Sentences with phrase «autonomous schools»

I think the real power of having a group of autonomous schools overseen by an independent non-profit is what it will do to break up the district monopoly on school management.

If things went well, the enterprise would become a totally autonomous school within the district.

Equally clear is that the frameworks within which these more autonomous schools operate will have to change.

In some cases, the change is part of an effort to create a decentralized system with largely autonomous schools.

This paper studies a recent British reform that allowed public high schools to opt out of local authority control and become autonomous schools funded directly by the central government.

Create systems that encourage collaboration and sharing best practices between autonomous schools and and district - run schools.

Her more recent work included supporting school conversations to create and develop smaller learning communities and small autonomous schools to better prepare young people for life after school.

One route is legislative, with teachers and unions advocating for laws providing for autonomous schools.

It requires figuring out how to have democratic control in a system of autonomous schools.

Already, opponents of these efforts to establish more autonomous schools are pointing to perceived flaws in the endeavor.

Creating district - autonomous schools in which employers may be public or private.

Like the government, it believes creating autonomous schools is the best way to raise standards, and offers advice and support on academy conversions and the expansion of multi-academy trusts.

Leads to a Professional Clear Administrative Services Credential (Tier II) for administrators who have a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (Tier I) in the Los Angeles Unified School District autonomous schools.

Already, teachers and education entrepreneurs have demonstrated a few proof points for rural education reform: online adaptive learning delivered directly to schools and students; the development of fresh, locally relevant, and autonomous school models; and efforts to improve the quality of instruction, school management, and regulations.

Teacher Ownership / Democratic Governance Empowering educators as owners and leaders of a democratic learning community by promoting autonomous school management.

Innovation Network Schools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS new authority to create new autonomous schools within the district.

«By making the work of [the Office of School Reform and Innovation] in promoting innovation pilots and authorizing autonomous schools a part of the work of the chief academic and innovation officer, I am also excited about the increased opportunities to promote and share innovation and best practices across all our schools, regardless of governance type.»

Against a background of an increasingly autonomous school system, this kind of school - to - school support has a crucial role to play, so what evidence do we have so far about what works in these emerging collaborations to effect positive change?

And union leaders may warm up to decentralizing management, even with more flexible labor contracts, especially if they can win control of pilot and autonomous schools by uniting with Latino neighborhood activists.

For too long we have looked outside the school gates to find this quality - however, we need to take a backward step and look for opportunities within our own autonomous schools - with little variations on quality.

How did American schools come to be structured as they are, with age - graded schools in relatively autonomous school districts and school calendars that begin in August and end in June?

However, it is clear that moving from a centralized school system focused on stability to an innovation - minded system of autonomous schools requires more than pulling a few policy levers.

«What we need are human - scaled, autonomous school environments.

The Portfolio Network meeting is an annual gathering of innovative district, charter school, community, and civic leaders from across the country who are figuring out how to run and oversee autonomous schools of choice in ways that ensure all families have good options and the system operates fairly.

We guide districts in planning for and implementing autonomous schools and zones.

Innovation Network Schools are public schools made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other districts the authority to convert existing district schools into autonomous schools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulations.

Innovation Schools are public schools made possible by recent state laws allowing school districts to convert existing district schools into new, autonomous schools exempt from many district and state practices and regulations.

Orleans Parish School Board has an impressive pre - and post-storm history of letting autonomous schools draft their own attendance zones and set their own academic criteria for entry.

Bill Clinton weighed in on the debate over charter schools this week, warning that the publicly funded yet autonomous schools must keep their «original bargain» if they want support as alternatives to traditional public schools.

Innovation School Fellowship: The Innovation School Fellowship supports talented individuals and teams as they prepare to launch fully autonomous schools within Indianapolis Public Schools.

CICS is a pioneer — one of Illinois» first charter networks to manage a portfolio of talented and autonomous school operators with a wide range of school models.

With her leadership, Denver introduced a cohesive approach to monitoring quality among autonomous schools and holding schools accountable for results.

Using unique data from an independently managed public charter school district, I explore the extent to which autonomous school administrators» formative evaluations of teachers predict a variety of future personnel decisions.

As legislatures convene for their 2006 sessions, a national advocacy group for charter schools is urging lawmakers to remove caps limiting expansion of the publicly funded but largely autonomous schools.

Innovation Network Schools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS new authority to replace chronically underperforming or underused schools with new autonomous schools within the district.

Since all MA PLN schools will become autonomous schools, a governance body will be created to assure site - based decisions in staffing, school calendar, curriculum and assessment, professional development, and budget.

By making the work of OSRI in promoting innovation pilots and authorizing autonomous schools a part of the work of the Chief Academic and Innovation Officer, I am also excited about the increased opportunities to promote and share innovation and best practices across all our schools, regardless of governance type.

While Fasna agrees with the general direction of the policy, that creating autonomous schools is the best way to raise educational standards, it believes that the speed at which the government is planning these changes could be cause for alarm.

Charters and other more autonomous schools could function as producers» cooperatives or professional practice corporations.

This work builds upon our longstanding work supporting Boston's and Los Angeles» in - district autonomous schools.

The Mind Trust is accepting applications for the second round of its Innovation School Fellowship, through which the nonprofit equips talented leaders to launch high quality, autonomous schools in partnership with Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS).

The Mind Trust, in partnership with IPS and the Mayor's Office, created the Innovation Schools Fellowship to create a pipeline of talented educators and entrepreneurs to design, launch and operate «Innovation Network Schools,» autonomous schools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools in the district.

«DFER - LA sees the growth potential of schools in New Orleans — one unified, autonomous school system comprised of high - quality schools for each and every student in the city,» said Kemp.

We facilitate a variety of opportunities to collaborate, reflect, and discuss our collective impact as a portfolio of autonomous schools.

Pilot schools are autonomous schools, analogous to in - district charters, which were created shortly after the Massachusetts charter - school law was enacted.

The papers, slated to be made public early next month, define charter districts as systems of autonomous schools that are given regulatory freedom in exchange for meeting performance standards specified either in contracts or charters.

America's deeply conservative public education system is striking back at this disruptive innovation, which shifts power from producers to consumers; demonstrates that more can be done with less at the school level; and moves control of resources from central bureaucracies to autonomous schools.