Sentences with phrase «based charter school growth»

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States are right to be concerned about how to best regulate virtual charter schools — they ought to measure their results based on the growth of individual students and shut down poorly performing ones.

We find no basis for the allegations made by the CRP authors, who argue that charter - school enrollment growth, based on the free choices of mostly minority families, represents a «civil rights failure.»

Well - functioning school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.

In October 2012, it adopted a new Academic Performance Framework that subjects each of its schools to an annual review based primarily on student achievement levels and growth and clarifies that charters may be revoked well before the 15 - year contract expires.

The National Alliance developed a model state law to help states create laws that support the growth of high - quality charter schools and each year we rank states based on how well their charter school laws align to this model.

Ask the Teacher - Leaders — October 1, 2015 Indy Teachers Union Votes for High - Paid Opportunity Culture Roles — September 9, 2015 Charter School Lessons in New Orleans, Nashville — September 1, 2015 Teacher Evaluation for Teacher - Led, Team - Based Schools: Free Guide & Policy Brief — August 27, 2015 Early Lessons from Newark's Charter School Sector — August 20, 2015 New, Free Training Materials for Teaching - Team Leaders — August 4, 2015 Higher Growth, Pay at Early Opportunity Culture Schools: Results and Lessons — July 21, 2015 Syracuse Schools Build on First Opportunity Culture Year — June 16, 2015 How to Build an Opportunity Culture: New, Free Toolkit — June 9, 2015 Hire Great Teacher - Leaders, Blended - Learning and Team Teachers: Free Toolkits — June 2, 2015 Texas First to Launch Statewide Opportunity Culture Initiative — May 19, 2015 RealClearEducation.com Launches Opportunity Culture Series — May 15, 2015 Indianapolis Public Schools Begin Opportunity Culture Initiative — May 07, 2015 What Could YOU Do in an Opportunity Culture?

Each year nominations are accepted and evaluated by a selection panel that chooses new honorees based on: their pioneering efforts in the development / growth of charter schools; their long term commitment and contributions to charter schools and education; their innovative ideas and successful implementation of those ideas; and their inspiration to others in the charter school movement.

• Compared to 41 other regions nationwide, Newark has the second - highest performing charter sector based on charter students» high growth rates in reading and math relative to similar students in district schools, according to a 2015 CREDO study • 30 % of students now attend a charter school, a figure that more than doubled in this period.

The Alliance presented new state - by - state rankings based on charter school quality, growth, and innovation.

When reform - friendly commenters and cheerleading journalists write about the NOLA transformation, it's become de rigueur to offer a standard qualifier — words to the effect of, «We still have a long way to go, but...» In this formulation, poor overall reading and math proficiency based on standardized test scores is a mere speed bump before long and laudatory discussions of the remarkable growth demonstrated by the city's charter schools and students since Katrina.

This has negative financial implications for the remaining charter schools, which commonly borrow money based on expected enrollment growth and have financial problems when enrollment expectations are not met.

Ensure that charter schools» base categorical block grant funding also received growth for new schools and that new and growing charter schools retained the supplemental block grant of $ 127 per pupil,

The organization works with ALEC to write and promote education reform policies such as school grades, mandatory grad retention, high stakes testing, unmitigated charter growth, corporate tax scholarships, competency based education, personal learning accounts, virtual learning, tying student test scores to teacher evaluations, weakening teachers unions and attacking the constitutional authority of school boards.

Evidence over the past five years argues that the public has never been more supportive of charter public schools than they are right now based on growth in charter school enrollment, waiting list numbers, and polling data.

Charter schools» base categorical block grant funding received growth for new pupils in the 2012 - 13 state budget; a total of $ 53.7 million to accommodate the increasing number of students in California's charter public schools and keep the per pupil funding level from decrCharter schools» base categorical block grant funding received growth for new pupils in the 2012 - 13 state budget; a total of $ 53.7 million to accommodate the increasing number of students in California's charter public schools and keep the per pupil funding level from decrcharter public schools and keep the per pupil funding level from decreasing.

Evidence over the past five years argues that public support of charter public schools remains strong based on growth in charter school enrollment and polling data.

«I think it has already substantially throttled the growth,» said Eric Premack, director of the Charter Schools Development Center, a Sacramento - based nonprofit that offers training, resources and technical assistance to charters nationally.

According to a recent study conducted by the Florida - based research firm MGT of America, growth of charters will harm Nashville public schools overall.

Just take the Biome Charter School (located in St. Louis, Missouri), offers «customized, project based and student - centered learning opportunities with an emphasis on growth mindset and STEAM.»

Last week, Michael Petrilli, CEO of the D.C. - based Fordham Institute, and Eric Chan, a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund, were a few of the latest to drop in on Detroit.

Alex Hernandez, a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund, led our first group discussion of a blended learning school model, First Line Schools based in New OrSchool Growth Fund, led our first group discussion of a blended learning school model, First Line Schools based in New Orschool model, First Line Schools based in New Orleans.

Prior to founding Maslow, Derwin co-founded and served as the CEO of Gestalt Community Schools, a charter management organization that manages the growth of high - performing, community - based charter schools in Memphis, TenSchools, a charter management organization that manages the growth of high - performing, community - based charter schools in Memphis, Tenschools in Memphis, Tennessee.

The public has never been more supportive of California's charter public schools based on growth in charter school enrollment, waiting list numbers, and polling data.

The public has never been more supportive of charter schools than they are right now based on growth in charter school enrollment, waitlist numbers, and polling data.

On the other hand, the pendulum in the charter space swung from quantity to quality, and restrictive authorizing and accountability based on narrow historic measures (and proficiency over growth) lead to more closures, fewer new schools and less innovative models.

The New Schools team's vision is to lead the transformation of public education in Tennessee, and serve as a national model for needs - based and turnaround charter school authorizing and portfolio growth.