Sentences with phrase «asking whether the charter»

We're long overdue in asking whether the charter sector could grow more quickly with quality, what's holding it back, and what are creative new ways for successful charters to expand their reach to more students.

For example, when asked whether charter schools are free to teach religion (they are not), or whether they can charge tuition (they can not), almost two - thirds of the public confesses to not knowing the answer and another quarter offers the wrong answer.

When voters were asked whether charter schools should be located in certain areas of the state, such as those in failing school districts, or throughout the entire state, 57 percent said the entire state compared to 18 percent who said just in certain areas and 17 percent who said they....

When voters were asked whether charter schools should be located in certain areas of the state, such as those in failing school districts (as the law currently allows), or throughout the entire state, 57 percent said the entire state compared to 18 percent who said just in certain areas and 17 percent who said they should not be available anywhere.

When voters were asked whether charter schools should be located in certain areas of the state, such as those in failing school districts, or throughout the entire state, 57 percent said the entire state compared to 18 percent who said just in certain areas and 17 percent who said they should not be available anywhere.

The CJEU was asked whether the Charter, in particular Articles 3 (right to the integrity of the person) and 7 (respect for private and family life), as well as Article 4 recast Qualification Directive posed certain limits on national authorities when verifying an asylum seeker's sexual orientation.

Not exact matches

«Absolutely, I do,» Clinton said when he asked whether he backed a charter - school expansion — taking a rare position on a controversial state issue.

Questions asked included whether Cardinal Dolan supports the income tax surcharge that is part of the mayor's plan, what the 1,700 seats offered by the Archdiocese are currently used for, pending education tax credit bills, how the mayor expects to get his pre-K plan approved despite continuing disagreement with Governor Cuomo, guidelines governing church / state separation, how enough sufficiently - credentialed teachers can be in place for September and whether the pressure over his charter school actions is causing Mayor de Blasio to change his views.

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

Michael Podgursky, professor of economics at the University of Missouri, looked at data from the 1999 — 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey and found that when school administrators were asked whether they used salaries to reward «excellence,» only 6 percent of traditional public school administrators answered yes, while «the rates for charter (36 percent) and private schools (22 percent) were much higher.»

Instead of asking whether all students in charter schools are more likely to attend segregated schools than are all students in traditional public schools, we should be comparing the racial composition of charter schools to that of nearby traditional public schools.

The 2010 PDK / Gallup poll reported that, when asked whether they preferred to keep a low - performing school in their community open with the existing teachers and principal and provide comprehensive support, to temporarily close the school and reopen it with a new principal or as a charter school, or to shutter the school, 54 percent chose to leave the school open.

When asked whether Dr. King would have also supported charter schools, Dr. Walker replied: «Oh, yes, without a doubt.»

As our survey did two years ago, we asked respondents a variety of factual questions: whether charter schools can hold religious services, charge tuition, receive more or less per - pupil funding than traditional public schools, and are legally obligated to admit students randomly when oversubscribed.

Ritter continues, «Instead of asking whether all students in charter schools are more likely to attend segregated schools than are all students in traditional public schools, we should be comparing the levels of segregation for the students in charter schools to what they would have experienced had they remained in their residentially assigned public schools.»

But when Democrats nationwide were asked whether they supported «the formation of charter schools,» 58 % of those with a position said yes, as did 74 % of Republicans.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

So, he asks «whether regulators are any good at identifying which schools will contribute to test score gains» and then says this: «The bottom line is that none of the factors used by authorizers to open or renew charter schools in New Orleans were predictive of how much test score growth these schools could produce later on.»

As the executive director and the board chairman of the District of Columbia's independent chartering body, we are often asked whether we favor a «New Orleans» future for D.C., where charter schools eventually serve virtually all public - school students.

Asked whether the college would develop a formal subject - specific chartered teacher status alongside subject associations, Peacock said there will be more talks between the two sides «down the track».

At a town hall in South Carolina this weekend, Hillary Clinton was asked whether she supports charter schools.

Referendum 55 will ask voters to decide whether the charter schools bill approved this year should become law.

He then asked Clinton whether she supported the expansion of charter schools and vouchers.

However there are several quotes from the research that has me as a father and concerned education advocate asking questions of whether this study is aligned with educators in both charter and traditional schools and reform proponents and parents working toward a better education system in our communities, cities, and ultimately nationwide.

