Sentences with phrase «as charter school support»

As a charter school support and service provider, Academica serves in a similar capacity to a school district's staff and board's role in managing a traditional public school.

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Laura will open and lead a new department for AltSchool as the company prepares to support private, charter, and public schools who will utilize the platform.

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

Paige Abramson Hirsch is a teacher turned lawyer turned educational administrator who currently works as a consultant supporting school districts and charter schools with program analysis and compliance.

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

The mayor's words of support come as Johnson is being targeted, along with Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein, by the AFL - CIO for his «yes» vote on charter schools, as well as a host of other issues with which the union is displeased.

Education reform — loosely defined as support for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016 for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards for public school teachers.

He also supported parents» right to options such as private, religious and charter schools.

As Azi Paybarah points out, Bloomberg is also expected to support his 2009 campaign consultant and charter school supporter, Basil Smikle, who is mounting a primary challenge against an anti-charter Democrat, Sen. Bill Perkins.

Some are calling her support for charter schools, a growing alternative to public education, as a conflict of interest much like Pruitt's.

«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

The activist wing of the WFP had raised concerns over Cuomo's fiscal policies, including his support for tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners, as well as his embrace of charter schools.

Asked what he meant by «New York values,» Cruz defined the term as values held by liberal politicians who reject charter schools, school choice and support for fearless police officers.

Astorino has said he supports the growth of charter schools in New York and blames Cuomo for the failure of a tax credit proposal that would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

Cuomo, too, has been at odds with the New York State United Teachers over education policy efforts as well his support for charter schools.

Flanagan, in a lengthy statement, reiterated his support for making the state's cap on local property tax increases permanent as well as the passage of an education investment tax credit along with a lifting of the cap on charter schools.

As for the proposal to raise the state's cap on charter schools — a move that Cuomo supported in his State of the State in January — Lanza blanched at the idea both the cap increase and mayoral control were seen as being «tied.&raquAs for the proposal to raise the state's cap on charter schools — a move that Cuomo supported in his State of the State in January — Lanza blanched at the idea both the cap increase and mayoral control were seen as being «tied.&raquas being «tied.»

Cuomo and NYSUT have been at odds over the evaluation push, as well as the governor's strong support for charter schools as an alternative to the present public education system.

As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular with the leadership like spending and property tax caps, wage freezes and support for charter schools.

Mr. Jeffries could face attacks on certain positions, such as his enthusiasm for charter schools, that might be less popular in a citywide Democratic primary than with political donors who support education reform.

On the same day as upstate protests, UFT members on March 24 picketed the offices of Republican senators Andrew Lanza on Staten Island and Marty Golden in Bay Ridge to tell them that our public schools — not wealthy charter chains — need their support.

Governor Andrew Cuomo cast himself as a «disruptive» force in support of charter schools, in a congratulatory appearance on the first episode of John Catsimatidis» new radio show.

Basil Smikle Jr. has a lot of ideas about how to address Harlem's most vexing problems, from crime to housing to underemployment, but his biggest asset as he runs for state Senate against Bill Perkins may be that he supports charter schools.

Cuomo's past benefactors include Tim Gill, a software entrepreneur and influential gay donor who was impressed with his push on same - sex marriage, as well as Ken Langone, who chaired «Republicans for Cuomo» and hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, who was attracted by Cuomo's support for charter schools.

Tisch says she supports charters — going so far as to tell The Post in a recent interview that the schools have «no better advocate» than her.

Not long ago, many prominent Democrats — including President Barack Obama — supported charter schools and other centrist education policies, such as linking teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

... Many of us also believe that charter schools are public schools and deserve... support as well, so it's really just about finding the right balance of that and getting this done.»

Eva Moskowitz, the Hillary Clinton - supporting Democrat and founder of the Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City, recently praised DeVos as «thoughtful and talented» in The Weekly Standard.

The organization cited Walrond's support for de Blasio's decision to block a powerful charter school from sharing space with a traditional Harlem public school as one of the reasons for its endorsement.

A hedge fund honcho who donates generously in support of charter schools gives a legislator lucrative employment as a securities lawyer while Albany is considering charter school measures.

Why, as in... Why do Republican state senators upstate and on Long Island support sending tens of millions of dollars in new funding to New York City charters... instead of reserving that money for their own schools in places like Troy, Poughkeepsie and Plattsburgh?

She has long supported granting families tax - funded vouchers to help cover private school tuition, as well as initiatives expanding publicly - funded, privately - operated charter schools.

Any legislation to roll back the new regulations would face a significant hurdle in the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans who support charter schools — as does Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, of the Bronx, and Gov. Cuomo.

Moskowitz said her muted approach was wrongly interpreted as «tacit support» and that pre-existing charter school nemeses seized onto the perception to harm the sector as a whole.

More to the point, there were too many reasons not to back him, they felt, such as his support for charter schools, his acceptance of the Independence Party ballot line and his indecision on hydrofracking, just to name a few.

The support of the CEA board is considered key for Malloy, who alienated some teachers with his proposal to overhaul the tenure system, his support of charter schools and his selection of Stefan Pryor as state education commissioner.

Those leaders did as they were asked on Wednesday, releasing a statement in support of mayoral control on behalf of the Coalition of Community Charter Schools, a group that has had a complex relationship with City Hall over the last several months.

The ECIDA has a track record of supporting charter school projects, previously approving tax abatements for five others, including Enterprise Charter School which started off as a tenant of the agency at its Oak Street campus and recently purchased its portion of the site from thecharter school projects, previously approving tax abatements for five others, including Enterprise Charter School which started off as a tenant of the agency at its Oak Street campus and recently purchased its portion of the site from the school projects, previously approving tax abatements for five others, including Enterprise Charter School which started off as a tenant of the agency at its Oak Street campus and recently purchased its portion of the site from theCharter School which started off as a tenant of the agency at its Oak Street campus and recently purchased its portion of the site from the School which started off as a tenant of the agency at its Oak Street campus and recently purchased its portion of the site from the ECIDA.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

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.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

Some enlightened district superintendents, such as Denver's Tom Boasberg, simply view charters and district schools as threads in the same net of support for their city's children.

Since Illinois passed its charter school law in 1996, Chicago's public school district officials have viewed charters as another path to district improvement, especially for its high schools, and even went so far as to support an increase on the city's charter cap from 15 to 30.

Some charter schools, such as KIPP DC, have been successful working in racially isolated schools in poor neighborhoods, developing specialized teaching strategies and support for students who come to school years behind.

As expected, the effects of informing respondents that «President Donald Trump has expressed support for charter schools» differ across party lines, lifting Republican support by 15 percentage points while reducing it by 3 percentage points among Democrats.

As a leader who co-founded a high - performing charter school network and charter support organization, and who now leads Chiefs for Change, an organization of state and district leaders committed to educational excellence, I'm an ardent charter supporter — and I'm arguing for taking a look in the mirror.

This proposal builds on some of the lessons learned from the charter school movement and would allow effective charter networks like Green Dot, KIPP, and North Star to operate as school support organizations on a level playing field with districts, with equal funding and authority.

Even as public support for charter schooling has steadily increased over time (according to the 2015 Education Next poll the public supported charters by 47 % to 19 %), the media is filled with one charged charter debate after another.

I've also publicly opposed a proposal she vigorously supports — giving DCPS the power to serve as a charter school authorizer.