Perhaps nothing embodies the Lawrence approach more than the spirit of cooperation — instead of competition — fostered
between charter school operators and the wider district.
The stage has been set for an apparent showdown
between charter school operators and the Los Angeles Unified School District office charged with charter school oversight, when the LAUSD school board votes on an unprecedented 14 recommendations for charter petition denials at Tuesday's special board meeting.
(Hanover, MD, October 27, 2011) CSDC Board Chair Tom Nida reflects on the decline and resurgence of learning and hope at his alma mater as a result of a unique partnership
between a charter school operator and the traditional public school system in the following commentary in the Washington Times: College and careers come to Anacostia Charter and public - school partnership reignites...
(Hanover, MD, October 27, 2011) CSDC Board Chair Tom Nida reflects on the decline and resurgence of learning and hope at his alma mater as a result of a unique partnership
between a charter school operator and the traditional public school system in the following commentary in the Washington Times:
Not exact matches
«I had expectations of what the parents were supposed to do,» says Melissa Bryant, a math teacher and dean of students at D.C. Scholars Stanton Elementary, a novel partnership
between the Washington, D.C., public
schools and Scholar Academies, a
charter operator.
Which means, a
charter operator with campuses in multiple states, like KIPP, Uncommon
Schools, Achievement First, or Rocketship Education, can not freely move a teacher or school leader between their schools in various
Schools, Achievement First, or Rocketship Education, can not freely move a teacher or
school leader
between their
schools in various
schools in various states.
Together we conducted a major teacher survey, and I personally visited 28
charter campuses in Arizona run by 20 different
operators and conducted in - person and phone interviews with more than 200 policymakers, district
school officials, and
charter school teachers,
operators, students, and parents
between November 1997 and May 2001.
(Calif.) The growing struggle
between charter schools and opponents within the traditional system will spill into legislative chambers this week as lawmakers consider several bills that would put new regulations on
charters and their
operators.
The battle
between traditional
schools and
charters has been particularly sharp in the Houston ISD, the state's largest district, which is threatened with a state takeover unless it turns over 10 underperforming
schools to a
charter operator.
The «
charter» is a contract
between a
school operator and a local district or state establishing the
school's mission, programs, assessment mechanisms and proposed goals.
The 24th Street Elementary parent union steering committee recommended that its members vote for a joint
operator proposal
between the Los Angeles Unified
School District and Crown Prep Academy charter s
School District and Crown Prep Academy
charter schoolschool.
In
schools like McKinley Elementary in Compton — where an early attempt to invoke the law fizzled after a heated court battle
between the district and parents — and Desert Trails Elementary in Adelanto — the first parent - trigger
school handed to a
charter operator — the trigger campaigns led to costly litigation and accusations of intimidation and harassment from both sides.
Parent Esmeralda Chacon is excited that 24th Street Elementary, just west of downtown Los Angeles, is bringing back a pre-kindergarten program and will benefit from a unique leadership partnership, a joint operation
between a local
charter operator and the Los Angeles Unified
School District.
At 24th Street Elementary
School in South Los Angeles, parents overwhelmingly approved a collaborative partnership
between the Los Angeles Unified
School District and Crown Prep Academy, a
charter operator.
There few strong reform efforts will take place the same way it did in the district
between 2009 and 2011, when it embarked on its now - shuttered effort to spin off 198
schools to
charter school operators, communities, and teachers.
Still — what this is demonstrates, as many
charter school teachers know, is that there are vast differences
between charter operators.
Given that
charters are competition with their
schools, suburban districts have little incentive to either approve
charters, authorize high - quality
operators, or, as in the case of the fracas two years ago
between the Fulton County district in Georgia and the Fulton Science Academy (now a private
school), keep them around if they show up the competition.