Sentences with phrase «broader charter school movement»

CCSA believes that a small number of chronically underperforming charter schools threatens the overall success of the broader charter school movement.

«While it would be incorrect to assume that a high - profile instance such as this is reflective of the broader charter school movement, this case does bring to light legitimate concerns about authorizer accountability and the urgent need for greater public transparency in financial agreements between charter schools and authorizers,» the charter association told the San Diego Union - Tribune when Van Zant pleaded guilty in February.

However, we believe that a small number of chronically underperforming charter schools threatens the overall success of the broader charter school movement.

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It appears that full - time virtual charter schools are essential to the broader digital - learning movement because they absorb the opposition's main line of attack.

Which is why the movement needs a new political strategy — one that builds a broader constituency, whose success doesn't turn key supporters against it, and one that continues to encourage innovation in an increasing number of high - quality charter schools.

The public charter - school movement, in addressing both the supply and demand sides of this equation, has emerged as the most promising development in the broader attempt to save public education.

Although there have been charter schools in Los Angeles since the early 1990s, the movement took flight early in this decade behind such figures as philanthropist Eli Broad, former school board president Caprice Young, former Mayor Richard Riordan and a long list of teachers and principals who were fed up by the ever - shifting reform agendas of Los Angeles Unified — and by what many saw as a recalcitrant teachers union, the powerful United Teachers Los Angeles.

In addition to serving students well, these schools have become actively engaged in the broader movement, to the benefit of charter schools in the Central Valley and beyond.

Sharon provides cutting edge information and exposes scandals in the corporate education reform movement including charter schools and the Broad Foundation (from whose leadership academy our new CEO, JC Brizard, is a graduate).

«California's charter school law has initiated a broad reform movement consisting of parents and educators who are coming together to create new schools which are better meeting the needs of students and encouraging improvement throughout our public education system.

NACSA has a diverse staff of professionals with broad and deep experience in the charter school movement and education reform.

Along with school vouchers, experts often discuss charter schools as part of a broader «market - based reform» movement.

«A national movement needs people like Eva who are willing to take it to the streets and stand up and defend her position and ours,» said Nelson Smith, a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Operators and a member of the Broad Prize's review board.

Roses is part of a growing movement of progressive and community - based charter schools that emphasize a broader liberal arts curriculum, bringing a full slate of art, music and extra-curricular activities into schools for poor black and brown children.

As this movement grows, charter schools are sharing their successes with the broader public school system so that all students benefit.

The Broads are strong supporters of the charter school movement, and are vocal about the value of charter school education in the Los Angeles area.

California's diverse and energetic charter school movement is comprised of a broad range of charter school types, organizational and programmatic models, and governance and funding structures.

Ever since billionaire Eli Broad and a few other powerful figures in the school reform movement announced plans of a massive investment in new charter schools for LA Unified, the district's teachers union has been aggressively mobilizing opposition to it.