Sentences with phrase «based charter school management»

readers learned of an apparent deal by Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and his senior staff to turn over Hartford's Clark Elementary School to a major Washington D.C. based charter school management company despite the fact that the Clark Turnaround Committee, which is made up of local parents, teachers, administrators and Hartford residents, hadn't even begun to identify which of five possible turnaround models they were interested in pursuing.

In response to this development, Commissioner Pryor, his senior staff, and high - ranking administrators for the Hartford School System decided that the new «choice» would be Friendship Charter Schools, a Washington D.C. based charter school management company.

In addition to those groups, there's also the National Heritage Academies (NHA), a Michigan - based charter school management organization that has seven partner schools in Detroit.

Not exact matches

Classroom - based charters and schools run by charter - management organizations showed significantly stronger performances.

California charter schools that are run by charter - management organizations, or CMOs, outperform other charter schools in the state, concludes a report by the Mountain View, Calif. - based EdSource, a California education research organization.

Based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, SDP partners with school districts, charter networks, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy deciSchool of Education, SDP partners with school districts, charter networks, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decischool districts, charter networks, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions.

The proposed settlement would end two lawsuits brought by the Sacramento - based California Charter Schools Association and two charter - management organizations operating in the Los Angeles Unified School DiCharter Schools Association and two charter - management organizations operating in the Los Angeles Unified School Dicharter - management organizations operating in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

After their first Tucson charter school was ranked the nation's sixth - best high school by Newsweek, the Blocks went on to found BASIS.ed, a management company that operates 12 BASIS Schools around the country, with two additional BASIS Independent (private) schools to be opened in Brooklyn, New York and San Jose, CaliSchools around the country, with two additional BASIS Independent (private) schools to be opened in Brooklyn, New York and San Jose, Calischools to be opened in Brooklyn, New York and San Jose, California.

The campaign is a collaboration between DPS, Denver - based charter management organizations (CMOs), the Denver Mayor's Office, and local foundations to accelerate efforts to substantially increase the number of teachers and leaders of color hired and retained in Denver's schools.

Community Magnet is an affiliated charter which allows flexibility in many areas of school management (budget, staff selection) as well as school site control over curriculum selections and school - based enrichment.

Independent groups start charter schools with public - school funds, yet in return for a renewal process based on achieving goals articulated in a charter document, they have more flexibility around management and educational programs: their teachers need not be unionized, for example.

A major criticism by Hasse and others is that charter schools will drain sorely needed money from regular public schools, on the order of $ 75.5 million statewide over the next four years, based on projections by the state Office of Financial Management.

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«A charter school is a site - based management model, which means that parents, educators and students have a role in the decisions that are made that affect them.»

Fellows will also be required to develop an Independent Learning Project (ILP) / Portfolio based on fellowship experience and directly relating to innovations in new methods of instruction, integration of educational technology and its applications, charter school management and its operations, leadership and staff development, and other project options as determined by cohort leadership.

The analysis of charter management organizations is based on a «virtual control record» method, in which students in those schools are compared to «virtual twins» who attend regular public schools the charter students would otherwise have attended.

Charter Schools USA, a Florida - based private school management company, will run the school next year — and the Indiana Board of Education grappled with how to fund it at its Wednesday meeting.

Established on Joint Base Andrews in 2011 to provide outstanding educational opportunities for military and community students, Imagine Andrews Public Charter School is a member of Imagine Schools, a full - service charter school management organization that operates 72 schools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their chCharter School is a member of Imagine Schools, a full - service charter school management organization that operates 72 schools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their chiSchool is a member of Imagine Schools, a full - service charter school management organization that operates 72 schools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their chSchools, a full - service charter school management organization that operates 72 schools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their chcharter school management organization that operates 72 schools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their chischool management organization that operates 72 schools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their chschools in 12 states and helps nearly 80,000 parents and guardians educate their children.

The last - minute changes to the legislation come at a time when one prominent Wilmington - based charter school operator, Baker A. Mitchell, Jr., has been fighting media requests for months that have asked him to fully disclose the salaries of all employees associated with his charter schools — teachers as well as employees of his for - profit education management company, Roger Bacon Academy.

The change comes at a time when one prominent Wilmington - based charter school operator, Baker A. Mitchell Jr., has been fighting media requests for months that have asked him to fully disclose the salaries of all employees associated with his charter schools — teachers as well as those who work for his for - profit education management organization (EMO), Roger Bacon Academy.

This brief outlines how the Envision Schools Charter Management Organization and the Stanford University School Redesign Network have collaborated to design a set of performance - based assessments for high school students that are both rigorous and credible, and are designed to build students&raqSchool Redesign Network have collaborated to design a set of performance - based assessments for high school students that are both rigorous and credible, and are designed to build students&raqschool students that are both rigorous and credible, and are designed to build students»...

MPS is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) that operates ten tuition - free public charter schools across California that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) based teaching to ensure its students are well - rounded and college - ready from dCharter Management Organization (CMO) that operates ten tuition - free public charter schools across California that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) based teaching to ensure its students are well - rounded and college - ready from dcharter schools across California that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) based teaching to ensure its students are well - rounded and college - ready from day one.

The report — which is based on a survey of 1,300 professionals who entered a broad range of education leadership jobs beyond the school building — finds that many education organizations, including school districts and charter management organizations, are willing to offer significant management opportunities to young leaders that are on par with, and often exceed, those in the private sector.

Commissioner Pryor and the State Board of Education originally approved the Booker T. Washington Charter School based on the fact that it would be run by Jumoke / FUSE, but after the collapse of that company, the proponents of the Booker T. Washington School were allowed to find a new «management» operation.

