Sentences with phrase «asked about charter schools»

When asked about charter schools, Vermont's Deputy Secretary of Education said she did not support charter schools saying «No I don't think we need them... The state's longtime tradition of allowing public funding to flow to private, non-religious schools when a community does not have a public school... provides enough flexibility.»

The Education Next poll has asked about charter schools for a decade and found plurality support from Democrats and Republicans in every year.

Responses to the charter school question create the illusion that PDK and EdNext obtain conflicting results, even though both surveys asked about charter schools in roughly the same way.

Asked about the charter schools» push, a spokeswoman for the city Department of Education said, «We are committed to lifting up all our children, across every zip code, who will be the future of this city together.»

Chalkbeat Beyond the test score horse race: 5 big questions researchers are asking about charter schools

Not exact matches

The show ends with Jamie being told that his filming permit with the charter school has been revoked by LAUSD (yet he's still there with cameras, so not sure what this really means) and is told by the hipster charter school guy that LAUSD has forbidden him from even asking any West Adams students about their school food.

Perkins asked about the demographic breakdown of charter school students in Upper Manhattan.

Chapter Leader Tracey Miller of IS 125 in Queens asks a question about the original mission of charter schools, as envisioned by former UFT President Albert Shanker.

Technically, the authorizers in this case are the State University of New York trustees, who recognize the value of locking in renewals now and asked the Regents to OK them: Doing so will give the schools, Bronx Better Learning and eight Success Academy charters, certainty about their futures, particularly as they consider expansions.

I've never heard anyone ask about opening a Success Charter school.»

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.

Observers asked about whether the math assessment would strangle the abilities of charter schools or specialty district schools to use nonstandard math curricula.

As reported elsewhere, the survey asked about school spending, charters, vouchers, teacher unions, bilingual education, digital learning, state take - overs of troubled district schools, teacher unions, merit pay, teacher tenure, and many other matters.

When one segment of respondents was asked to choose between «support,» «oppose,» and «don't know,» a similar proportion selected» don't know» as had selected «neither support nor oppose,» again suggesting that Americans either do not understand what charter schools are or have not made up their minds about them (see «Educating the Public,» features, Summer 2009).

To find out, I asked three of my colleagues at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute to review all of the editorials written about or touching on charter schools or No Child Left Behind from 2006 and 2007 for the nation's 25 largest - circulation papers.

Asked about the fact that only 13 percent of alternative programs are charter - run, Golden noted that charters only make up 6 percent of schools nationwide.

Asked about the difference between urban and suburban charter parents, Patterson replied, «In the inner city, parents first want a school that's safe, where their children won't get hurt or shot and hopefully will be around adults who care about them.

Irvin and Lettre launched CBP, Irvin says, after a fellow guest she'd met at a Washington dinner party asked her how a public - school advocate like himself could find out about charter - school boards that could use his help.

When asked about these options, Americans express greater support for replacing teachers and principals than for converting failed district schools into charter 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 merit pay.

Stephen Plum, the director of Kettle Moraine's High School of Health Sciences, recalls sharing a ride with Deklotz to lobby the state legislature about a charter school issue when he asked if it was possible to be too caSchool of Health Sciences, recalls sharing a ride with Deklotz to lobby the state legislature about a charter school issue when he asked if it was possible to be too caschool issue when he asked if it was possible to be too careful.

When asked about these costs, Powell noted that public charter schools receive $ 13,527 in public funds for each student.

The Education Law Center is asking the courts to reverse decisions by former state Commissioner of Education David C. Hespe that allowed seven charter schools to boost enrollment by about 8,500 student in the next five years.

John Austin made the comments in an email when asked about accountability of charter public schools.

Communities must ask our districts and charter schools to be transparent about their data and the plans to address the need for more diversity in our schools and classrooms.

Groups consider trying to put charter - school initiative on ballot As prospects for a bill allowing charter schools dims in the Washington Legislature, some in the so - called «education reform» movement are considering compromise options or again asking the voters about it.

We asked about oversight practices, what they do when problems in service delivery are uncovered, their perspectives on charter school enrollment proportionality and school autonomy, and more.

