Sentences with phrase «award school charters»

Charter laws vary from state to state, but typically, authorizers award school charters to a governing board, not to a school's founders or managers.

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ALBANY — Two of the state's top education leaders say there isn't an urgent need to raise or eliminate the state's cap on charter schools since a third of the available charters under the limit have not yet been awarded.

A combination of Buffalo public, private and charter school students gathered to watch an award - winning anti-bullying film Thursday.

A recipient of several high - profile education awards, Carvalho has notably expanded the number of charter schools in Miami.

NYC Coalition for Community Charter Schools Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson Grammy Award Winning DJ and Producer DJ Jazzy Jeff Grammy Nominated Aloe Blacc

In 2014, Edinburgh's School of Chemistry became the second U.K. department to receive the top award from the Athena SWAN Charter, which encourages universities to combat the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering.

Two of them have held the top spot for charter schools in U.S. News & World Report in Los Angeles; one just won an award in the Washington Post.

The basic strategy we use to evaluate the effect of charter schools on student achievement is to compare students who are awarded a seat in a charter school through a lottery with students who enter the lottery but are not awarded a seat.

Thom Markham, Ph.D., President of GlobalRedesigns, and Senior National Faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, is a psychologist and educator who served as a Director with Active Learning, Inc., an innovative motivational and learning skills camp program for high school and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, CalifSchool of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool in Novato, California.

Meanwhile, we have already added 14 new charter schools during this period (with four more scheduled to open next fall), 25 new charters (including 5 Horace Mann charters) have been awarded (17 of these have involved «proven provider» status).

When the school board finally turned 36 schools over to new management, only four were awarded to charter school operators.

In a video interview with Dr. Walker given prior to his acceptance of the award, he described charter schools as a key human rights initiative.

Success Academy was awarded the Broad Prize for charter schools on June 13.

Prior to joining AUSL, Brian was an assistant principal at an award - winning charter high school in San Francisco.

The Indianapolis charter school program received the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Univeschool program received the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniveSchool of Government, Harvard University.

But in 2009, when the foundation announced it would award $ 335 million to a number of school districts and charter schools to promote teacher effectiveness, the union response was a far cry from the anticorporate rhetoric it regularly delivers to its internal audience.

The $ 250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, awarded to the charter management organization (CMO) that has demonstrated outstanding academic outcomes especially among low - income students and students of color, will be announced June 12 at the National Charter Schools Conference in WashingtoCharter Schools, awarded to the charter management organization (CMO) that has demonstrated outstanding academic outcomes especially among low - income students and students of color, will be announced June 12 at the National Charter Schools Conference in Washingtocharter management organization (CMO) that has demonstrated outstanding academic outcomes especially among low - income students and students of color, will be announced June 12 at the National Charter Schools Conference in WashingtoCharter Schools Conference in Washington, D.C.

Tom is the recipient of the prestigious Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership (2009), University of Michigan Ross Business School's Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2010), the Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award (2008), and served as Chairman of the 2007 National Charter Schools Conference.

The first grant opportunity for Breakthrough School Models for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mSchool Models for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mschool operators developing new, whole school mschool models.

Grants may be awarded to states, districts, charter schools, and nonprofit organizations that partner with states or districts.

In California, the law sounds straightforward enough: «A charter school shall admit all pupils who wish to attend the school,» with seats awarded by lottery if demand exceeds capacity.

Technology Lending Grants, aimed at ensuring equitable access to quality digital resources and courses for all students, have been awarded to 148 school districts and charters schools.

(Sec. 4301) The bill replaces the existing charter school grant program with a program awarding competitive grants to state entities and, through them, competitive subgrants to charter school developers to open new charter schools and expand and replicate high - quality charter schools.

[10] In general, these LEA amounts may be reduced by state educational agencies to account for funds reserved for state administration, program improvement, and academic achievement awards; to adjust for recent shifts in LEA boundaries; and to provide grants to charter schools treated as separate LEAs under state law (such charter schools are not considered in the calculation of grants by USED).

And all 3 charter school networks have been awarded the annual Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, which recognizes the best charter management organization in the ccharter school networks have been awarded the annual Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, which recognizes the best charter management organization in the cCharter Schools, which recognizes the best charter management organization in the ccharter management organization in the country.

Award expansion grants to high - quality charters to expand their capacity to serve students attending eligible schools.

The awards celebrate members of the public charter school community that do an exceptional job advocating on behalf of schools, students, and families.

The 74 made this video about Juan Salgado, the 2015 MacArthur genius award winner who has launched two charter schools in Chicago through an organization called Instituto Del Progresso Latino.

