Sentences with phrase «by charter boosters»

• The «blended learning» model of education exemplified by the Rocketship chain of charter schools — often promoted by charter boosters — is predicated on paying minimal attention to anything but math and literacy, and even those subjects are taught by inexperienced teachers carrying out data - driven lesson plans relentlessly focused on test preparation.

Also needed is a national organization dedicated to pressing the charter movement to clean up its act and deliver the results promised by charter boosters.

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Pouring into Brooklyn by coach, subway and city bus from across the city, the swarm of boosters implored Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise the total charter population to 200,000 to accommodate bursting demand.

Legalization of the state takeover program was spearheaded two years ago by former state lawmaker Rob Bryan, who now sits on AAC's board of directors, and lobbying for the initiative was funded at least in part by John Bryan, the Oregon school choice booster (no relation to Rob Bryan) who founded the TeamCFA charter network.