It's also worth noting that a survey of parents with children in the program found that only about 35 percent say they were asked by the virtual charter whether their student would be enrolled for a finite period.

Asked whether students enrolled in state online public charter schools are prohibited from participating in JROTC programs in their local public school, Gary Mealer, program specialist at the Georgia Department of Education, told the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, «Yes, JROTC students must be enrolled at the high school where the approved JROTC program is being offered in order to participate.

If comparing all charter schools to all district schools is «like asking whether eating out is better than eating at home,» 71 then concentrating resources into the propagation of nonunionized, segregated charter schools is like going to a buffet and only eating the dinner rolls.

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 →

Audubon Charter will have a third page asking parents whether they are applying to the school's French or Montessori programs, and the International School will ask parents about their child's foreign - language background.

When asked whether EAS would focus on creating charter schools, Wilbanks pointed to the eight charter schools EMU runs across Michigan.

But its questions indicate some key priorities, asking whether candidates support changing the formula for funding schools, limiting charter - school expansion or applying a conflict - of - interest law that school boards must follow to charters, which are now exempt.

Steve Perry is claiming that he asked Diddy whether he wanted his name attached to the new charter school but the rap icon said that he wanted to use the name of Perry's school instead?

When asked whether the district plans to expand them into high schools — many charter schools add a new grade every year — he said it had yet to be determined.

An obvious question to ask is whether parents would have homeschooled their children had the cyber charter school option not existed.

Charter schools may practice exclusionary measures; for example, «enrollment applications» that ask families to write essays or state whether a child has an special education Individual Educational Plan before even being considered.

Charter schools are not permitted under Section 504 to ask a prospective student whether the student has a disability, except under certain circumstances.

Of the eighteen charter school principals, directors, and advocates asked whether they support DeVos» nomination for this story, only two chose to weigh in.

They asked about charter public schools» facilities - related expenditures, whether their schools have amenities like gyms and libraries, and collected data points like the square footage and seat capacity of schools» current facilities.

At the occasion of the Kadi II judgment, Joris asks in this post whether indeed finally Mr Kadi got away with murdering famous Article 103 of the UN Charter establishing the primacy of UN Charter obligations — and whether that is at all the relevant question to ask in this context.

It also asked whether DRI expands the scope of the Charter rights to data protection and privacy beyond the scope of Article 8 ECHR.

Given these differing perspectives, the referring court asked the Court to give «an unequivocal ruling on whether... the general and indiscriminate retention of electronic communications data is per se incompatible with Articles 7 and 8 and 52 (1) of the Charter» [50].

In City of Vancouver v. Alan Cameron Ward (Case No. 33089), the Court has been asked to determine whether damages are available as a remedy under s. 24 (1) when a Charter breach was not accompanied by a tort, did not result in loss to the plaintiff, or was not the product of bad faith.

The question to be asked is whether the administrative decision maker properly balanced its statutory mandate with the Charter right and its fundamental importance.

The court may be asked to consider arguments for a «modernization» of the Hague Convention mechanism, in particular, whether it should be reinterpreted through the lens of the rights of the child arising under human rights instruments (e.g., the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child).

In Crouch, the court was asked to consider (1) whether to re-confirm the Protection Order under the Act, and (2) whether the Act violates the Charter by infringing on an individual's freedom of expression or by violating an individual's right to life, liberty and security of the person.

Oppal asked the Court to answer two questions about Canada's polygamy laws: whether the law is consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and what the necessary elements of the offence are.

Gross disproportionality under section 7 of the Charter asks whether the law's effects on life, liberty, or security of the person are so grossly disproportionate to the law's purposes that they can not rationally be supported.

The parties then asked the arbitrator to determine, whether the damages sustained by the owners should be measured by reference to the full term of the charter or only up to the date on which such cancellation would have taken place.

The Hungarian domestic court posed two questions to the CJEU, essentially asking whether the application of Article 4 of Council Directive 2004 / 83 / EC, in the light of Article 1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU Charter), precludes forensic psychologists» expert opinions based on projective personality tests from being used in asylum adjudication relating to LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) claimants.

Assuming that the above changes in Bill C - 31 withstand the inevitable Charter challenges that are no doubt coming, the Conservatives will years from now have to ask themselves whether the 9 % and 7 % further reductions that Bill C - 31 achieved were worth the political cost.