Sentences with phrase «against public charter»

Tell them they can't discriminate against public charter school parents and students.

From the perspective of these folks, most - notably the education historian - turned - sophist Diane Ravitch, the Newtown massacre serves as their chance to mount their usual criticisms of the school reform movement and advocate against public charter schools, as well as go beyond that.

Lost in the self - published 90 - page diatribe against public charter schools is virtually any mention of what matters most: student success.

«Lost in the Grand Canyon Institute's self - published 90 - page diatribe against public charter schools is virtually any mention of what matters most: student performance.

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.

In an interview in today's Star - Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a charter school moratorium, his views on «boutique» charter schools in leafy suburbs, why NJEA leaders and Save Our Schools - NJ fight so vociferously against public charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark charters are incubating new ideas and sharing them with traditional schools.

In an interview in today's Star - Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a charter school moratorium, his views on «boutique» charter schools in leafy suburbs, why NJEA leaders and Save Our Schools - NJ fight so vociferously against public charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark charters are incubating new ideas...

Not exact matches

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association states: «Their argument is that per student grants paid to a Catholic school division for non-Catholic students is discriminatory against public schools under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Venditto voted against public schools every change he could, selling his soul to the charter school crowd and giving away taxpayer dollars.

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.»

I found the argument made by Charter 88 persuasive that the Monarchy helped to legitimise the broader constitutional arrangements, and remove them from public and political scrutiny, with something of a taboo against debating either the Monarchy or the constitution.

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.

Mulgrew launched his attack against education reformers while discussing his support for the creation of 200 experimental public schools to rival charter schools.

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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.

Still not resolved: how much aid to direct to public and charter schools and the exact structure of new youth courts that would handle certain criminal charges against 16 - and 17 - year - olds.

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.

Meanwhile his allies on the left, including City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James, filed a suit against the city for allowing the 14 charter co-locations.

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.

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.

Teachers» unions and public - school advocates have railed against Cuomo, arguing that he's prioritizing privately run charters over traditional public schools.

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.

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.

Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education have long been fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are fighting the push by members of the current school board for more charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into charters.

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.

The teacher unions are also battling against charter schools - which, while public, need not be unionized, and which draw students and money away from the regular public schools where union members teach.

Grassroots organizations like ACORN, which have supported charter schools — even started their own — have led vigorous campaigns against Edison Schools» involvement in troubled public systems like those of Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco.

Not to mention legal mandates — which you'll note I purposefully didn't even broach until now — which, of course, require that public charters not discriminate against students with disabilities.

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.

In A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappoCharter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappoCharter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappoCharter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappocharter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointing.

The Democratic mayor's public comments against charters, among the most significant of the Bloomberg reforms, have convinced many reformers that de Blasio is a real threat to continued progress in the city's schools.

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 gCharter 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 gcharter schools in general.

By lobbying against good charter legislation and fair funding (see Figure 1), financing anti-charter studies and propaganda, filing lawsuits, and engaging the public battle of ideas, teacher unions and other charter opponents openly wage what might be called an «air war» against charters.

Within the foxholes of New Jersey's charter school wars, the target de jour is special education, specifically the accusation by school - choice opponents that alternative public schools intentionally discriminate against children with special needs.

Those against the law also raised the familiar criticism that charter schools would be free to use the new local dollars without the accountability and oversight required of traditional public schools.

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 meriPublic 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 meriPublic,» features, Fall 2009) asked public school teachers about their views on education reforms their unions work tirelessly against, among them, charter schools and meripublic school teachers about their views on education reforms their unions work tirelessly against, among them, charter schools and merit pay.

When a parent or community member reaches out to the DC Public Charter School Board with a complaint against a school, our primary goal is to ensure that the school has

So to avoid that appearance of intransigence the teacher's unions were relatively less obstinate about charters and shackled them with all sorts of limitations against the day when the public would once again lapse into disinterest in education issues and charters could be quietly and tidily done away with.

Thursday, the fledgling public charter schools system faced the justices for a second time to defend against another aggressive maneuver...

She is a staunch supporter of public education, and she is known her her firm stance against charter schools, the Common Core, and high - stakes standardized testing.

A group of pro-charter teachers filed a formal complaint this week with the state's Public Employment Relations Board contending that the teachers union had engaged in unfair labor practices by failing to support them and waging a «nonstop hate campaign» against the charter advocates.

We will compete against neighboring charter and public middle schools in the following boys» and girls» sports: Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football, Track and Field, as well as Girls Cheerleading.

Not allowing public charter schools to have the contact info needed to reach out to families is against the law.

Where is NYC's public advocate, Letitia James, who sued the city over school buses that had no air conditioning and went after the Success Academy Charter School network for alleged bias against students with disabilities?

Patti Lehman, a 45 - year - old Olympia preschool teacher, said she voted against charter schools because she fears the measure would drain funding from existing public schools.

We should ask ourselves why we keep pitting charter schools against neighborhood public schools — a strategy that has created little more than a disruptive churn.