Sentences with phrase «among charter school teachers»

This is the wonderfully refreshing, optimistic, can - do attitude found among charter school teachers that drew me to the charter movement in 2003.

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Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular property - tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.

Korn notes that current and former hedge fund managers, among them Daniel Loeb and Carl Icahn, are board members of StudentsFirst NY, a group that promotes charter schools, stricter teacher evaluations and changes to teacher tenure.

The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

Believing he was among friends, UFT boss Mike Mulgrew showed what he's really made of during a closed - door meeting with union activists — spewing hatred toward education «reformers» and charter schools, and even admitting he sabotaged teacher evaluations.

Among other details, the governor has proposed tougher teacher evaluations that would make it easier to fire underperforming teachers, and fewer limits on charter schools.

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.

As a result of discussions and an agreement among the parties, the UFT has been assured that Klinsky and Victory is supportive of the rights of teachers to organize into a union and to bargain collectively in charter schools where Victory provides management and support services.

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Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Schools (The Atlanta Journal Constitution) Charter Schools Take a Hit in Nationwide Poll (EdSource) Public Support for Charter Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Charter Schools Take a Hit in Nationwide Poll (EdSource) Public Support for Charter Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Schools Take a Hit in Nationwide Poll (EdSource) Public Support for Charter Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Charter Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) 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education, and the impact of the current administration, among others.

Among the reform milestones they achieved were a new requirement that 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student achievement; raising the charter school cap from 200 to 460; and higher student achievement goals on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade and 8th grade reading tests and Regents exams.

However, there is greater variation among charter parents in how frequently they report communicating about teacher quality than among parents in either private or district schools.

The first decade of the 21st century has also had a dominant strategy: incentive - based reforms, such as increasing competition among charter and district schools, merit - pay plans to improve teacher quality, and school - level accountability based on testing.

For example, Washington State, among other states, still has no charter school law — mostly because of intense opposition from the teacher unions and other interests vested in the status quo.

For the comparison among charter, public, and private school teachers, I assumed that charter and private schools face more competition than public schools, since a greater share of charter and private schools get funding only if they attract students.

To get a broader picture of how choice affects teachers, I used data both from traditional forms of school choice (choice among public schools through choice of residence and choice among private schools) and from charter schools.

Support for charters among public school teachers fell from 47 percent to 39 percent between 2008 and 2010, while opposition grew slightly from 33 percent to 36 percent.

Among many influential projects conducted under the auspices of EdLabs, Fryer has developed and implemented programs to test the impact of incentives on student achievement, teacher pay - for - performance concepts, and an effort to apply charter - school practices to a district turnaround school in Houston.

(One distinction of Green Dot among charter school organizations is that its teachers are unionized, but we are not told anything more about the union except that it is not the one that had represented the Locke teachers.)

Among the entries, we find Bambino musing about the impact of charter schools; the need in schools for more business partnerships and community involvement; the «us and them» divide between teachers and parents; the validity of the school science fair; and the need for more time to plan and reflect.

As a seventh - and eighth - grade math teacher in a K — 8 charter school in Massachusetts, he points to several factors that he believes contribute to the success of his school, including ongoing communication and collaboration among staff of all grade levels, as well as the development of a curriculum that «ramps up» each year, preventing gaps or holes in nine consistent years of academic preparation.

These policies are 1) raising education spending (with several possible routes for allocating those funds); 2) accountability for teachers and schools; 3) enhanced choice among public school options, especially charter schools; and 4) early childhood education.

Even among public school teachers, the percentage favoring charters is greater than the percentage opposed.

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.

A nationally representative Education Week survey shows rifts among teachers, principals, and superintendents on hot - button social issues affecting K - 12 education, including immigration, charter schools, vouchers, and LGBT rights.

Among other reforms encouraged by Race to the Top, Washington, D.C., adopted a new teacher contract that raised salaries across the board while adding performance pay, and New York City increased its allotment of public charter schools, to cite just two notable examples.

After teaching in Houston, Feinberg and Levin launched KIPP: Knowledge Is Power Program, a network of charter schools meant to prepare any kid, regardless of prior academics or conduct, for college.Nationwide, there are now 99 KIPP academies, each a partnership among students, teachers, parents, and staff designed to prioritize learning and maximize classroom time.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

Prominent issues among school board candidates this year are Common Core standards, teacher evaluations and charter schools

As a result, we can expect the same churning among alternative teacher preparation programs that we see with charter schools in high - poverty school districts.

Education activists, teachers, lawyers, a PTA leader and a woman who used to work with charter schools in California are among the applicants to the new state commission that is expected to approve some of Washington's first charter schools...

Obama and the Gates Foundation share some goals that not everyone embraces: paying teachers based on student test scores, among other measures of achievement; charter schools that operate independently of local school boards; and a set of common academic standards adopted by every state.

