for as much as $ 700 million in federal funding.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

In other issues, Graziano said he also supported increasing the minimum wage to match with inflation, but was against charter schools and stop - and - frisk.

«House of Cards» starts off at a remove, but it really gets going when its story plunges into something like the real world, one in which Bill Maher and Dennis Miller comment on the proceding on TV and a gaff on CNN gets autotuned into a viral clip, where an education bill is broken down and haggled over in terms of details on charter schools and collective bargaining and the slower moving but responsible reporting of a newspaper is put up against a fast - paced website in which an editor tells a writer she can just post her stories herself as soon as she's done with them.

This was, in my view, just the latest salvo in a continuing barrage of assaults against charter schools by critics of choice.

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