Sentences with phrase «area charter school districts»

The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), a regional district that operates interdistrict magnet schools, and the Hartford - area charter school districts added to their numbers of teachers in all race / ethnicity categories from 2004 - 12.

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LIBERTYVILLE — The area served by Libertyville School District 70 and High School District 128 is prime territory for one of the suburbs» first charter schools, members of the A.P.P.L.E. Community Group said Wednesday night.

The area served by Libertyville School District 70 and High School District 128 is prime territory for one of the suburbs» first charter schools, members of the A.P.P.L.E. Community Group said Wednesday night.

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Matthew Titone, who has 954 students on waiting lists in his district on Staten Island's North Shore, said charter schools in his area «do excellent work serving kids with special needs.»

«We've noticed that many charter schools open in areas where there's a concern over performance of district schools,» Reilly said.

Given that charter schools can and do enroll students across traditional boundary lines, our analysis took into account the demographic composition of students in the entire metro area, as opposed to a single school district.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sCharter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sSchools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district scharter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sschools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district schoolsschools.

The fact that 72.6 percent of Ohio's charter schools operate in urban areas likely has something to do with the fact that the state's suburbs continue to opt out of enrolling students from other districts.

In Arizona — a highly urbanized state with population primarily clustered in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas — both charter and district schools are concentrated in urban areas, yet as of 2010 there were more than 200 charter schools operating in suburbs, towns, and rural areas.

Not far from the heart of Houston, unlikely alliance between a school district and nearby charter schools is bringing the best of both worlds to area students.

Because the presence of charter schools in an area might affect both student achievement and the decisions of families to move to a district, we measured state demographics and student achievement during the 1989 — 90 school year, several years before the first charter laws took effect.

Even within contentious Santa Clara County, where most of the San Jose — area superintendents are doing their best to stiff - arm charter schools, the Franklin - McKinley school district brings in charters as welcome partners.

While individual school performance varies, charter schools generally outperform district schools in the Bay Area.

In a 2015 report, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that the average charter - school student in the Bay Area attained significantly more growth in reading and math than similar students in nearby district schools — and that this difference increased the longer he or she stayed in a charter school.

Chartering showed that the district does not need to own and operate all public schools in a geographic area.

The Ritter team reanalysis instead compared the racial enrollment of charter schools to that of central - city schools, describing it as «the best available unit of comparison,» and argued that the geographic concentration of charter schools in urban areas merits a comparison of schools located only within urban districts.

In Arizona, a state that has always had charter schools that draw middle - class students, there is evidence that, on average at least, charters are not doing any better at raising student achievement than district schools; outside of urban areas, they appear to do a bit worse.

For example, the Civil Rights Project reports that, in the metropolitan area surrounding the District of Columbia, 91.2 percent of charter students are in segregated schools, compared with just 20.9 percent of students in traditional public schools.

And AppleTree Early Learning, a pre-k-only charter school, works with preschool providers in the area to implement its evidence - based instructional model, increasing the supply of high - quality seats in the District.

(a neighborhood in the relatively undamaged West Bank district of the city) drew up a plan to charter all 13 schools in that area.

Third, through non-district charter authorizing, the state empowers one or more entities to approve and oversee public schools within the district's geographic area.

Private schools generate similarly higher levels of satisfaction than choice and district schools in all three types of communities, but significant differences between charters and chosen district schools are not observed in any of the three areas.

Nearly half of charter - school and district - choice - school parents live in urban areas, compared to one - third of private - school parents and one - quarter of families whose children attend assigned - district schools.

By contrast, the difference in the percentage of charter - school and assigned - district - school parents who say they are very satisfied is only 4 percentage points in suburban areas.

The figure is a maximum estimate — a representation of the most dollars school districts would have to share if all of their area charter schools were eligible for capital aid, said Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., a Hialeah Republican who is the House pre-K-12 education budget chairman.

The District - government - affiliated agencies with representatives serving on the Task Force are the Office of Human Rights, the Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the Mayor's Office on GLBT Affairs, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Health, D.C. Public Charter School Board, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the D.C. Public Library, Department of Mental Health, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Office of Disability Rights, University of the District of Columbia, and Child and Family Services Administration.

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Mandating that students work to pay off tuition, forging partnerships with philanthropists and foundations, converting to charter schools, and taking control away from pastors and putting it in the hands of lay experts — these are just some of the ways dioceses (essentially a church district) are hoping to stem the school - closure tide, which has reached worrisome proportions in America's urban areas, where close to half of all parochial schools are located.

In those cases where the local districts don't have to share their money, area charter schools would still get capital aid from the state — $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local money.

The dramatic expansion of charter schools in urban areas has provided families with tuition - free alternatives to district schools, making it difficult for tuition - dependent Catholic schools to compete.

To compare charter schools with the nearest district school is particularly misleading, since, in order to save money, charters often locate in low - rent areas, but draw their students from surrounding areas.

In suburban areas, charter schools are more likely to locate in districts with lower incomes, greater socioeconomic diversity, and close proximity to central cities.

These families are likely to have moved to a particular area because of its excellent public schools; charter schools and neighboring districts are unlikely to draw them away.

When funding follows students, the impact of competition is greater in areas where school - age population growth is slow or declining, as any loss of students to charter schools or nearby districts is immediately seen on the bottom line.

He decided to build his new charter school in an Atlanta neighborhood the public school district defined as an «area of need.»

Whether a district becomes an authorizer or not, charter schools may open in their service area as early as fall 2014 and become the public school for children who used to attend district schools, taking dollars away from those districts.

Charter schools have been seen as a way to give parents in low - income areas a choice in schooling much like what more affluent families have always had by moving into a better school district or putting their children in a private school.

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This type of data is needed to accurately describe changes in diversity as students move between sectors because there is significant variation in student demographics at the school level that is often obscured when examining the issue at higher levels of aggregation (e.g. comparing charters as a group to surrounding school district or metropolitan area) and can complicate the drawing of valid inferences about the relationship between public school choice and racial sorting.

Charter school operators with good track records would be able to apply to open new schools across the state, although the performance thresholds will be lower in areas where traditional school districts perform poorly and are in high - poverty areas.

Holdaway, who is married to a deployed soldier from Joint Base Lewis - McChord, said she was inspired to start a charter school after a string of disappointing experiences involving her children in two area school districts, Yelm and Peninsula.

One way to do this is for states to authorize the development of regional charters, which enroll students from geographic areas beyond traditional school district boundaries.

Hoxby says, citing one of Massachusetts» best - performing and wealthiest suburban school districts to point out a flaw in any attempt to compare charter schools, which are very often located either in inner cities or rural areas, with American public schools in general.

Use the Google Map below to explore the Memphis school district, including its I - Zone schools, as well as the area's charter and achievement schools.

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Charters outperformed the district across both subject areas at every single grade level, doing especially well at the earlier grades: in 3rd and 4th grade Math, charter schools outperformed the district by 16.3 and 11.2 percentage points, respectively.

By allowing students to cross district lines, charter schools will now be able to open in high - need areas where the small size of many of the school districts has made the creation of a charter school virtually....

Collaborative leaders emphasized additional research will also be needed in several areas, including a full capital study to examine the costs of charter and traditional public schools; a review of literate and illiterate poverty, and concentration of poverty by district; and a full transportation costs study.

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