Other types of schools include local initiative schools (2), affiliated charters (43), partnership schools (22), network partners (26), and expanded school - based management schools (20).

According to The New York Times, the ten highest paid hedge fund operators with close ties to charter schools also includes David Tepper (number 1 at $ 3.5 billion in 2013), founder of founder of Appaloosa Management and New Jersey based «Better Education for Kids»; Steven A. Cohen (number 2 at $ 2.4 billion) of SAC Capital Advisors, which was forced to pay a $ 1.2 billion dollar penalty for insider trading, who has given over $ 10 million to the Achievement First charter school network; and Paul Tudor Jones II (tied for tenth at $ 600 million), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation who has supported charter schools through his Robin Hood Foundation.

But over the last decade, the charter school movement has morphed from a small, community - based effort to foster alternative education into a vehicle for privatizing public education, pushed by free - market foundations, big education - management companies, and profit - seekers looking for a way to cash in on public - education funds.

Through our work with a group of school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs)-- all part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Leading for Effective Teaching project (LET)-- we have learned a lot about what it looks like to provide these three essentials for principals on a systemwide basis.

ConnCAN, known to us as the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.

The board's decisions by state law are to be based essentially on if a charter school has a sound educational plan, sound management and its financial situation is in order.

In other words, by far the biggest city feeding the Louisiana voucher program is the one in which the state assumed control of almost all schools just after Hurricane Katrina (2005) and systematically converted them from local - board - controlled community - based schools into splinters of who - knows - charter - management - operated schools in the name of charter school superiority.

Real dissent from Democrats should equate to aggressively limiting DeVos's policies, which have included restricting state oversight, promoting for - profit charter management organizations and encouraging vouchers for private schools including those that are faith - based.

The charter school that wants its money also happens to be part of a chain of charters operated by Charter Schools USA, a Florida - based for - profit education management organizationcharter school that wants its money also happens to be part of a chain of charters operated by Charter Schools USA, a Florida - based for - profit education management organizationCharter Schools USA, a Florida - based for - profit education management organization (EMO).

Prior to launching ReThink Community, Derwin co-founded and served as the CEO of Gestalt Community Schools (GCS), a charter management organization that develops high - performing, community - based charter schools in Memphis, TenSchools (GCS), a charter management organization that develops high - performing, community - based charter schools in Memphis, Tenschools in Memphis, Tennessee.

Around that time, Dickson was working at Summit Public Schools, a California - based charter management organization known for its racially diverse student body and personalized learning.

Before joining Green Dot, Quaile worked as Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Civitas Schools, the Chicago - based charter management organization that served 2200 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12.

Further, the NOLA system means that if you don't like your child's school you're less likely to have a way to do something about it, because the charters are often run by private boards and management companies, many of which aren't based in New Orleans or even based in Louisiana.

For example, the New Haven - based CMO called Achievement First charged Achievement First - Hartford Charter School a $ 1.14 million management fee in 2013 - 14.

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.

These systems outline firm, test - based numerical targets and emphasize clear punishments when the goals aren't met, such as school closings, conversion to charter schools or private management.

Sources close to Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor report that the Charter School loving Commissioner of Education has committed to give Hartford's Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools Inc., a major charter school management company based in WashingtoCharter School loving Commissioner of Education has committed to give Hartford's Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools Inc., a major charter school management company based in WashingtonSchool loving Commissioner of Education has committed to give Hartford's Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools Inc., a major charter school management company based in WashingtonSchool to Friendship Charter Schools Inc., a major charter school management company based in WashingtoCharter Schools Inc., a major charter school management company based in Washingtocharter school management company based in Washingtonschool management company based in Washington, D.C.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

Not only does Jumoke Academy collect millions of taxpayer dollars as a result of their Hartford - based charter school, but they are now collecting a state - funded management fee of $ 345,000 a year to run «The Jumoke Academy at Milner,» the former Hartford elementary school that was given to Jumoke as part of the Commissioner's Network.

Raising the Bar: Why Public Charter Schools Must Become Even More Innovative, was a joint effort between The Mind Trust and Public Impact, a national education policy and management consulting organization based in North Carolina that explores these challenges.

The grant recipients, which represent school districts, charter schools and charter management organizations, reform organizations, and state agencies, are developing what NGLC calls «breakthrough» model schools that integrate personalized, blended, competency - based approaches in creative, promising ways.

It will be a new kindergarten through eighth - grade school run by Fort Lauderdale - based Charter Schools USA, a for - profit management company that operates another 47 charters in the state and has five new schools opening thiSchools USA, a for - profit management company that operates another 47 charters in the state and has five new schools opening thischools opening this fall.

They found a new frontier — for rural charter schools — based on «the fantastic work done by charter management organizations» and «human capital organizations» like The New Teacher Project.....

The percentage of charter schools operated by charter management organizations has increased rapidly over the past 15 years, from 12 percent of all charter schools in 2000 to 20 percent in 2010 — 11.62 63 Based on the most recent data, roughly one - fourth of all new charter schools opened are operated by one of the two types of management organizations, the majority of those CMOs.

As CEO of ReNEW Schools, a charter management organization based in New Orleans, she led a turnaround organization with a portfolio of 6 charter schools serving 4,200 students with 600 empSchools, a charter management organization based in New Orleans, she led a turnaround organization with a portfolio of 6 charter schools serving 4,200 students with 600 empschools serving 4,200 students with 600 employees.

From districts such as Washington, DC to most charter schools, human capital management based on the quality of the individual's capabilities, knowledge and aptitude for the profession does result in better objective measures of school success.