• The RSD, conceived originally as a modest pilot program that had awarded turnaround charters for just four schools prior to Hurricane Katrina, was dramatically enlarged by Louisiana policymakers as a way to get public schools open after the ensuing floods, and was propelled by more than $ 20 million in federal charter school funding.

Note that Ohio gives those awards to any public school that qualifies — whether it is a traditional district school or a charter school.

As new state - created entities charged with running and turning around the state's worst schools, these districts are awarded certain authority and flexibility — such as the ability to turn schools into charters and to bypass collective bargaining agreements — that allow them to cut the red tape that has made so many schools dysfunctional in the first place.

He was able to meet other award recipients, and tour the nation's capitol for the first time, all while representing Explorations Charter School.

The Mind Trust has awarded longtime educator and principal Aleicha Ostler its Charter School Fellowship and has hired Oscar Gutierrez as Senior Director of Facility Strategy and Financing.

The 2013 Hart Vision Awards will recognize individuals that have made significant contributions to CCSA's mission to increase student achievement by supporting and expanding California's quality charter public school movement.

Spin Cycle: How Research Gets Used in Policy Debates: The Case of Charter Schools (Russell Sage Foundation, 2008) focuses on the controversy surrounding the charter school study by the American Federation of Teachers and its implications for understanding politics, politicization, and the use of research to inform public discourse; it won the American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Book Award iCharter Schools (Russell Sage Foundation, 2008) focuses on the controversy surrounding the charter school study by the American Federation of Teachers and its implications for understanding politics, politicization, and the use of research to inform public discourse; it won the American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Book Award icharter school study by the American Federation of Teachers and its implications for understanding politics, politicization, and the use of research to inform public discourse; it won the American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Book Award in 2010.

CSDC Uses Financial Assistance Award to Expand Lending Programs (Hanover, MD, August 7, 2012) The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), a division of U.S. Department of Treasury, has announced a maximum $ 1,453,806 Financial Assistance award to the Charter Schools Development Corporation (CAward to Expand Lending Programs (Hanover, MD, August 7, 2012) The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), a division of U.S. Department of Treasury, has announced a maximum $ 1,453,806 Financial Assistance award to the Charter Schools Development Corporation (Caward to the Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC).

The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce that, together with its general contractor, Meyer Najem Construction, received the 2013 «Award of Excellence» for its economic and efficient design and construction of the Charles...

Community Magnet Charter School (Elementary Magnet School in Los Angeles) has been awarded with the National Blue Ribbon, which is one of the most prestigious awards for its educational excellence and for its focused on the study of humanities with a multicultural emphasis.

Awards will be presented at the 23rd Annual California Charter Schools Conference.

CCSA is excited to host a 20th Anniversary Awards Dinner at the 20th Annual California Charter Schools Conference in San Diego.

CSDC named Finalist for Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance (Hanover, MD, October 18, 2011) The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has been named a finalist for a $ 25,000 grant award to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that have demonstrated excellence in financing, according to the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation's leading network of high - performance CAward for Opportunity Finance (Hanover, MD, October 18, 2011) The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has been named a finalist for a $ 25,000 grant award to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that have demonstrated excellence in financing, according to the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation's leading network of high - performance Caward to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that have demonstrated excellence in financing, according to the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation's leading network of high - performance CDFIs.

BRADENTON, Fla. (Sept. 6, 2016)-- Manatee Charter School has been awarded a $ 150,000 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant to reinforce enrichment programs geared toward improving academic performance and enhancing family literacy development and parental involvement.

In 1998 Community Magnet Charter has been awarded California Distinguished School, one of 266 in the nation, the only school in School, one of 266 in the nation, the only school in school in LAUSD.

Altadena's Aveson Charter School has been awarded The California Green School Leadership Award by the California Green Schools Summit Advisory Board.

The California Charter School Association is honored to award EJE Middle Academy the 2018 Hart Vision Charter School of the Year (South) award for going above and beyond to create personalized dual - language education program unique to each student.

Two charter schools that have been awarded $ 100,000 for the Strive HI award having met annual progress goals under the No Child Left Behind law will be recognized, along with Senator David Ige, Representative Ken Ito, and President and CEO of Hawaii Tourism Authority and former Senator Mike McCartney who will be honored for their role in passing charter school law.

KIPP Austin is a public charter school network of 10 award - winning elementary, middle, and high schools.

Blackstone Valley Prep, Valor Collegiate, and the International School of Louisiana Receive the Coalition's Inaugural Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Board, members, staff, and partners honored Blackstone Valley Prep as School of the Year for best exemplifying the Coalition's values.

Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has been awarded two government grants totaling nearly $ 6M to continue its development of expanded school choice for underserved communities.

Inspire has been awarded a two - year dissemination grant through the Public Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP) that is administered by the U.S. Department of Education.