Critically, many charter authorizers also reached out to us, asked for more information about the schools they oversaw, and subsequently worked with those schools to amend their policies and materials.

When Guzman asked about fraud in charter schools, Tuck said, «For our district and our charter schools, we should have zero tolerance for fraud, zero tolerance.

When asked about public school choice and how he will address the growth of charter schools and declining enrollment in the district, he said that his own parents had the choice to be in a community that provided the best options for their children.

Some may be asking about the possibility of turning Breidablik into a charter school.

«All I'm asking for is that you give the «Schools We Can Believe In» rally a true voice about what we were actually there for,» writes Aurora Finley, a 10th grade charter school student, in response to an ABC7 news story.

«More authorizers around the country are asking their charter networks and schools: what is it about your school that prevents you from posting results like Success's?»

It asks for charter schools to comply with state guidelines for open meetings and inform parents about school - related items like traditional school do.

Lenders should know how state laws and authorizer practices hold charter schools accountable; look at every pertinent public record including intervention and probation notices; and ask their own tough questions about trends in academic performance and evidence of fiscal stewardship.

In an unusual request, the state Department of Education last week sent a short survey to every district and charter school asking them about their layoffs of teachers technically called «reductions in force» (RIFs) over the past five years, and about the impact of seniority protection on their «ability to manage their personnel.»

On a Monday evening in late April, Lanie Holmer, a parent at Westlake Charter School in Sacramento got an urgent email from the school's Executive Director Bob Capp asking parents to call legislators about the state bSchool in Sacramento got an urgent email from the school's Executive Director Bob Capp asking parents to call legislators about the state bschool's Executive Director Bob Capp asking parents to call legislators about the state budget.

Instead of focusing on how the charter school could use the property, she asked the groups to think about how the campus can be an asset for the entire community.

NAACP members revealed themselves in both cities to be woefully uninformed, consistently asking questions about charter schools that they should have known the answers to long before their organization voted to put a moratorium in place.

Part of the difficulty in characterizing what experts know about charter schools is that it depends on the question we are asking.

Senators asking her questions may want to ask her about charter oversight and the dynamic around charters in Pennsylvania and the Bethlehem Area School District, as described by Burris.

«We are all LA Unified school students,» King said at a previous forum with parents when asked about what she thought of charter schools.

On Thursday night at Madison West High School, Cap Times education reporter Amber C. Walker and Simpson Street Free Press editor Taylor Kilgore hosted a forum for the upcoming School Board election, asking questions about budgets, charter schools and recruiting teachers of color.

Moderator Jennifer Napier - Pearce from the Hinckley Institute asked candidates about Common Core standards, SAGE testing and assessment, the teacher shortage, and the state school board's relationship with the Legislature and the charter school board.

He has asked charter school leaders whose schools have a low reclassification rate for English learners to report back to the board about their plan to improve.

They must become active players in shaping education for their children, ask tough, thoughtful questions about what is being taught in classrooms, demand information on the quality of the teachers working in classrooms, and play stronger roles in shaping the overhauls of traditional district schools (and in the operations of charter schools serving their kids).

Asked about the role of independent public charter schools in K - 12 education in Georgia, Governor Deal said, «Innovation, flexibility and accountability are fundamental building blocks to driving student achievement in K - 12 education, and charter schools are catalysts for improvement and reform within a system that has long been burdened by bureaucracy and inflexibility due to top - down control.»

Asked about financial risks posed by charter schools with relationships to Charter Management Organizations, many of which are for - profit, she dodged the issue, responding merely that she would work to «hold schools accountable for educating students.charter schools with relationships to Charter Management Organizations, many of which are for - profit, she dodged the issue, responding merely that she would work to «hold schools accountable for educating students.Charter Management Organizations, many of which are for - profit, she dodged the issue, responding merely that she would work to «hold schools accountable for educating students.»

To promote the interview, he asks whether my new book is a «puff piece» on charter schools — a complaint I heard often about The Bee Eater, a book about Michelle Rhee's time here in D.C. Rhee's strong reforms generated many enemies,... Continue reading →

How come no one asks question about Minnesota Transitions Charter School and their Virtual High School.