Sentences with phrase «avoid school crises»

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Charter schools - whose supporters include President Barack Obama - operate largely independently of school districts and therefore were able to avoid much of the fallout of California's financial crisis earlier this year.

After relaxing some of the fiscal oversight of schools during the state's fiscal crisis, lawmakers were warned Monday to avoid making any further changes that could hamper identification of school districts headed for trouble.

Arguing that schools will be changed by conflict or attempts to avoid it, she describes a strategy of using a team of students, teachers, and the principal to intervene in crises and exploit their potential for constructive change.

«So long as districts continue to ignore the crushing reality of the looming financial crisis at the hands of unfunded retiree liabilities, and so long as the Legislature fails to fundamentally overhaul the authorizing structure in California, we anticipate that powerful special interests will continue to use charter public schools as a red herring to avoid the hard decisions that lie ahead,» continued Marquez.