Sentences with phrase «as charter»

Oakland Tribune: Oakland's Lighthouse named charter school of the year California's Children: Fenton Ave school is a Hart Vision Charter of the year Pacific Palisades Patch: Pali High's Jeanne Saiza Honored as Charter Teacher of the Year Anderson Valley...

PSC began in 2009 as an initiative to reform failing schools by opening up management to alterative operators, such as charter groups or teacher - led groups.

Since opening our doors as a charter school in 2001, LEARN has grown from... Creates a classroom culture conductive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and...

At one point I had them in Private (Christian) School, then local public school as well as Charter Schools.

In 2011, Cameron received the Hart Vision Award from the California Charter School's Association as their Charter School Leader of the Year.

These providers can either be nonprofit organizations (often referred to as charter management organizations [CMOs]-RRB- or for - profit companies (known as educational management organizations [EMOs]-RRB-.

That would undermine their independence as charter schools, says Bill Phillips, president of the Northeastern Charter Schools Network.

As a charter, we had a performance agreement with the state.

That opened the door for alternative forms of public education, such as charter schools that shifted control from the Orleans Parish School Board into the hands of parents and a state agency, the Recovery School District.

How did accountability principles or practices shape your decisions as a charter school leader?

The series includes a guide to help district and state leaders choose the best restructuring option for each school, updated in a 2nd edition released in 2009, and white papers identifying what we know from research about when the first four restructuring options under NCLB work: reopening as a charter school, contracting with external providers, turnarounds with new leaders and staff, and state takeovers.

«All other» could be such things as charter schools or preschools or after school programs where average annual earnings are likely to be less than in colleges, universities, or professional schools.

A new public school opening as a charter would not receive current local levy funding.

No one from the NAACP, despite my lifetime membership, has ever reached out to me as a charter school leader and said, can I come and see your school?

Advocates for non-traditional school options purport that alternative options, such as charter schools, present an opportunity for inventive classroom techniques.

What teachers need to know is that school choice does not threaten the teaching profession but improves it — creating more professional environments in which to work, flexible schedules, or opportunities to teach in a less bureaucratic setting such as a charter school.

As we have presented these findings, some people have wondered whether students were hurt by the shuffling of students that occurred when schools were closed, or whether neighborhood schools declined as charter schools proliferated.

STEP TWO: Perry moves company address to a Capital Prep, a Hartford Public School and registers it as a charter school management company for purposes of the federal tax code: http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/43-4669846/capital-preparatory-schools-incorporated.aspx

The belief has been that smaller, specialized schools — known generally as charter schools — whose principals are given a great deal of autonomy, will give parents and children a great deal of choice and that they should replace the large, amorphous, all - purpose public schools that, in any case, haven't been doing a good job.

Charter high schools that serve LA's most socioeconomically disadvantaged students achieve the same results as all charter schools.

But she also alienated many parents with her reorganization plan, known as One Newark, which replaced the city's tradition of neighborhood schools with a universal enrollment system that assigned students by lottery to traditional as well as charter schools.

As charter schools flourished, investors and philanthropists encouraged them to «grow to scale» and replicate.

But the autonomy we have as charter schools gives us great leeway to create the kind of school culture that parents want.

It has steadily expanded its program offerings and financial services as the charter school movement has grown from a single school in Minnesota over 20 years ago to millions of students attending charter schools in 43 states and the District of Columbia today, with 600,000 families on charter school waiting lists nationwide.

As charter school parents, we have so much in common, despite our different backgrounds and the different neighborhoods we live in.

A formal investigation by the Florida State's Attorney into allegations of grade tampering at a charter school managed by Newpoint Education Partners has resulted in criminal charges handed down just this week — just as the charter school management company had hoped to nose its way into doing business in North Carolina.

Just as charter middle schools have outperformed their host districts on the state's ELA and Math exams for years, these numbers show that charter high schools are continuing crucial work that goes into making sure kids graduate and are prepared for life beyond the classroom.

As a charter school leader, I consider myself part of the district.

Connecticut officials are asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families who want more high - quality school options such as charter and magnet schools.

As a charter school, Wayside Schools receives less funding than its ISD counterparts.

The 13 schools in the district's I - Zone are granted some of the same budget and hiring autonomy as a charter school or a school in the ASD.

Other advantages, he said, include being able to bring in noncertified instructors to each specialized subjects, as the charter school law requires only half a school's teachers be certified; and potentially attracting students from neighboring districts, as charter school students may cross boundaries without permission from their home districts.

Deeply seasoned in animosity toward the education reform movement, Los Angeles Unified held its traditional ground as charter schools were built around its schools, demands for merit pay for teachers were answered by corporate philanthropists and metrics - based teacher evaluation processes were published in the Los Angeles Times.

As a condition of getting the money, schools are required to undertake one of four aggressive restructuring models that could include replacing most of the staff or reopening as a charter.

Just as charter schools are.

In the fall of 1992, Governor Pete Wilson signed SB 1446, better known as the Charter Schools Act, making California the second state to formally establish the creation of charter schools.

Based on our research and our own understanding as New York City public school parents, we encourage the DOE to shift its focus away from highly competitive, market - based school choice policies, such as charter schools, which consistently lead to greater racial segregation and a winner - take - all mentality.

As charter schools have multiplied, many school districts facing declining student enrollment have closed schools or cut teaching positions, reducing the ranks of unionized teachers.

The group has made progress on supplemental documents such as a charter calendar and an FAQ for new developers.

Yet, as charter schools grew in popularity there has been an on - going concern that these charters might be a vehicle to use public funds for a privileged few.

As the charter school sector has grown too large to ignore in some cities, districts and charters have sometimes begun collaborating or coordinating some efforts.

As Charter School Advocates Prepare to Launch Independent System, Court Fight Looms — Not Clear if State Superintendent Will Participate.

The best news about the 2014 Legislative session is that your calls and letters defeated key bills, such as charter expansion, at the committee level.

As a researcher who studies both vouchers and other forms of school choice such as charter schools (independently operated public schools) I believe the new Louisiana studies are important to longstanding debates over the extent to which such choice enhances academic outcomes.

As a charter school founder, leader and parent I implore our lawmakers to show our children that they are not worth less by providing equal funding to public charter schools.

New York state's Socioeconomic Integration Pilot Program, for example, provides grants of up to $ 1.25 million to schools that use socioeconomic integration to increase student performance in the state's lowest performing schools.118 Also, states can incentivize charter school diversity through competitive grant programs such as the Charter Schools Program State Educational Agencies competition.119

As charter schools have become more popular than ever, teachers unions dither about how to deal with them.

As charter schools get going here, best - known charter chains may stay away The first charter schools in Washington probably will be kitchen - table charters, started by a teacher or principal or two.

A video of a high school football game looped in the background as Charter Schools USA staff spoke to a small group of parents and staff from Emmerich Manual High School and Emma Donna Middle School.

He says there are other factors that weren't accounted for - such as charter schools.