Sentences with phrase «against charter schools on»

What you said about arguing against charter schools on first principles struck me in a particular way.

You make a provocative argument that what could ultimately cause the charter bubble to burst in these communities is lawsuits, including those filed by parents against charter schools on civil rights grounds.

Not exact matches

After millions of dollars of spending on his behalf, much of it by the charter school crowd, Carl Marcellino was finally declared the winner of his race by about 1500 votes against a woefully underfunded opponent.

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.

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.»

A Tapestry Charter School parent has started an on - line petition against proposed plans to its K - through five program to a former Buffalo school buiSchool parent has started an on - line petition against proposed plans to its K - through five program to a former Buffalo school buischool building.

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.

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 schools.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

That pits him against Governor Andrew Cuomo on yet another education issue; the governor has said he hopes to break the public - school «monopoly» by encouraging more competition from 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.

Still on the table: Education funding — a battle that is again pitting traditional public schools against charters — worker's compensation reforms that the business community and its Senate GOP allies have been pushing, and the governor's ongoing desire for local government consolidation.

And now, the for - profit charter school crowd is spending over a million on false attacks against teachers and public schools.

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.

Questions on other topics include: the NYS Attorney General's investigation of the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee, whether de Blasio's pre-K initiative will include private and parochial schools, the «absent teacher reserve», a protest by Girls Prep supporters against de Blasio's expected charter school policies, performance of Administration for Children's Services and whether de Blasio plans to contact the St. Patrick's Day Parade committee to urge them to lift their exclusion of LGBT groups and organizations.

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 inspector would also be required to evaluate and make recommendations on a wide range of issues, including how funds are distributed, disciplinary actions against students and teachers, and the co-location of charter schools.

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 expansioOn 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 expansioon 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 advocates who haven't been pleased by Perkins claim that they have «opened the doors to an insidious form of segregation» and is holding hearings (the first is on April 22) are also down with the idea of backing a primary challenger against him.

«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.

The investigation, which began in March at the request of the state Advisory Commission on Charter Schools, is one of the most serious actions taken against a charter school operator in theCharter Schools, is one of the most serious actions taken against a charter school operator in thecharter school operator in the state.

CER judges each law against 10 criteria, each scored on a 1 — 5 scale, with a total possible score of 50 for laws most favorable to charter schools.

Charter Schools Against the Odds: An Assessment of the Koret Task Force on K — 12 Education.

But while the election clearly shifted the balance of power on the board, the situation changed again after the Broad plan was leaked, with the school board tilting against charters.

The Broad plan, recast as Great Public Schools Now, «re-launched» in June with a changed emphasis on adding high - quality school seats wherever they are found, charter or district, a clear shift that resulted from the aggressive pushback against the original plan.

Charter schools frequently point to the fact that they admit students based on a lottery to defend themselves against accusations of bias in admissions.

They had seen her at countless education forums, on the local nightly news, and in the daily paper at every turn of the school budget clock, determinedly defending her district and, increasingly, railing against charter schools.

With all this evidence apparently stacked against charter schools, it seems downright responsible of the AFT to call for a moratorium on further charter school expansion «until more convincing evidence of their effectiveness and viability is presented.»

Hot on the heels of Charter Schools against the Odds, edited by Paul Hill, to which readers were alerted in the last issue of Education Next, come two new books, one (Courting Failure) published as the first in a series of Education Next Books.

On the campaign trail, Ellison spoke against public charter schools and private school vouchers, casting them both as a Bush administration plan to weaken public schools.

It's not only the stuff of the American presidential election, but of the pitched battle for and against the spread of charter schools on ballots across the United States.

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Based on the workplace Well - being Charter, schools can benchmark themselves against a list of healthy objectives and have access to resources and expert advice.

Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

The 2009 Education Next - PEPG Survey of Public Opinion (see «The Persuadable Public,» features, Fall 2009) asked public school teachers about their views on education reforms their unions work tirelessly against, among them, charter schools and merit pay.

If charter schools were having no impact on student achievement, if such schools were merely selecting better students, then it would be an easy choice to vote against the charter cap increase.

Instead, they are choosing to use precious time, energy, and money to fight against charter schools and make a moratorium on any new charters part of their national platform.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor accused him of waging a «war against kids» and House Republicans promptly announced a committee hearing on «The Role of Charter Schools in K - 12 Education.»

In addition, the Massachusetts Teachers Association led a much - publicized campaign against a proposal to expand the number of charters in the state, and the California Teachers Association created a website, «Kids Not Profits,» radio ads and a social media campaign calling for tighter restrictions on charter schools.

On October 21, 2015, Sequoia Charter School's students and staff members donned their brightly colored orange attire to send a united message of hope, support, and unity against bullying on Unity DaOn October 21, 2015, Sequoia Charter School's students and staff members donned their brightly colored orange attire to send a united message of hope, support, and unity against bullying on Unity Daon Unity Day.

«Here it is, the end of the year, we've just reached 105 homicides and what he's focused on is creating a moratorium against charter schools.

They are discriminating against the charter schools, school leaders and teachers who have proven that they are delivering on the promise.

Hence, their stance against charter schools really extends beyond their call for a moratorium on charter schools.

Those new options have made a significant impact on Connecticut's achievement gap — you can not argue against the fact that charter schools have changed the lives of inner - city children of color who may not have otherwise had success in education.

The NAACP claims to be taking a stance against school segregation through this moratorium on charters.

In addition, no person shall be discriminated against in admission to Brooke Charter School or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and access to the courses of study and extracurricular activities offered by the School on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, socioeconomic status, housing status or homelessness, special need, proficiency in the English language or a foreign language, or prior academic achievement, as required by federal and state law, including M.G.L. c. 71, § 89 (l); 603 CMR 1.06 (1); M.G.L. c. 76, § 5 and 603 CMR 26.00: Access to Equal Educational Opportunity.

View a statement from Jed Wallace, President and CEO, CCSA, about CCSA's decision to discontinue pursuit of two facilities - related lawsuits against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and to focus renewed effort on working collaboratively with LAUSD to ensure every public school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to School District (LAUSD) and to focus renewed effort on working collaboratively with LAUSD to ensure every public school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to learn.