The Ohio Education Association, a teachers union that has been among the most outspoken critics of charter schools, has testified against them in the state legislature and supported litigation aimed at toughening oversight.

They also list all of the groups in the state they meet with throughout the year to discuss various issues, including Indiana Association of School Principals, Indiana Federation of Teachers, Indiana's Charter School Association and Indiana Small and Rural School Association, among others.

Self - described reformers argued that Newark schools spent too much for too few results, and that charter schools had shown they could do better; per - pupil spending in the public schools was about $ 24,000 when Ms. Anderson arrived, and the teachers were among the nation's highest paid.

Among the Department of Education's criteria were statewide longitudinal data systems, evaluation of teacher and principal performance, strategies for improving low - performing schools and the removal of state caps on charter schools.

Summary: The Net Charter High School in New Orleans does not suspend students, instead resolving conflicts among students or between students and teachers before they have time to fester.

Lewis» dedication to her students, their high academic achievement and care for their personal well - being are among the reasons for her selection as the Arizona Charter School Association's 2016 Teacher of the Year.

Founded in 2015, the purpose of the Lee Montessori Public Charter School Family Teacher Association (FTA) is to enhance and support the educational experience at Lee Montessori PCS, to promote a closer connection between school and home by encouraging family engagement and strong family - school communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial suSchool Family Teacher Association (FTA) is to enhance and support the educational experience at Lee Montessori PCS, to promote a closer connection between school and home by encouraging family engagement and strong family - school communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial suschool and home by encouraging family engagement and strong family - school communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial suschool communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial support.

The 21st Annual California Charter Schools Conference, which took place March 3 - 6 in San Jose, brought together charter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout CaliCharter Schools Conference, which took place March 3 - 6 in San Jose, brought together charter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout CaliSchools Conference, which took place March 3 - 6 in San Jose, brought together charter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout Calicharter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout Calicharter schools throughout Calischools throughout California.

The 22nd Annual California Charter Schools Conference, which took place March 16 - 19 in Sacramento, brought together charter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout CaliCharter Schools Conference, which took place March 16 - 19 in Sacramento, brought together charter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout CaliSchools Conference, which took place March 16 - 19 in Sacramento, brought together charter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout Calicharter school leaders, teachers, parents and students to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout Calicharter schools throughout Calischools throughout California.

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It challenged Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. to answer questions about whether to lift the cap on charter schools, how to make it easier to remove ineffective teachers and how to make teacher evaluations more stringent, among other issues.

Achievement First — Bridgeport Academy is among Connecticut's worst offenders when it comes to charter schools that fail to provide students with properly certified teachers.

As Jeffrey Litt, the leader of New York City's Icahn Charter Schools, has pointed out, schools that go through this communal process can foster real collaboration among teachers, enabling them to build on one another's strengths and reduce their workloads by sharing matSchools, has pointed out, schools that go through this communal process can foster real collaboration among teachers, enabling them to build on one another's strengths and reduce their workloads by sharing matschools that go through this communal process can foster real collaboration among teachers, enabling them to build on one another's strengths and reduce their workloads by sharing materials.

Issues such as teacher tenure, parent triggers, charter schools and the Common Core State Standards bring out vitriol even among policymakers and prominent figures.

But critics — prominent among them the Chicago Teachers Union — say the growth of charters signals the decline of CPS - run neighborhood schools.

Arizona was among the pioneers of the American charter school movement when it passed its law back in 1994, and has led the way ever since, in no small part because of its high scores in the areas of school autonomy, teacher freedom and the wide latitude it allows for freedom to innovate.

If that's not enough, HB 7069 loads corporate charter chains with $ 140 million and so much power, its hard believe that there's any love left among legislators for Florida's 2.8 million public school children or their teachers.

(Long Beach, California)- More than 4,000 charter public school leaders, teachers, supporters, and advocates will gather to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout California at the annual four - day event, held March 14 - 17, 2016 at the Long Beach Convention Center and hosted by the California Charter Schools Association charter public school leaders, teachers, supporters, and advocates will gather to inspire academic excellence, operational integrity and unity among charter schools throughout California at the annual four - day event, held March 14 - 17, 2016 at the Long Beach Convention Center and hosted by the California Charter Schools Association charter schools throughout California at the annual four - day event, held March 14 - 17, 2016 at the Long Beach Convention Center and hosted by the California Charter Schools Association schools throughout California at the annual four - day event, held March 14 - 17, 2016 at the Long Beach Convention Center and hosted by the California Charter Schools Association Charter Schools Association Schools Association (CCSA).

Among the speakers are parents, teachers and students from across the state showing support for charter schools and to sharing their concerns with members of the Senate committee on many of the troubling aspects of surrounding authorization.