Sentences with phrase «broader than charter»

«In that sense, it's broader than the Charter.»

The lessons are broader than charter versus district, of course.

Not exact matches

In other words, parents with a charter nearby appear better informed about the mechanics of enrolling a child but no more informed than the broader public about other regulations on charter practices.

A report released yesterday by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and prominently covered in yesterday's New York Times actually showed that students in California's public charter schools are doing as well and even slightly better on student achievement than those in California's broader public school system.

In the first broad attempts to analyze the performance of Hawaii's charter schools, the state Department of Education and the Hawaii's Educational Policy Center have found that charter - school students are doing as well as or better than students at traditional public schools on the state's proficiency tests.

Report Shows that California's Charter Schools Perform as Well, and Slightly Better, than Broader Public School System

The new group, an outgrowth of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, has identified 16 charters, 8 magnets and 4 traditional schools within the district that have more than 75 percent of students qualifying for free and reduced - price meals and more than 60 percent of students who meet or exceed standards for English Language Arts.

It's understandable if somewhat problematic that so much of the coverage was focused so narrowly on the charter school question rather than a broader set of results.

Winner, meanwhile, says the two parties need a «broader discussion» of how to systematically fund charters, rather than focusing on specific funding sources and grants excluded to charters.

The dispute raises broader questions about what the role of the state should be in the administration of charter schools, and who ultimately calls the shots: the state department of education or the board — especially at schools like Milestone with less - than - stellar performance.

In the absence of any compelling data that would document the value added from a broader perspective than just training teachers, we are left with a course chartered for the next millennium.

«Noble is exceptional because they operate almost entirely high schools, which are often the toughest grades to advance academically at high levels,» said Paul Pastorek, a member of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools review board and the former Louisiana state superintendent of education, who announced the winner before an audience of more than 3,000 charter school representatives from around the cCharter Schools review board and the former Louisiana state superintendent of education, who announced the winner before an audience of more than 3,000 charter school representatives from around the ccharter school representatives from around the country.

U.S. Deputy Education Secretary Tony Miller and Broad Foundation Senior Policy Director Lydia Logan announced the award at the 2012 National Charter Schools Conference in Minneapolis before a crowd of more than 3,000 public charter school leaders gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Charter Schools Conference in Minneapolis before a crowd of more than 3,000 public charter school leaders gathered at the Minneapolis Convention charter school leaders gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Of course, the proponents of corporate education reform have been riding high for more than two decades thanks to the policies and politics of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, both of whom used their time in office to promote charter schools and the broader corporate reform agenda.

Rather than requiring that any candidate seeking political support from teachers have a solid progressive record on public education and articulate clear - cut policies and positions that are diametrically opposed to the corporate education reform industry, there is a growing acceptance of candidates who have thrown their support behind the charter school industry and the broader education reform agenda.

Since 2004, the Broad Foundation has invested more than $ 75 million in public charter operators and charter - support organizations in Los Angeles.

A report released by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and prominently covered in the New York Times actually showed that students in California's public charter schools are doing as well and even slightly better on student achievement than those in California's broader public school system...

A hallmark of the Broad - style leadership is closing existing schools rather than attempting to improve them, increasing class size, opening charter schools, imposing high - stakes test - based accountability systems on teachers and students, and implementing of pay for performance schemes.

On the street, about 100 teachers rallied against the effort by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation that would more than double the number of charter school students in LA Unified over the next eight years.